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Messiah University Overview

Messiah University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Mechanicsburg is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

What Is Messiah University Known For?

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$33,243 Avg Cost After Aid
77% Acceptance Rate
  • Students at Messiah have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 1%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
  • Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Messiah.
  • For the <nil> academic year, 48% of the faculty were full-time.
  • After graduation, Messiah bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $54,532 a year. That's about 34% more than their peers at other schools.
  • The average Messiah student graduates in 4.1 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Messiah University?

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Contact details for Messiah are given below.

Contact Details
Address: One University Avenue, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
Phone: 717-766-2511
Website: www.messiah.edu

How Do I Get Into Messiah?

You can apply to Messiah online at: www.messiah.edu/applynow

Admission Requirements for Messiah

Submission Required?
High School GPA Required
High School Rank Recommended
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Recommended
Recommendations Recommended
SAT or ACT Scores Considered but not required
TOEFL Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Messiah?

77% Acceptance Rate
64% Of Accepted Are Women
57% Submit SAT Scores
Messiah has an acceptance rate of 77%, 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 36% of accepted students are men and 64% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 75%, and the acceptance rate for women is 79%.

Average Test Scores

About 57% of students accepted to Messiah submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 560 and 670. Math scores were between 540 and 670.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Messiah University  ( 560 to 670 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for Messiah University  ( 540 to 670 )
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800
Messiah received ACT scores from 11% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 34. Math scores were between 24 and 28. Composite scores were between 23 and 31.

ACT English Scores for Messiah University  ( 21 to 34 )
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36
ACT Math Scores for Messiah University  ( 24 to 28 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Messiah University  ( 23 to 31 )
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36

Can I Afford Messiah University?

$33,243 Net Price
65% Take Out Loans
0.6% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Messiah is $33,243. 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 Messiah, approximately 65% of students took out student loans averaging $9,562 a year. That adds up to $38,248 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Messiah is 0.6%. 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.

Messiah University Undergraduate Student Diversity

2,304 Full-Time Undergraduates
61% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 2,495 undergraduate students at Messiah, with 2,304 being full-time and 191 being part-time.

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There are also 781 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,304 full-time undergraduates at Messiah, 39% are male and 61% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 72
Black or African American 87
Hispanic or Latino 161
White 1,809
International Students 74
Other Races/Ethnicities 101

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Messiah University. At this time, 29 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 32 countries are represented at Messiah. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Malaysia, China, and Vietnam.

Online Learning at Messiah University

584 Took All Classes Online
817 Took At Least One Class Online
3.0% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 817 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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This school is the 71st 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 Messiah

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Messiah University was 3.0%. This is the #1,603 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Messiah 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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