College · Private nonprofit · Pittsburgh, PA · City
Carlow University
Pittsburgh, PA
Religious affiliation
Admit rate87%
6-yr median pay$45k
Net price / yr$21k
Undergrad size1,348
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $21k/yr for a shot at a $45k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 87% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1080 · ACT 23.
If you get in
1,348 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $49k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $21k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$197k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$83k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$114k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.9x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $35.9k
- Room & board
- $13.8k
- Books & supplies
- $2,000
How students pay for it.
Pell grants43%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans69%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$26k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $12k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr60%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$45k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$51k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out38%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 1,348
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · medium full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White66%
- Black19%
- Hispanic5%
- Two or more races4%
- Asian3%
- Unknown1%
- International1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students37%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time23%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$41k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 34
What you can study.