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DeSales University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Center Valley, Pennsylvania. Students who love country life may enjoy the rural location of DeSales.

174 Undergraduate Degrees
121 Graduate Degrees
$41,033 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
82% Acceptance Rate

Where Is DeSales University?

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Contact details for DeSales are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 2755 Station Avenue, Center Valley, PA 18034-9568
Phone: 610-282-1100
Website: www.desales.edu
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/desalesuniversity
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/desales

How Do I Get Into DeSales?

You can apply to DeSales online at: www.desales.edu/admissions-financial-aid/undergraduate-admissions-aid/how-to-apply

Admission Requirements for DeSales

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into DeSales?

82% Acceptance Rate
65% Of Accepted Are Women
81% Submit SAT Scores
The acceptance rate at DeSales University is 82%. 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 35% of accepted students are men and 65% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 82%, and the acceptance rate for women is 82%.

Average Test Scores

About 81% of students accepted to DeSales submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 630. Math scores were between 500 and 610.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for DeSales University  ( 510 to 630 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for DeSales University  ( 500 to 610 )
200
800
DeSales received ACT scores from 15% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 22 and 28. Math scores were between 20 and 26. Composite scores were between 22 and 28.

ACT English Scores for DeSales University  ( 22 to 28 )
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36
ACT Math Scores for DeSales University  ( 20 to 26 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for DeSales University  ( 22 to 28 )
1
36

Can I Afford DeSales University?

$41,033 Net Price
70% Take Out Loans
2.8% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of DeSales is $41,033. 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 DeSales, approximately 70% of students took out student loans averaging $12,013 a year. That adds up to $48,052 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at DeSales is 2.8%. 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.

DeSales University Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,930 Full-Time Undergraduates
61% Women
23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 2,398 undergraduate students at DeSales, with 1,930 being full-time and 468 being part-time.

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There are also 904 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,930 full-time undergraduates at DeSales, 39% are male and 61% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 73
Black or African American 105
Hispanic or Latino 212
White 1,391
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 148

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at DeSales University. At this time, 16 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 13 countries are represented at DeSales. The most popular countries sending students to the school are United Kingdom, Australia, and France.

Online Learning at DeSales University

820 Took All Classes Online
2,111 Took At Least One Class Online
13.4% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 2,111 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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This school is the 11th 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 Affordability Rankings of DeSales

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at DeSales University was $39,500 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how DeSales is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major Tuition for In-State Students Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Business and Personal/Financial Services Marketing Operations #1 #1
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing #10 #10
International Business #75 #75
International Business/Trade/Commerce #75 #75

Online Growth Rankings of DeSales

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at DeSales University was 13.4%. This is the #1,108 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at DeSales regardless of major.

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

Major Growth Rate Rank
Finance & Financial Management #89
General Business/Commerce #225
General Business/Commerce #225

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%.

DeSales University 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 61 1 120 182
Accounting 0 36 0 0 36
Finance 0 29 0 0 29
Marketing/Marketing Management, General 0 20 0 0 20
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration 0 14 0 0 14
Other Management Information Systems and Services 0 6 0 0 6
Financial Planning & Services 5 0 0 0 5
General Business/Commerce 1 0 0 0 1
Health Communication 0 1 0 0 1
General Economics 0 1 0 0 1
E-Commerce 0 0 0 0 0
International Business/Trade/Commerce 0 0 0 0 0
Business and Personal/Financial Services Marketing Operations 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 6 168 1 120 295

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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