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La Roche University was awarded 3 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.
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According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, La Roche is ranked #1,047 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when La Roche held the #1,323 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
La Roche also holds the #57 spot on the Best Colleges in Pennsylvania ranking.
With an acceptance rate of 97%, La Roche University is easier to get into than many other schools. But that doesn't mean you can slack off on your application. Make sure to treat this school like any other when submitting requested materials and documents.
About 24% 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 475 and 560. Math scores were between 495 and 610.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at La Roche it is much better at 12 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at La Roche University is 41%. 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 La Roche University 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 La Roche the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 45%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,085 undergraduates at La Roche with 942 being full-time and 143 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $17,902 | $22,564 | $24,610 | $28,372 | $27,710 |
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 La Roche, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At La Roche, approximately 59% of students took out student loans averaging $5,661 a year. That adds up to $22,644 over four years for those students.
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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/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 69 | NA |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 48 | $37,911 |
| Other Health Professions | 37 | $29,678 |
| Computer Information Systems | 24 | NA |
| General Psychology | 23 | $31,192 |
| Accounting | 20 | $40,085 |
| Human Resource Management | 20 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 20 | $62,596 |
| Marketing | 19 | $37,833 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 15 | $45,954 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 846 students took at least one online class at La Roche University. This is an increase from the 801 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 846 | 76 |
| 2021-2022 | 801 | 100 |
| 2020-2021 | 721 | 106 |
| 2018-2019 | 501 | 135 |
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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.
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