La Salle University Overview

La Salle University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The location of La Salle is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

What Is La Salle University Known For?

• The student loan default rate at La Salle is 2%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at La Salle.
• For the <nil> academic year, 44% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from La Salle makes roughly $64,386 a year. This is 58% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• It takes the average La Salle student 4.2 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is La Salle University?

Contact details for La Salle are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1900 W Olney Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19141-1199
Phone:	215-951-1000
Website:	www.lasalle.edu

How Do I Get Into La Salle?

You can apply to La Salle online at: https://www.lasalle.edu/admission/apply/

Admission Requirements for La Salle

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Required
Recommendations	Required
SAT or ACT Scores	Recommended
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into La Salle?

La Salle has an acceptance rate of 81%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 35% of accepted students are men and 65% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 80%, and the acceptance rate for women is 82%.

Can I Afford La Salle University?

The overall average net price of La Salle is $34,104. 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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At La Salle, approximately 56% of students took out student loans averaging $8,959 a year. That adds up to $35,836 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at La Salle is 2.1%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

La Salle University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,746 undergraduate students at La Salle, with 2,304 being full-time and 442 being part-time.

There are also 1,297 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,304 full-time undergraduates at La Salle, 37% are male and 63% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	131
Black or African American	453
Hispanic or Latino	375
White	1,155
International Students	83
Other Races/Ethnicities	107

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at La Salle University. At this time, 25 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 54 countries are represented at La Salle. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, and China.

Online Learning at La Salle University

In 2020-2021, 1,454 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at La Salle has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 77th most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of La Salle

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at La Salle University was 51.7%. This is the #656 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at La Salle regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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
• Image Credit: By Edward J. Picardy under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.