Peirce College Healthcare Programs

Peirce College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

Where Is Peirce College?

Contact details for Peirce are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1608 Walnut St., Suite 1900, Philadelphia, PA 19103-5443
Phone:	888-467-3472
Website:	www.peirce.edu

How Do I Get Into Peirce?

You can apply to Peirce online at: https://forms.peirce.edu/4725674

Peirce College has an open admissions policy. This means that the school accepts all applicants assuming that they meet very basic requirements, such as having a high school diploma or equivalent.

Can I Afford Peirce College?

Student Loan Debt

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 Peirce, approximately 50% of students took out student loans averaging $11,260 a year. That adds up to $45,040 over four years for those students.

Peirce College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 788 undergraduate students at Peirce, with 182 being full-time and 606 being part-time.

There are also 87 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 182 full-time undergraduates at Peirce, 25% are male and 75% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Peirce College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	2
Black or African American	91
Hispanic or Latino	28
White	36
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	24

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Peirce College. At this time, 3 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 8 countries are represented at Peirce. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Sierra Leone, China, and Kazakhstan.

Online Learning at Peirce College

There are 36 bachelor’s degree and 6 master’s degree programs available online at Peirce. In 2022-2023, 856 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 16th 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 Peirce majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Health Care Management	9%
Health Information Management	33%
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	4%
Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder	10%

Peirce College Healthcare Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Health Care Management	0	0	27	16	43
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	0	23	0	0	23
Medical Insurance Coding Specialist/Coder	20	0	0	0	20
Health Information Management	0	0	3	0	3
TOTAL	20	23	30	16	89

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 BotMultichillT under License

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