by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Chestnut Hill College was awarded 5 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is human services.
Explore the best ranked schools for the programs you are most interested in.
CHC is ranked #736 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when CHC held the #1,070 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
CHC is also ranked #43 out of 103 schools in Pennsylvania.
Because it has a high acceptance rate of 98%, some consider CHC to be a safety school. But don't just assume that admittance is in the bag. Make sure to spend enough time on your application so that it is in tip-top shape.
At CHC, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 10 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Chestnut Hill College is 36%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Chestnut Hill College is 67%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At CHC the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 48%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Chestnut Hill College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,074 undergraduates at CHC with 938 being full-time and 136 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $23,508 | $21,535 | $22,754 | $28,094 | $31,986 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of CHC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 CHC, approximately 84% of students took out student loans averaging $8,015 a year. That adds up to $32,060 over four years for those students.
See which majors at Chestnut Hill College make the most money.
Get more details about the location of Chestnut Hill College.
Contact details for CHC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 9601 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19118-2693 |
| Phone: | 215-248-7000 |
| Website: | www.chc.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 86 | NA |
| Human Services | 64 | $40,336 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 58 | $41,129 |
| Business Administration & Management | 41 | $48,995 |
| Security Science and Technology | 26 | $46,079 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 24 | $46,417 |
| Physiology & Pathology Sciences | 21 | NA |
| General Psychology | 20 | $33,918 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 13 | $28,212 |
| General Biology | 9 | $37,675 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 169 students took at least one online class at Chestnut Hill College. This is a decrease from the 400 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 169 | 133 |
| 2021-2022 | 400 | 101 |
| 2020-2021 | 28 | 28 |
| 2018-2019 | 77 | 17 |
If you’re considering Chestnut Hill College, here are some more schools you may be interested in knowing more about.
Curious on how these schools stack up against CHC? Pit them head to head with College Combat, our free interactive tool that lets you compare college on the features that matter most to you!
Footnotes
*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.
References
More about our data sources and methodologies.