Point Park University Business Programs

Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Point Park University is a private not-for-profit institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

Point Park University Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Point Park.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#9	Most Popular Other Business & Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Where Is Point Park University?

Contact details for Point Park are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	201 Wood St, Pittsburgh, PA 15222-1984
Phone:	412-391-4100
Website:	www.pointpark.edu
Facebook:	http://facebook.com/PointParkU
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/pointparku

How Do I Get Into Point Park?

You can apply to Point Park online at: https://www.pointpark.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for Point Park

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into Point Park?

With an acceptance rate of 70%, Point Park 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 29% of accepted students are men and 71% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 66%, and the acceptance rate for women is 71%.

Average Test Scores

About 74% of students accepted to Point Park submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 483 and 610. Math scores were between 470 and 570.

Point Park received ACT scores from 24% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 17 and 26. Math scores were between 17 and 25. Composite scores were between 18 and 26.

Can I Afford Point Park University?

The overall average net price of Point Park is $31,999. 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

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Point Park, approximately 79% of students took out student loans averaging $9,463 a year. That adds up to $37,852 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Point Park 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.

Point Park University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,791 undergraduate students at Point Park, with 2,410 being full-time and 381 being part-time.

There are also 800 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,410 full-time undergraduates at Point Park, 38% are male and 62% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	38
Black or African American	302
Hispanic or Latino	159
White	1,698
International Students	73
Other Races/Ethnicities	140

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Point Park University. At this time, 32 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 53 countries are represented at Point Park. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, India, and Venezuela.

Online Learning at Point Park University

In 2019-2020, 3,090 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 58th 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 Point Park

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Point Park University was $34,200 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Point Park 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
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	#4	#4
Public Relations	#7	#7
Public Relations & Advertising	#18	#18
Other Business, Management & Marketing	#36	#36
Business Management & Marketing	#36	#36

Online Growth Rankings of Point Park

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Point Park University was 26.1%. This is the #820 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Point Park regardless of major.

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

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	#8
Public Relations	#9
Public Relations & Advertising	#43
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	#81
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#101
Marketing	#127
Organizational Leadership	#131
Human Resource Management	#149
Accounting	#160
Accounting	#280

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%.

Point Park University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	59	92	151
Business Management & Marketing	61	0	61
Accounting	18	0	18
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	18	0	18
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	10	0	10
Organizational Leadership	6	0	6
General Economics	2	0	2
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	0	0
Public Relations	0	0	0
TOTAL	174	92	266

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 J. James under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.