DeSales University
DeSales University admitted 77% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1090–1260 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $29,183 a year. Within six years, 70% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 77%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1090–1260
- ACT middle 50%
- 27–28
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $61,819 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $29,183 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $30,171 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $48,300 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 70%
- Students who return for a second year
- 83%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $69,129 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $27,000
Students
- Undergraduates
- 2,128
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 31%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 12 to 1
- Campus setting
- Suburb
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Health professions
- 31%
- Business, management and marketing
- 21%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 9%
- Visual and performing arts
- 8%
- Homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting
- 7%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- North Central College IL · 77% admitted
- Tennessee Technological University TN · 76% admitted
- Baldwin Wallace University OH · 76% admitted
- Maryland Institute College of Art MD · 77% admitted
- Oklahoma City University OK · 77% admitted
- State University of New York at Plattsburgh NY · 78% admitted
More colleges in Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA · 61% admitted
- Temple University PA · 80% admitted
- University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus PA · 58% admitted
- West Chester University of Pennsylvania PA · 78% admitted
- Drexel University PA · 79% admitted
- University of Pennsylvania PA · 5.4% admitted
- Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania PA · 93% admitted
- Pennsylvania State University-World Campus PA · 91% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.