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Located in Clarion, Pennsylvania, Clarion University of Pennsylvania is a public institution. The charming, small-town atmosphere of Clarion draws many to the area.

23 Undergraduate Degrees
10 Graduate Degrees
$27,131 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
94% Acceptance Rate

Where Is Clarion University of Pennsylvania?

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Contact details for Clarion University are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 840 Wood Street, Clarion, PA 16214
Phone: 814-393-2000
Website: www.clarion.edu
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/clarionu
Twitter: https://twitter.com/clarionu

How Do I Get Into Clarion University?

You can apply to Clarion University online at: https://www.clarion.edu/admissions/apply-to-clarion/index.html

Admission Requirements for Clarion University

Submission Required?
High School GPA required
High School Rank considered but not required
High School Transcript required
College Prep Program recommended
Recommendations recommended
SAT or ACT Scores recommended
TOEFL recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Clarion University?

94% Acceptance Rate
66% Of Accepted Are Women
Clarion University has the high acceptance rate of 94%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 34% of accepted students are men and 66% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 93%, and the acceptance rate for women is 95%.

Can I Afford Clarion University of Pennsylvania?

$27,131 Net Price
78% Take Out Loans
6.6% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Clarion University is $27,131. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Clarion University, approximately 78% of students took out student loans averaging $8,557 a year. That adds up to $34,228 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Clarion University is 6.6%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Clarion University of Pennsylvania Undergraduate Student Diversity

2,889 Full-Time Undergraduates
67% Women
15% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 3,587 undergraduate students at Clarion University, with 2,889 being full-time and 698 being part-time.

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There are also 878 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,889 full-time undergraduates at Clarion University, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Clarion University of Pennsylvania students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 27
Black or African American 248
Hispanic or Latino 83
White 2,418
International Students 9
Other Races/Ethnicities 104

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Clarion University of Pennsylvania. At this time, 21 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 8 countries are represented at Clarion University. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, Canada, and Nigeria.

Online Learning at Clarion University of Pennsylvania

1,387 Took All Classes Online
3,586 Took At Least One Class Online
-0.1% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2019-2020, 3,586 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Clarion University has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 15th most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Clarion University

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Clarion University of Pennsylvania was $11,199 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $16,078. The following table shows how Clarion University is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major Tuition for In-State Students Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Data Modeling/Warehousing & Database Administration #4 #4
Computer Software & Applications #6 #4

Online Growth Rankings of Clarion University

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Clarion University of Pennsylvania was -0.1%. This is the #1,334 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Clarion University regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Clarion University ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Clarion University.

Major Growth Rate Rank
Data Modeling/Warehousing & Database Administration #28
Computer Software & Applications #131

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Clarion University of Pennsylvania Computer Science Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Bachelor’s Master’s TOTAL
General Computer & Information Sciences 14 0 14
Data Modeling/Warehousing & Database Administration 0 10 10
General Information Science 9 0 9
TOTAL 23 10 33

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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