College · Private nonprofit · Philadelphia, PA · City
La Salle University
Philadelphia, PA
Religious affiliation
Admit rate97%
6-yr median pay$54k
Net price / yr$19k
Undergrad size1,953
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $19k/yr for a shot at a $54k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 97% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid.
If you get in
1,953 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 $48k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $19k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$193k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$78k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$116k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.4x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $37.8k
- Room & board
- $16.4k
- Books & supplies
- $1,000
How students pay for it.
Pell grants35%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans43%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$25k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $9k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention72%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr57%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$54k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$67k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
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
- 1,953
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral/Professional Universities
- Size & setting
- Four-year · medium · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, selective, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White34%
- Black29%
- Hispanic20%
- International6%
- Asian5%
- Two or more races4%
- Unknown2%
First-gen students37%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time14%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$42k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 56
What you can study.