College · Private nonprofit · Pittsburgh, PA · City
Chatham University
Pittsburgh, PA
Admit rate62%
6-yr median pay$49k
Net price / yr$30k
Undergrad size1,232
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $30k/yr for a shot at a $49k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 62% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1198.
If you get in
1,232 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 $61k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $30k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$245k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$120k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$125k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.5x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $44.6k
- Room & board
- $13.6k
- Books & supplies
- $1,000
How students pay for it.
Pell grants22%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans53%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$23k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $8k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention78%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr63%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$49k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$52k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out28%
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
- 1,232
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral/Professional Universities
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, selective, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
- Also known as
- Chatham
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White76%
- Black8%
- Hispanic6%
- Asian4%
- Unknown3%
- International3%
First-gen students30%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time7%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$56k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 45
What you can study.
- Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse$82k · 5-yr
- Biology/Biological Sciences$72k · 5-yr
- Psychology$45k · 5-yr
- Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies, Otherearnings not reported
- Speech Communication and Rhetoricearnings not reported
- Graphic Communicationsearnings not reported
- Adult and Continuing Education and Teachingearnings not reported
- English Language and Literatureearnings not reported
- Writingearnings not reported
- Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studiesearnings not reported
- Biochemistryearnings not reported
- Ecologyearnings not reported
- Neuroscienceearnings not reported
- Mathematicsearnings not reported
- Mathematics and Statistics, Otherearnings not reported
- International/Globalization Studiesearnings not reported
- Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studiesearnings not reported
- Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysisearnings not reported
- Human Biologyearnings not reported
- Sustainability Studiesearnings not reported
- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Otherearnings not reported
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitnessearnings not reported
- Chemistryearnings not reported
- Physicsearnings not reported
- Public Policy Analysisearnings not reported
- Social Workearnings not reported
- Criminologyearnings not reported
- Economicsearnings not reported
- Political Science and Governmentearnings not reported
- Visual and Performing Artsearnings not reported
- Design and Visual Communicationsearnings not reported
- Film/Cinema/Media Studiesearnings not reported
- Art/Art Studiesearnings not reported
- Musicearnings not reported
- Arts, Entertainment, and Media Managementearnings not reported
- Public Healthearnings not reported
- Business Administration and Managementearnings not reported
- Accountingearnings not reported
- International Business/Trade/Commerceearnings not reported
- Management Information Systemsearnings not reported
- Marketing/Marketing Managementearnings not reported
- Natural Resources/Conservationearnings not reported
- Historyearnings not reported
- Interior Architectureearnings not reported
- African-American/Black Studiesearnings not reported