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Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, La Roche University is a private not-for-profit institution. La Roche is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

$32,931 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
98% Acceptance Rate

Where Is La Roche University?

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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

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?

98% Acceptance Rate
55% Of Accepted Are Women
28% Submit SAT Scores
Since La Roche has an acceptance rate of 98%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 45% of accepted students are men and 55% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 99%, and the acceptance rate for women is 98%.

Average Test Scores

About 28% 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 500 and 590. Math scores were between 465 and 570.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for La Roche University  ( 500 to 590 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for La Roche University  ( 465 to 570 )
200
800
La Roche received ACT scores from 7% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 17 and 25. Math scores were between 15 and 27. Composite scores were between 15 and 26.

ACT English Scores for La Roche University  ( 17 to 25 )
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36
ACT Math Scores for La Roche University  ( 15 to 27 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for La Roche University  ( 15 to 26 )
1
36

Can I Afford La Roche University?

$32,931 Net Price
73% Take Out Loans
1.0% Loan Default Rate
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 73% of students took out student loans averaging $5,855 a year. That adds up to $23,420 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at La Roche is 1.0%. 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

798 Full-Time Undergraduates
60% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 934 undergraduate students at La Roche, with 798 being full-time and 136 being part-time.

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There are also 301 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 798 full-time undergraduates at La Roche, 40% are male and 60% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 7
Black or African American 88
Hispanic or Latino 35
White 464
International Students 135
Other Races/Ethnicities 69

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

100 Took All Classes Online
801 Took At Least One Class Online
-9.6% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 801 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.

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This school is the 13th most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

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 #1,365 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at La Roche 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%.

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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