Susquehanna University Overview

Susquehanna University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania. The surrounding location of Selinsgrove is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

What Is Susquehanna University Known For?

• The 4% student loan default rate at Susquehanna 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 Susquehanna is the master's degree.
• In 2017-2018, 59% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Susquehanna makes roughly $54,100 a year. This is 33% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• The average Susquehanna student graduates in 4.1 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Susquehanna University Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#2	Most Popular Publishing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#22	Best Business/Managerial Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#38	Most Popular Writing Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#92	Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#43	Highest Paid Visual & Performing Arts Graduates	College Factual
#85	Highest Paid Accounting Graduates	College Factual
#184	Highest Paid Business, Management & Marketing Graduates	College Factual

Where Is Susquehanna University?

Contact details for Susquehanna are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	514 University Ave, Selinsgrove, PA 17870-1025
Phone:	570-374-0101
Website:	www.susqu.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/SusquehannaU
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/susquehannau

How Do I Get Into Susquehanna?

You can apply to Susquehanna online at: www.susqu.edu/admission-and-aid/apply

Admission Requirements for Susquehanna

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	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 Susquehanna?

Susquehanna has an acceptance rate of 70%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 42% of accepted students are men and 58% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 66%, and the acceptance rate for women is 73%.

Can I Afford Susquehanna University?

The overall average net price of Susquehanna is $34,989. 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 Susquehanna, approximately 79% of students took out student loans averaging $8,718 a year. That adds up to $34,872 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Susquehanna is 4.1%. 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.

Susquehanna University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,312 undergraduate students at Susquehanna, with 2,199 being full-time and 113 being part-time.

There are also 3 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,199 full-time undergraduates at Susquehanna, 44% are male and 56% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	45
Black or African American	132
Hispanic or Latino	145
White	1,741
International Students	38
Other Races/Ethnicities	98

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Susquehanna University. At this time, 21 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 12 countries are represented at Susquehanna. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, China, and Brazil.

Online Learning at Susquehanna University

This is the #2,028 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Susquehanna regardless of major.

Susquehanna University Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Communication & Media Studies	69	69
General Biology	42	42
Finance & Financial Management	41	41
Writing Studies	39	39
General Psychology	38	38
Marketing	26	26
Teacher Education Grade Specific	25	25
Business Administration & Management	23	23
Accounting	21	21
Political Science & Government	20	20
Design & Applied Arts	19	19
International Relations & National Security	16	16
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	15	15
Romance Languages	14	14
Music	14	14
Drama & Theater Arts	13	13
Economics	12	12
Other Business, Management & Marketing	11	11
Computer Information Systems	11	11
Publishing	10	10
Geological & Earth Sciences	10	10
Public Policy	10	10
Fine & Studio Arts	10	10
Natural Resources Conservation	9	9
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	7	7
History	7	7
Philosophy	7	7
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	6	6
Teacher Education Subject Specific	6	6
Mathematics	6	6
Business/Managerial Economics	5	5
General English Literature	5	5
Chemistry	5	5
Physics	5	5
Religious Studies	4	4
International Business	3	3
Germanic Languages	3	3
Anthropology	3	3
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	2	2
General Education	2	2
Sociology	2	2
Business/Corporate Communications	1	1
Entrepreneurial Studies	0	0
Human Resource Management	0	0
Journalism	0	0
Public Relations & Advertising	0	0
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	0	0
Information Science	0	0
Non-Professional General Legal Studies	0	0
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0
Other Physical Science	0	0
TOTAL	597	597

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 Janey Apfelbaum under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.