Cedar Crest College Business Programs

Located in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Cedar Crest College is a private not-for-profit institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

Where Is Cedar Crest College?

Contact details for Cedar Crest are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	100 College Drive, Allentown, PA 18104-6196
Phone:	610-606-4666
Website:	www.cedarcrest.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/CedarCrestCollege
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/cedarcrestcolle

How Do I Get Into Cedar Crest?

You can apply to Cedar Crest online at: https://cedarcrestcollege.force.com/ERx_Forms__Portal_Login

Admission Requirements for Cedar Crest

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into Cedar Crest?

With an acceptance rate of 52%, Cedar Crest 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 2% of accepted students are men and 98% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 4%, and the acceptance rate for women is 70%.

Average Test Scores

About 92% of students accepted to Cedar Crest submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 490 and 600. Math scores were between 480 and 570.

Cedar Crest received ACT scores from 14% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 16 and 23. Math scores were between 16 and 24. Composite scores were between 18 and 24.

Can I Afford Cedar Crest College?

The overall average net price of Cedar Crest is $42,070. 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 Cedar Crest, approximately 83% of students took out student loans averaging $9,455 a year. That adds up to $37,820 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Cedar Crest is 2.3%. 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.

Cedar Crest College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,088 undergraduate students at Cedar Crest, with 815 being full-time and 273 being part-time.

There are also 345 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 815 full-time undergraduates at Cedar Crest, 6% are male and 94% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	25
Black or African American	67
Hispanic or Latino	115
White	487
International Students	45
Other Races/Ethnicities	76

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Cedar Crest College. At this time, 14 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 7 countries are represented at Cedar Crest. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and Sweden.

Online Learning at Cedar Crest College

In 2019-2020, 815 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 25th 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 Cedar Crest

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Cedar Crest College was 25.2%. This is the #839 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Cedar Crest regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Cedar Crest 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 Cedar Crest.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	#84
Human Resource Management	#152

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%.

Cedar Crest College Business Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	0	24	1	18	43
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	11	0	0	0	11
Health Communication	0	10	0	0	10
Accounting	0	1	0	0	1
Organizational Leadership	1	0	0	0	1
Other Accounting and Related Services	0	0	0	0	0
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	12	35	1	18	66

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 CyberXRef under License

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