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Messiah University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Mechanicsburg is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

45 Undergraduate Degrees
12 Graduate Degrees
$33,243 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
79% Acceptance Rate

Where Is Messiah University?

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Contact details for Messiah are given below.

Contact Details
Address: One University Avenue, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
Phone: 717-766-2511
Website: www.messiah.edu

How Do I Get Into Messiah?

You can apply to Messiah online at: www.messiah.edu/applynow

Admission Requirements for Messiah

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 5
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 1
Recommendations 5
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Messiah?

79% Acceptance Rate
61% Of Accepted Are Women
57% Submit SAT Scores
With an acceptance rate of 79%, Messiah may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 39% of accepted students are men and 61% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 80%, and the acceptance rate for women is 79%.

Average Test Scores

About 57% of students accepted to Messiah submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 550 and 670. Math scores were between 540 and 670.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Messiah University  ( 550 to 670 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Messiah University  ( 540 to 670 )
200
800
Messiah received ACT scores from 9% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 23 and 31. Math scores were between 24 and 0. Composite scores were between 25 and 30.

ACT English Scores for Messiah University  ( 23 to 31 )
1
36
ACT Composite Scores for Messiah University  ( 25 to 30 )
1
36

Can I Afford Messiah University?

$33,243 Net Price
62% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of Messiah is $33,243. 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 Messiah, approximately 62% of students took out student loans averaging $10,343 a year. That adds up to $41,372 over four years for those students.

Messiah University Undergraduate Student Diversity

2,424 Full-Time Undergraduates
60% Women
16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 2,614 undergraduate students at Messiah, with 2,424 being full-time and 190 being part-time.

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There are also 756 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,424 full-time undergraduates at Messiah, 40% are male and 60% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 68
Black or African American 82
Hispanic or Latino 141
White 1,963
International Students 78
Other Races/Ethnicities 92

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Messiah University. At this time, 29 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 32 countries are represented at Messiah. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Malaysia, China, and Vietnam.

Messiah University Nursing Concentrations

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

Major Bachelor’s Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Registered Nursing 45 0 0 45
Nursing Practice 0 5 7 12
Nursing Administration 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 45 5 7 57

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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