The Catholic University of America
The Catholic University of America admitted 83% of applicants. Its average net price after aid was $32,543 a year. Within six years, 76% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 83%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Not required
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $77,564 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $32,543 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $27,245 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $60,414 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 76%
- Students who return for a second year
- 87%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $81,308 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $25,469
Students
- Undergraduates
- 3,154
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 26%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 11 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Business, management and marketing
- 29%
- Health professions
- 13%
- Social sciences
- 11%
- Engineering
- 8%
- Philosophy and religious studies
- 6%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Bryn Athyn College of the New Church PA · 83% admitted
- Champlain College VT · 83% admitted
- Moody Bible Institute IL · 83% admitted
- University of Redlands CA · 83% admitted
- University of Sioux Falls SD · 83% admitted
- Angelo State University TX · 83% admitted
More colleges in the District of Columbia
- George Washington University DC · 47% admitted
- Howard University DC · 41% admitted
- Georgetown University DC · 13% admitted
- American University DC · 62% admitted
- Trinity Washington University DC · 100% admitted
- Gallaudet University DC · 58% 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.