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Seton Hill University Data & Information Overview

15 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
74% Acceptance Rate
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How Well Is Seton Hill University Ranked?

#1,390 Best Colleges in Nation
#79 Best Colleges in PA
Allied Health Professions Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Seton Hill University was awarded 15 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is allied health professions.

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Overall Quality

According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, Seton Hill is ranked #1,390 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality.

Seton Hill also holds the #79 spot on the Best Colleges in Pennsylvania ranking.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Seton Hill?

74% Acceptance Rate
64% Of Accepted Are Women

Acceptance Rate

Seton Hill University has an acceptance rate of 74%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.

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Seton Hill University Faculty

14 to 1 Student to Faculty
94% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at Seton Hill University is about average at 14 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

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 Seton Hill University is 94%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  94 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Seton Hill University

82% Freshmen Retention
52% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate of 82% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Seton Hill University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.

Freshmen Retention Rate  82 out of 100
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Graduation Rate

The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Seton Hill for first-time, full-time students is 52%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.

On-Time Graduation Rate  52 out of 100
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Seton Hill University Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,514 Full-Time Undergraduates
16.6% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
65.3% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,635 undergraduates at Seton Hill with 1,514 being full-time and 121 being part-time.

How Much Does Seton Hill University Cost?

$23,328 Net Price
84% Take Out Loans
$42,552 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Seton Hill is $23,328. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Seton Hill

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$21,195 $19,326 $20,581 $24,046 $26,802

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 Seton Hill, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

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 Seton Hill, approximately 84% of students took out student loans averaging $10,638 a year. That adds up to $42,552 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Seton Hill is 3.9%. 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.

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How Much Money Do Seton Hill Graduates Make?

$47,033 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Seton Hill with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $47,033 in their early years. This is good news for future Seton Hill graduates since it is 11% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.

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Location of Seton Hill University

Pennsylvania State
1,514 Full-Time Undergraduates
Suburb Campus Setting
Seton Hill University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Seton Hill is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

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Contact details for Seton Hill are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1 Seton Hill Drive, Greensburg, PA 15601
Phone: 724-834-2200
Website: www.setonhill.edu/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SetonHill
Twitter: https://twitter.com/setonhill

Seton Hill University Majors

53 Majors With Completions
436 Undergraduate Degrees
94 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 53 majors graduated from Seton Hill University. Of these students, 436 received undergraduate degrees and 94 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Health/Medical Prep Programs 57 NA
General Biology 30 NA
Health & Physical Education 27 $24,688
Health Sciences & Services 23 NA
Criminal Justice & Corrections 21 $34,341
Teacher Education Grade Specific 21 NA
Marketing 19 $37,457
Mathematics 18 NA
Human Resource Management 17 $40,426
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 17 $24,437

Learn more about the majors offered at Seton Hill University along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Seton Hill

46% Take At Least One Class Online
12% Take All Classes Online

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 2020-2021, 927 students took at least one online class at Seton Hill University. This is a decrease from the 1,046 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 927 236
2019-2020 1,046 248
2018-2019 725 145
2017-2018 800 163
2016-2017 489 65

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Notes and References

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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