Clarks Summit University Business Programs

Clarks Summit University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in South Abington Township, Pennsylvania. South Abington Township is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

Where Is Clarks Summit University?

Contact details for CSU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	538 Venard Rd, South Abington Township, PA 18411-1250
Phone:	570-586-2400
Website:	https://www.clarkssummitu.edu/
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How Do I Get Into CSU?

You can apply to CSU online at: discover.clarkssummitu.edu/applynow/inquiryform

Admission Requirements for CSU

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
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 CSU?

With an acceptance rate of 62%, CSU does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 58% of accepted students are men and 42% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 60%, and the acceptance rate for women is 65%.

Can I Afford Clarks Summit University?

The overall average net price of CSU is $25,771. 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 CSU, approximately 68% of students took out student loans averaging $6,867 a year. That adds up to $27,468 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at CSU is 8.5%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Clarks Summit University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 507 undergraduate students at CSU, with 335 being full-time and 172 being part-time.

There are also 261 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 335 full-time undergraduates at CSU, 49% are male and 51% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	5
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	270
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Clarks Summit University. At this time, 20 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 11 countries are represented at CSU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, Bahamas, and Brazil.

Online Learning at Clarks Summit University

In 2019-2020, 462 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 52nd 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 CSU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Clarks Summit University was 97.7%. This is the #352 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at CSU regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at CSU ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at CSU.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
General Business Administration and Management	#168
Business Administration & Management	#207

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%.

Clarks Summit University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	2	16	18
Accounting and Business/Management	0	0	0
Entrepreneurship	0	0	0
TOTAL	2	16	18

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.