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Rosemont College
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Information Summary
Ranks 654th overall and 54th in Pennsylvania
| Overall Score
On StateUniversity.com (about) |
80.3 |
|---|---|
| Total Cost
On-Campus Attendance |
$34,235 |
| Admission
Success rate |
60% |
| SAT
75 %ile scores |
995 |
| Student Ratio
Ratio of students to faculty |
16 : 1 |
| Retention
(Full-Time / Part-Time) |
81% / N/A |
| Enrollment
Total (all students) |
995 |
Demographics – Main Campus and Surrounding Areas
Reported area around or near Rosemont, PA 19010-1699
| Surrounding community | Large suburb (inside urban area but outside city, pop. over 250,000) |
|---|---|
| Total Population | 21,485 (21,485 urban / N/A rural) |
| Households | 8,020 (2.36 people per house) |
| Families | 4,708 (3.02 people per family) |
| Pop. — African American | 1,238 |
| Pop. — Asian | 1,613 |
| Pop. — Pacific Islander | 21 |
| Pop. — American Indian / Alaskan Native | 80 |
| Pop. — White (incl. Hispanic) | 18,702 |
| Pop. — Other | 168 |
Carnegie Foundation Classification
Master's Colleges and Universities (medium programs)
| Undergraduate | Professions plus arts & sciences, some graduate coexistence |
|---|---|
| Graduate | Postbaccalaureate with arts & sciences (business dominant) |
| Undergraduate Population | Medium full-time four-year, selective, lower transfer-in |
| Enrollment | Majority undergraduate |
| Size & Setting | Very small four-year, primarily residential |
General Characteristics
| Highest offering | Master's degree |
|---|---|
| Calendar System | Semester |
| Years of college work required | N/A |
| Variable Tuition |
Special Learning Opportunities
| Distance Learning | |
|---|---|
| ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force | |
| Study Abroad | |
| Weekend College | |
| Teacher Certification |
Student Tuition Costs and Fees
What are the typical tuition costs and fees for attending Rosemont College?
Ranks 473rd for total cost of attendance
| In District | In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FT Undergraduate Tuition | $21,630 | $21,630 | $21,630 |
| FT Undergraduate Required Fees | $905 | $905 | $905 |
| PT Undergraduate per Credit Hour | $830 | $830 | $830 |
| FT Graduate Tuition | $14,175 | $14,175 | $14,175 |
| FT Graduate Required Fees | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| PT Graduate per Credit Hour | $525 | $525 | $525 |
| Total Cost of Attendance — On-Campus | $34,235 | $34,235 | $34,235 |
| Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus w/out Family | $34,435 | $34,435 | $34,435 |
| Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus with Family | $25,535 | $25,535 | $25,535 |
Student Tuition Cost History and Trends
Three year history and trends on the cost of attending
| In District | In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Published Tuition & Fees | $20,385 |
$20,385 |
$20,385 |
| Cost (regardless of residency) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Books & Supplies | $1,000 |
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| On-Campus – Room & Board | $8,800 |
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| On-Campus – Other Expenses | $1,575 |
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| Off-Campus w/out Family – Room & Board | $8,000 |
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| Off-Campus w/out Family – Other Expenses | $1,650 |
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| Off-Campus with Family – Room & Board | $1,650 |
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Admission Details
| Application Fee Required | N/A |
|---|---|
| Undergraduate Application Fee | $35 |
| Graduate Application Fee | $50 |
| First Professional Application Fee | N/A |
| Applicants | 367 (N/A male / 367 female) |
| Admitted | 221 (N/A male / 221 female) |
| Admission rate | 60% |
| First-time Enrollment | 68 (N/A male / 68 female) |
| FT Enrollment | 68 (N/A male / 68 female) |
| PT Enrollment | N/A (N/A male / N/A female) |
| Total Enrollment | 995 |
Admission Criteria
What criteria does Rosemont College use for admissions?
| Open Admissions | |
|---|---|
| Secondary School GPA / Rank / Record | |
| College Prep. Completion | |
| Recommendations | |
| Formal competency demo | N/A |
| Admission test scores | |
| TOEFL | |
| Other tests | N/A |
Admission Credits Accepted
What types of credits does Rosemont College accept?
