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.
Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences was awarded 13 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is nursing.
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PA College was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.
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The acceptance rate at Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences is a competitive 46%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.
About 11% of students accepted to PA College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 540 and 620. Math scores were between 510 and 600.
Learn more about Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences admissions.
With a student to faculty ratio of 13 to 1, Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
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 Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences is 83%. This is higher 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 Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences is 72%, 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 PA College the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 100%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,848 undergraduates at PA College with 668 being full-time and 1,180 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $28,074 | $32,400 | $33,544 | $37,723 | $38,413 |
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 PA College, 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 PA College, approximately 72% of students took out student loans averaging $10,679 a year. That adds up to $42,716 over four years for those students.
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See which majors at Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences make the most money.
Get more details about the location of Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences.
Contact details for PA College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 850 Greenfield Road, Lancaster, PA 17601 |
| Phone: | 800-622-5443 |
| Website: | https://www.pacollege.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 368 | $79,477 |
| Allied Health Professions | 81 | NA |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 33 | NA |
| Other Health Professions | 19 | $70,566 |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 10 | NA |
| Bioethics/Medical Ethics | 8 | NA |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 5 | NA |
| General Biology | 1 | NA |
| Medical Illustration & Informatics | 0 | NA |
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, 1,255 students took at least one online class at Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences. This is an increase from the 1,133 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,255 | 422 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,133 | 416 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,225 | 531 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,031 | 567 |
Learn more about online learning at Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences.
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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