Moravian College Overview

Moravian College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is Moravian College Known For?

• The 3% student loan default rate at Moravian is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• The highest award offered at Moravian is the doctor's degree.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Moravian bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $51,100 a year. That's about 25% more than their peers at other schools.
• On average, it takes about 4.1 years for students from Moravian to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Moravian College Rankings

Moravian is ranked #279 out of 2,587 schools in the nation for overall quality on our 2022 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. Moravian also holds the #24 spot on the Best Colleges in Pennsylvania ranking.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Moravian.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#8	Best Pastoral Specialized Ministries Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#24	Best Music Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#30	Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#32	Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#36	Best General Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#39	Best Health Sciences & Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#54	Best Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#87	Best General English Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#92	Best English Language & Literature Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#143	Best Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Moravian has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Chaplain/Chaplaincy Studies Schools	College Factual
#51	Best Music Schools	College Factual
#69	Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools	College Factual
#75	Best General Psychology Schools	College Factual
#111	Best Psychology Schools	College Factual
#129	Best Nursing Schools	Nursing Degree Search

Where Is Moravian College?

Contact details for Moravian are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1200 Main St, Bethlehem, PA 18018-6650
Phone:	610-861-1360
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/MoravianCollege
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/MoravianCollege

How Do I Get Into Moravian?

You can apply to Moravian online at: www.moravian.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for Moravian

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	recommended
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	recommended
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Moravian?

The acceptance rate at Moravian College is 80%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 40% of accepted students are men and 60% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 78%, and the acceptance rate for women is 81%.

Can I Afford Moravian College?

The overall average net price of Moravian is $42,985. 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

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Moravian, approximately 84% of students took out student loans averaging $10,659 a year. That adds up to $42,636 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Moravian is 3.1%. 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.

Moravian College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,997 undergraduate students at Moravian, with 1,859 being full-time and 138 being part-time.

There are also 608 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,859 full-time undergraduates at Moravian, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Moravian College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	47
Black or African American	55
Hispanic or Latino	220
White	1,355
International Students	62
Other Races/Ethnicities	120

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Moravian College. At this time, 17 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 25 countries are represented at Moravian. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, South Africa, and China.

Online Learning at Moravian College

In 2019-2020, 2,450 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 107th most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of Moravian

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Moravian College was 285.1%. This is the #223 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Moravian 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%.

Moravian College Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Nursing	118	1	19	0	138
Business Administration & Management	59	0	21	0	80
Health Sciences & Services	44	0	0	0	44
General Psychology	41	0	0	0	41
Sociology	26	0	0	0	26
Economics	23	0	0	0	23
Accounting	22	0	0	0	22
General Biology	20	0	0	0	20
Public Health	20	0	0	0	20
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	20	0	0	0	20
Fine & Studio Arts	20	0	0	0	20
Political Science & Government	18	0	0	0	18
General English Literature	14	0	0	0	14
Allied Health Professions	0	0	10	1	11
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	11	0	11
Music	11	0	0	0	11
Computer Science	10	0	0	0	10
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	10	0	10
Natural Resources Conservation	8	0	0	0	8
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	7	0	0	0	7
Human Resource Management	0	2	5	0	7
History	7	0	0	0	7
Romance Languages	6	0	0	0	6
Philosophy	6	0	0	0	6
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	5	0	0	0	5
Mathematics	5	0	0	0	5
Theology & Religious Vocations (Other)	0	5	0	0	5
Theological & Ministerial Studies	0	0	5	0	5
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	0	2	2	0	4
Chemistry	4	0	0	0	4
International Business	3	0	0	0	3
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	0	3	0	3
Religious Studies	2	0	0	0	2
Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries	0	0	2	0	2
Area Studies	1	0	0	0	1
Germanic Languages	1	0	0	0	1
Biological & Physical Science	1	0	0	0	1
Physics	1	0	0	0	1
General Education	0	0	0	0	0
Special Education	0	0	0	0	0
Communication Sciences	0	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	0	0	0	0
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0	0	0	0
Geological & Earth Sciences	0	0	0	0	0
Drama & Theater Arts	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	523	10	88	1	622

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.