| Dual Credit | |
|---|---|
| Life Experience | |
| Advanced Placement (AP) |
Athletics - Association Memberships
| Sports / Athletic Conference Memberships | NCAA |
|---|---|
| NCAA Basketball Conference | Pennsylvania Athletic Conference |
SAT Test Admission
Ranks 1192nd for 75pctl scores
| Applicants submitting SAT results | 100% |
|---|---|
| Verbal scores (25/75 %ile) | 410 / 495 |
| Math scores (25/75 %ile) | 415 / 500 |
| Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile) | 825 / 995 |
Student Services
| Remedial Services | |
|---|---|
| Academic / Career Counseling | |
| PT Cost-defraying Employment | |
| Career Placement | |
| On-Campus Day Care | |
| Library Facility |
Student Living
| First-time Room / Board Required | |
|---|---|
| Dorm Capacity | 236 |
| Meals per Week | N/A |
| Room Fee | N/A |
| Board Fee | N/A |
Student Financial Aid Details
How many students use Financial Aid, and how much do they use?
Rosemont College Ranks 1245th for the average student loan amount.
| Average | Users | % of Attendees | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Grant Aid | $4,053 | 52 | |
| State & Local Grant Aid | $3,555 | 55 | |
| Institutional Grant Aid | $13,742 | 120 | |
| Student Loan Aid | $5,634 | 83 | |
| Any financial aid type | 120 |
Student Enrollment Demographics
How many students are enrolled at Rosemont College?
| Men | Women | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
Non Resident Alien | N/A | 12 | 12 |
Black Non-Hispanic | 13 | 255 | 268 |
Hispanic | 1 | 41 | 42 |
Asian / Pacific Islander | N/A | 37 | 37 |
American Indian / Alaskan Native | N/A | N/A | N/A |
White Non-Hispanic | 58 | 509 | 567 |
Race Unknown | 8 | 61 | 69 |
| Total | 80 | 915 | 995 |
Student Graduation Demographics
How many students graduated at Rosemont College?
| Men | Women | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
Non Resident Alien | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Black Non-Hispanic | N/A | 20 | 20 |
Hispanic | N/A | 3 | 3 |
Asian / Pacific Islander | N/A | 10 | 10 |
American Indian / Alaskan Native | N/A | N/A | N/A |
White Non-Hispanic | N/A | 71 | 71 |
Race Unknown | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Total | N/A | 104 | 104 |
Most Popular Fields of Study
The top 5 fields of study completed at Rosemont College.
| Men | Women | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12 | 51 | 63 | |
| 4 | 32 | 36 | |
| 4 | 22 | 26 | |
| 2 | 14 | 16 | |
| 1 | 11 | 12 |
Student Completion / Graduation Demographics
How many students are successful graduates?
Faculty Compensation / Salaries
Rosemont College Ranks 2427th for the average full-time faculty salary.
| Tenure system | |
|---|---|
| Average FT Salary | $46,090 ($48,424 male / $44,615 female) |
| Number of FT Faculty | 31 (12 male / 19 female) |
| Number of PT Faculty | 89 |
| FT Faculty Ratio | 0.3 : 1 |
| Total Benefits | $312,913 |
Rosemont College Summary
The following paragraph provided courtesy of wikipedia.
Rosemont College is a women’s college located in Rosemont, Pennsylvania. Rooted in Catholicism, and guided by the educational principles of Cornelia Connelly and the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, Rosemont College values: Rosemont College uses the slogan One College, Three Schools, referring to its undergraduate women’s college, the school of graduate studies, and the school of continuing studies. Rosemont College has developed inter-institutional cooperative agreements with Villanova University, Eastern University, Arcadia University, Cabrini College, Chestnut Hill College, Gwynedd-Mercy College, Holy Family University, Immaculata University, and Neumann College. Rosemont also offers study abroad programs, internships, individualized majors, an early assurance medical program and other Nursing Programs with Drexel University College of Medicine, accelerated BA and MA programs, and the Cornelian Scholars program for early acceptance to Rosemont’s graduate programs. Rosemont College’s School of Graduate Studies offers the following co-educational graduate programs that award the Master of Arts, Master of Fine Arts, or the Master of Education degrees: School Counseling with Elementary Certification School Counseling with Secondary Certification Human Services Counseling with preparation for Professional Licensure with an Optional Concentration in Gerontology Concentration in Literature Concentration in Writing Concentration in Book or Magazine Publishing Concentration in Digital Design Courses are scheduled throughout the calendar year on evenings and weekends, and class enrollment is kept deliberately small to maximize contact with peers and expert faculty-practitioners. Rosemont is a charter member of the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference (PAC), which also includes Alvernia College, Arcadia University, Cabrini College, Cedar Crest College, College Misericordia, Eastern University, Gwynedd-Mercy College, Immaculata University, Marywood University, Neumann College, and Wesley College.
