Carlow University Healthcare Programs

Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Carlow University is a private not-for-profit institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

Where Is Carlow University?

Contact details for Carlow are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	3333 Fifth Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3165
Phone:	412-578-6000
Website:	www.carlow.edu

How Do I Get Into Carlow?

You can apply to Carlow online at: https://www.carlow.edu/admissions-aid/admissions/apply/

Admission Requirements for Carlow

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into Carlow?

Since Carlow has an acceptance rate of 93%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 19% of accepted students are men and 81% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 89%, and the acceptance rate for women is 94%.

Average Test Scores

About 3% of students accepted to Carlow submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 410 and 520. Math scores were between 440 and 580.

Carlow received ACT scores from 1% of accepted students.

Can I Afford Carlow University?

The overall average net price of Carlow is $32,883. 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

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 Carlow, approximately 75% of students took out student loans averaging $7,667 a year. That adds up to $30,668 over four years for those students.

Carlow University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,246 undergraduate students at Carlow, with 953 being full-time and 293 being part-time.

There are also 738 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 953 full-time undergraduates at Carlow, 16% are male and 84% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	46
Black or African American	136
Hispanic or Latino	29
White	687
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	51

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Carlow University. At this time, 9 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 7 countries are represented at Carlow. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, Vietnam, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at Carlow University

There are 27 bachelor’s degree and 69 master’s degree programs available online at Carlow. In 2022-2023, 1,781 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Carlow has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 9th most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Carlow majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Health Information Management	86%
Nursing Practice	14%
Registered Nursing	90%
Respiratory Care Therapy	56%
Women’s Health Nurse/Nursing	50%

Carlow University Healthcare Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Registered Nursing	129	0	0	0	129
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing	0	3	54	0	57
Mental Health Counseling/Counselor	0	0	28	0	28
Nursing Education	0	0	23	0	23
Perfusion Technology/Perfusionist	0	0	19	0	19
Respiratory Care Therapy	16	0	0	0	16
Health Care Management	10	0	0	0	10
Health Information Management	7	0	0	0	7
Nursing Practice	0	0	0	7	7
Art Therapy	6	0	0	0	6
Women’s Health Nurse/Nursing	0	0	4	0	4
Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling	0	1	1	0	2
Nursing Administration	0	0	2	0	2
Physician Assistant	0	0	0	0	0
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	0	0	0	0	0
Community Health and Preventive Medicine	0	0	0	0	0
General Public Health	0	0	0	0	0
Other Public Health	0	0	0	0	0
Occupational Therapy	0	0	0	0	0
Physical Therapy/Therapist	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	168	4	131	7	310

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

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