La Roche University Overview

La Roche University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

What Is La Roche University Known For?

• Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at La Roche.
• During a recent academic cycle, 41% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, La Roche bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $52,341 a year. That's about 28% more than their peers at other schools.

Where Is La Roche University?

Contact details for La Roche are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	9000 Babcock Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15237-5898
Phone:	412-367-9300
Website:	www.laroche.edu

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How Do I Get Into La Roche?

You can apply to La Roche online at: www.laroche.edu/Admissions/Apply_to_La_Roche/

Admission Requirements for La Roche

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	3

How Hard Is It To Get Into La Roche?

La Roche has the high acceptance rate of 97%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 44% of accepted students are men and 56% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 96%, and the acceptance rate for women is 99%.

Average Test Scores

About 24% of students accepted to La Roche submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 475 and 560. Math scores were between 495 and 610.

La Roche received ACT scores from 4% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 17 and 27. Math scores were between 20 and 0. Composite scores were between 20 and 26.

Can I Afford La Roche University?

The overall average net price of La Roche is $32,931. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At La Roche, approximately 59% of students took out student loans averaging $5,661 a year. That adds up to $22,644 over four years for those students.

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La Roche University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,085 undergraduate students at La Roche, with 942 being full-time and 143 being part-time.

There are also 207 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 942 full-time undergraduates at La Roche, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of La Roche University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	8
Black or African American	116
Hispanic or Latino	50
White	564
International Students	131
Other Races/Ethnicities	73

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at La Roche University. At this time, 12 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 46 countries are represented at La Roche. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, China, and Nepal.

La Roche University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
Nursing	0	0	11	0	141	152
Allied Health Professions	0	5	18	0	0	23
Human Resource Management	0	0	0	3	16	19
General Psychology	0	0	17	0	0	17
Computer Information Systems	0	0	14	0	0	14
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	0	13	0	0	13
Other Health Professions	0	0	12	0	0	12
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	0	12	0	0	12
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	0	11	0	0	11
Interior Architecture	0	0	9	0	0	9
Accounting	0	0	4	0	5	9
Marketing	2	0	6	0	0	8
Computer Systems Analysis	0	0	0	0	8	8
Health & Physical Education	0	0	8	0	0	8
General Biology	0	0	7	0	0	7
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	0	0	7	0	0	7
Finance & Financial Management	0	0	6	0	0	6
Computer Science	0	0	5	0	0	5
Writing Studies	0	0	5	0	0	5
Human Development & Family Studies	0	0	5	0	0	5
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0	5	0	0	5
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	0	4	0	0	4
Business Administration & Management	0	0	4	0	0	4
Communication & Media Studies	0	0	4	0	0	4
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	0	0	4	0	4
Chemistry	0	0	4	0	0	4
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	4	0	0	0	0	4
Public Health	3	0	0	0	0	3
History	0	0	3	0	0	3
International Relations & National Security	0	0	3	0	0	3
Dance	0	0	3	0	0	3
Mathematics	0	0	2	0	0	2
Sociology	0	0	2	0	0	2
Design & Applied Arts	0	0	2	0	0	2
International Business	0	0	1	0	0	1
Political Science & Government	0	0	1	0	0	1
Hospitality Management	0	0	0	0	0	0
Special Education	0	0	0	0	0	0
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	0	0	0	0
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	0	0	0	0	0	0
Security Science and Technology	0	0	0	0	0	0
Religious Education	0	0	0	0	0	0
Religious Institution Administration and Law	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	9	5	208	7	170	399

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.