Rosemont College Academics
Rosemont College is unique in its study options. Furthermore, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Adult (re-entering) student services, Alcohol/Substance Abuse Counseling, Campus Ministries/Chaplain, Career Counseling, Employment Service, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Legal Services, Minority Student Services, On-Campus Daycare, Personal Counseling, Placement Service, Veterans Counselor and Women’s Services can help. For instance, the university has a Accelerated Program, Cross-Registration, Distance Learning, Double Major, ESL, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, Liberal Arts/Career Combination, ROTC, Air Force, ROTC, Army, Student-Designed Major, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification, Visiting/Exchange Student Program and Washington Semester. The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed. There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Extensive Undergraduate Evening or Early Morning Classes, Learning Center, Reduced Course Load, Remedial Instruction, Study Skills Assistance, Tutoring and Writing Center.
The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at Rosemont College.
- Foreign Language and Literature:
- Foreign Language & Literature – General, French, German, Italian, Spanish
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences:
- Biochemistry, Biology
- Philosphy and Religion:
- Philosophy, Religion/Religious Studies
- English Language and Literature:
- English
- Communications & Journalism:
- Communications/Rhetoric
- Popular majors:
- seventeen percent visual and performing arts, sixteen percent business per marketing, fifteen percent social sciences, fourteen percent english, thirteen percent psychology, ten percent physical sciences
- Social Sciences:
- Economics, Political Science/Government, Social Sciences – General, Sociology
- Physical Sciences:
- Chemistry
- Psychology:
- Psychology – General
- History:
- History – General
- School of Visual and Performing Arts:
- Art History/Criticism/Conservation
- Business, Management, & Marketing:
- Accounting, Business – General, Business Administration/Management, Business Communications, Business/Managerial Economics, Hospitality Administration/Management, Human Resources Management, Management Science, Organizational Behavior Studies
- Mathematics:
- Mathematics – General
The cost per credit hour (overall) was $750 Cost & Savings Calculator Financial Aid International students eligible for need-based aid last fall. Again, for international students, the application fee is 35.
Rosemont College Admissions
This school did not report their application fee. Transfer student are not ignored. Specifically, there were forty-three total number of transfer students who applied and thirty-three total number of transfer students who were admitted. Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 66%. Remember that this can change at any time.
Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, make sure to check with the university about the specific date for this year. For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 15th of February. the SAT subject section score due date was not reported. Transfer students must apply no later than the Rolling admission, with priority applications due on the 1st of August. SAT and ACT score reports are due the 1st of August and The regular application due date was not reported.
Rosemont College Financial Aid
Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school. If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics, Alumni Affiliation, Art, Job Skills and Religious Affiliation. Financial aid forms are FAFSA. Likewise, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics, Alumni Affiliation, Art and Leadership.
Rosemont College Students
Rosemont College offers Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. The school’s size is approximately six hundred and forty-four degree-seeking undergrads, one hundred and twenty first-time degree-seeking freshmen and four hundred and four graduate enrollment. Further, it is part of an Suburban setting, Small town (2,500 – 9,999) and Residential campus. Moreover, the student body consists of seventy percent in-state students, thirty percent out-of-state students, one hundred percent women, twelve percent asian per pacific islander, thirty-six percent black per non-hispanic, thirteen percent hispanic, thirty-seven percent white per non-hispanic, three percent non-resident alien, twenty-four percent in top 10th of graduating class, forty-six percent in top quarter of graduating class and seventy-one percent in top half of graduating class. The university is a Private, Liberal Arts College, Four-year, Roman Catholic Church, Women only, where 66 percent of the applicants were admitted, Regionally accredited and College Board member.
This school features the Suburban setting, Small town (2,500 – 9,999) and Residential campus. Importantly, the school is located 11 miles from Philadelphia.
Rosemont College Athletics
The Ramblers are a member of NCAA. The following sports can be found here:
- Women’s NCAA Division III and Women’s Intercollegiate Basketball
- Women’s NCAA Division III and Women’s Intercollegiate Softball
- Women’s NCAA Division III and Women’s Intercollegiate Volleyball















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