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Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. PA College is located in a safe and convenient suburb.

487 Undergraduate Degrees
37 Graduate Degrees
46% Acceptance Rate

Where Is Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences?

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Contact details for PA College are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 850 Greenfield Road, Lancaster, PA 17601
Phone: 800-622-5443
Website: www.pacollege.edu

How Do I Get Into PA College?

You can apply to PA College online at: https://gopacollege.force.com/

Admission Requirements for PA College

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 3
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 5
Recommendations 5
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 5

How Hard Is It To Get Into PA College?

46% Acceptance Rate
87% Of Accepted Are Women
11% Submit SAT Scores
You'll need to do what you can to make your application stand out if you plan to apply to PA College. The school screens its applicants carefully and has a fairly low acceptance rate of 46%. So, don't just throw your admission packet together at the last minute!

Approximately 13% of accepted students are men and 87% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 50%, and the acceptance rate for women is 45%.

Average Test Scores

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.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences  ( 540 to 620 )
200
800
SAT Math Scores for Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences  ( 510 to 600 )
200
800

Can I Afford Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences?

68% Take Out Loans

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 PA College, approximately 68% of students took out student loans averaging $11,734 a year. That adds up to $46,936 over four years for those students.

Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences Undergraduate Student Diversity

646 Full-Time Undergraduates
89% Women
30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 1,670 undergraduate students at PA College, with 646 being full-time and 1,024 being part-time.

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There are also 146 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 646 full-time undergraduates at PA College, 11% are male and 89% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 38
Black or African American 45
Hispanic or Latino 88
White 441
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 34

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences. At this time, 4 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Online Learning at Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences

422 Took All Classes Online
1,255 Took At Least One Class Online
There are 6 bachelor’s degree and 21 master’s degree programs available online at PA College. In 2022-2023, 1,255 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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This school is the 23rd 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 PA College majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Health Care Management 73%
Nursing Education 13%
Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences 47%

Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences Healthcare Concentrations

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

Major Basic Certificate Associate’s Undergraduate Certificate Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Registered Nursing 0 230 0 125 0 0 0 355
Health Care Management 9 0 0 8 0 16 0 33
Diagnostic Medical Sonography/Sonographer and Ultrasound Technician 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 22
Radiologic Technology 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 21
Other Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences 0 0 0 19 0 0 0 19
Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic) 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 14
Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 10
Nuclear Medical Technology/Technologist 0 4 5 0 0 0 0 9
Surgical Technology 0 8 1 0 0 0 0 9
Nursing Education 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 8
Critical Care Nursing 0 0 0 0 1 6 0 7
Medical/Clinical Assistant 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Respiratory Care Therapy 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 5
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4
Nursing Practice 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Cardiovascular Technology/Technologist 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Medical Informatics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nursing Administration 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/Nursing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 14 279 42 152 1 34 2 524

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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