La Roche University Business Programs

Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, La Roche University is a private not-for-profit institution. Pittsburgh is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

Where Is La Roche University?

Contact details for La Roche are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	9000 Babcock Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15237-5898
Phone:	412-367-9300
Website:	www.laroche.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/larochecollege
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/larochecollege

How Do I Get Into La Roche?

You can apply to La Roche online at: www.laroche.edu/Admissions/Apply_to_La_Roche/

Admission Requirements for La Roche

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	neither required nor recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into La Roche?

La Roche has an acceptance rate of 69%, 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 40% of accepted students are men and 60% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 71%, and the acceptance rate for women is 67%.

Average Test Scores

About 78% of students accepted to La Roche submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 460 and 570. Math scores were between 430 and 540.

La Roche received ACT scores from 17% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 15 and 22. Math scores were between 16 and 23. Composite scores were between 17 and 22.

Can I Afford La Roche University?

The overall average net price of La Roche is $32,931. 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 La Roche, approximately 54% of students took out student loans averaging $6,121 a year. That adds up to $24,484 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at La Roche is 4.2%. 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.

La Roche University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,085 undergraduate students at La Roche, with 942 being full-time and 143 being part-time.

There are also 207 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 942 full-time undergraduates at La Roche, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	8
Black or African American	116
Hispanic or Latino	50
White	564
International Students	131
Other Races/Ethnicities	73

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at La Roche University. At this time, 12 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 46 countries are represented at La Roche. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, China, and Nepal.

Online Learning at La Roche University

In 2019-2020, 721 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Growth Rankings of La Roche

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at La Roche University was -9.6%. This is the #1,721 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at La Roche regardless of major.

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

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Interior Design Management	#198

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%.

La Roche University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
Management Science	0	48	0	0	48
Accounting	1	18	0	6	25
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	0	0	4	11	15
Interior Design Management	0	12	0	0	12
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	12	0	0	12
Finance	0	9	0	0	9
International Business/Trade/Commerce	0	8	0	0	8
TOTAL	1	107	4	17	129

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.