Gannon University Business Programs

Gannon University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Erie, Pennsylvania. The location of Gannon is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

Where Is Gannon University?

Contact details for Gannon are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	109 W Sixth St, Erie, PA 16541-0001
Phone:	814-871-7000
Website:	www.gannon.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/gannonu
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/gannonu

How Do I Get Into Gannon?

You can apply to Gannon online at: https://apply.gannon.edu/Apply/Account/Login

Admission Requirements for Gannon

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into Gannon?

Gannon has an acceptance rate of 79%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 40% of accepted students are men and 60% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 74%, and the acceptance rate for women is 83%.

Average Test Scores

About 83% of students accepted to Gannon submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 610. Math scores were between 490 and 600.

Gannon received ACT scores from 29% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 18 and 26. Math scores were between 18 and 26. Composite scores were between 20 and 26.

Can I Afford Gannon University?

The overall average net price of Gannon is $36,650. 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 Gannon, approximately 75% of students took out student loans averaging $8,878 a year. That adds up to $35,512 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Gannon 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.

Gannon University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 3,208 undergraduate students at Gannon, with 2,723 being full-time and 485 being part-time.

There are also 1,043 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,723 full-time undergraduates at Gannon, 39% are male and 61% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	45
Black or African American	151
Hispanic or Latino	121
White	1,970
International Students	238
Other Races/Ethnicities	198

Geographic Diversity

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

Over 61 countries are represented at Gannon. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, Saudi Arabia, and China.

Online Learning at Gannon University

In 2019-2020, 2,131 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 55th 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 Gannon

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Gannon University was -2.8%. This is the #1,627 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Gannon 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%.

Gannon University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	0	15	34	49
Accounting	0	17	0	17
Finance	0	11	0	11
Insurance	0	11	0	11
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	11	0	11
Supply Chain Management	0	7	0	7
Business Economics	0	5	0	5
International Business/Trade/Commerce	0	4	0	4
Advertising	0	4	0	4
Health Communication	0	0	4	4
Entrepreneurship	0	3	0	3
Public Relations	0	3	0	3
General Business/Commerce	2	0	0	2
General Management Information Systems	0	1	0	1
TOTAL	2	92	38	132

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.