College · Private nonprofit · Pittsburgh, PA · City
Point Park University
Pittsburgh, PA
Admit rate97%
6-yr median pay$37k
Net price / yr$26k
Undergrad size2,331
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $26k/yr for a shot at a $37k 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. Admitted students average ACT 22.
If you get in
2,331 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $53k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $26k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$211k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$104k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$107k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.8x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $39.6k
- Room & board
- $14.0k
- Books & supplies
- $1,200
How students pay for it.
Pell grants39%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans74%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$27k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $14k.
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 yr59%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$37k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$46k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out25%
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
- 2,331
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Region
- Mid East (DE, DC, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral/Professional Universities
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Middle States Commission on Higher Education
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White63%
- Black16%
- Hispanic9%
- International4%
- Two or more races4%
- Asian2%
- Unknown2%
First-gen students29%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time7%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$51k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 46
What you can study.
- Electrical, Electronic, and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician$99k · 5-yr
- Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other$70k · 5-yr
- Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration$69k · 5-yr
- Accounting$67k · 5-yr
- Business Administration and Management$60k · 5-yr
- Organizational Communication$59k · 5-yr
- Education, Other$52k · 5-yr
- Radio and Television$52k · 5-yr
- Criminal Justice and Corrections, General$52k · 5-yr
- English Language and Literature$47k · 5-yr
- Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching$47k · 5-yr
- Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other$45k · 5-yr
- Journalism$45k · 5-yr
- Psychology$42k · 5-yr
- Film/Cinema/Media Studies$40k · 5-yr
- Dance$29k · 5-yr
- Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts$27k · 5-yr
- Behavioral Sciencesearnings not reported
- International/Globalization Studiesearnings not reported
- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Otherearnings not reported
- Speech Communication and Rhetoricearnings not reported
- Security Science and Technologyearnings not reported
- Public Administrationearnings not reported
- Economicsearnings not reported
- Political Science and Governmentearnings not reported
- Design and Visual Communicationsearnings not reported
- Pre-Dentistry Studiesearnings not reported
- Marketing/Marketing Managementearnings not reported
- Historyearnings not reported
- Clinical Psychologyearnings not reported
- Graphic Communicationsearnings not reported
- Computer and Information Sciencesearnings not reported
- Funeral Service and Mortuary Scienceearnings not reported
- Educational Evaluation and Researchearnings not reported
- Special Education and Teachingearnings not reported
- Agricultural Teacher Educationearnings not reported
- Civil Engineeringearnings not reported
- Electrical and Electronics Engineeringearnings not reported
- Mechanical Engineeringearnings not reported
- Civil Engineering Technologies/Techniciansearnings not reported
- Aeronautical/Aerospace Engineering Technology/Technicianearnings not reported
- Pre-Law Studiesearnings not reported
- Writingearnings not reported
- Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studiesearnings not reported
- Biology/Biological Sciencesearnings not reported
- Intelligenceearnings not reported