Point Park University
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Website
$45,856
median earnings, 10 years after starting
$45,856
median earnings, 10 years after starting
Point Park University is a private nonprofit 4-year college in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with 2,331 undergraduates and 1,111 graduate students. Its average net price after grants is $25,942 a year (tuition and fees $39,570). It admits 97% of applicants and 59% of students finish within 6 years. Former students earn a median $45,856 a year 10 years after they started, and graduates leave with a median $27,000 in federal student loans.
Updated Oct 10, 2026 · June 2026 data
Net price
$25,942
US median $17,138
Tuition and fees
$39,570
US median $11,837
Admission rate
97%
US median 78%
Completion rate
59%
Within 6 years, US 58%
Median debt
$27,000
About $286 a month
Earnings at 10 years
$45,856
Rank 1,900 of 5,094 in the US
Cost
What a year costs: posted prices and the average after grants
Net price by family income
Average yearly cost after grants, for students who get aid
- Net price
- $25,942
- Tuition and fees
- $39,570
- Cost of attendance
- $52,643
- Students with a need-based grant
- 39%
- Students with federal loans
- 74%
- Net price, family income under $30K
- $22,436
- Net price, family income $30K to $48K
- $22,064
- Net price, family income $48K to $75K
- $22,362
- Net price, family income $75K to $110K
- $27,325
- Net price, family income over $110K
- $29,813
Net price is what students who get aid pay on average after grants.
Tuition and net price by year
School years 2015-16 to 2024-25. The year on the chart is the year the school year starts.
Yearly cost
Tuition and fees went from $28,250 in 2015-16 to $39,570 in 2024-25.
Admission, completion and retention
Share of applicants admitted, of students who finish and of first-year students who come back
Admission and students
- Admission rate
- 97%
- SAT reading, middle
- 545
- SAT math, middle
- 520
- ACT, middle
- 22
- Undergraduates
- 2,331
- Graduate students
- 1,111
- Part-time students
- 7.3%
- Women
- 65%
- Students per teacher
- 12
- Completion rate
- 59%
- Retention rate
- 74%
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Programs
- 83
- Endowment
- $64.3M
Earnings and debt
Compared with the medians of the colleges of its state, of colleges of the same kind and of all US colleges
Median earnings 10 years after starting rank 1,900 of 5,094 US colleges and 155 of 270 in Pennsylvania (1 = highest).
| Measure | College | PA median | Same kind | US median |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net price | $25,942 | $19,970 | $22,320 | $17,138 |
| Tuition in-state | $39,570 | $19,182 | $31,170 | $11,837 |
| Admission rate | 97% | 81% | 74% | 78% |
| Completion rate | 59% | 66% | 57% | 58% |
| Retention rate | 74% | 78% | 77% | 75% |
| Median debt | $27,000 | $17,500 | $24,287 | $13,271 |
| Earnings after 6 years | $36,906 | $42,275 | $44,392 | $35,656 |
| Earnings after 10 years | $45,856 | $49,700 | $52,928 | $40,813 |
Best-paid programs
Median earnings 1 year after graduation
Same kind: US private nonprofit 4-year colleges. Earnings and debt are medians of former students who received federal student aid. 53% of borrowers lowered their balance within 3 years. 61% earn more than a typical high school graduate 6 years after starting.
Programs
83 fields of study and credentials, with graduates, debt and earnings
| Field of study | Graduates | Median debt | Earnings 1 yr | Earnings 4 yr | US median 4 yr | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Educational Administration and SupervisionOnlineGraduate certificate | Graduate certificate | 81 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| DanceBachelor's | Bachelor's | 71 | $27,000 | $17,781 | $37,205 | $39,980 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's | Master's | 59 | $35,228 | $67,391 | $90,722 | $103,485 |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and StagecraftBachelor's | Bachelor's | 54 | $27,000 | $23,147 | $40,121 | $39,775 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsMaster's | Master's | 53 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $59,916 |
| Film/Video and Photographic ArtsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 49 | $27,000 | Withheld | $41,751 | $43,765 |
| Educational Administration and SupervisionOnlineDoctoral | Doctoral | 45 | $46,356 | $97,728 | $88,525 | $100,573 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 40 | $27,489 | $41,910 | $53,332 | $68,257 |
| Educational Administration and SupervisionMaster's | Master's | 35 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $71,685 |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, OtherBachelor's | Bachelor's | 35 | $27,000 | $24,948 | $47,669 | $69,830 |
| Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationBachelor's | Bachelor's | 24 | $27,000 | $17,479 | $49,951 | $50,497 |
| Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 22 | $26,750 | $33,542 | $47,830 | $55,378 |
| Curriculum and InstructionOnlineMaster's | Master's | 21 | Withheld | Withheld | $67,919 | $63,399 |
| Psychology, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 20 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $50,706 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 19 | Withheld | $35,540 | Withheld | $47,382 |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied CommunicationBachelor's | Bachelor's | 18 | $27,000 | $32,495 | $55,545 | $63,560 |
| Health and Medical Administrative ServicesOnlineMaster's | Master's | 17 | Withheld | Withheld | $89,825 | $89,981 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject AreasOnlineMaster's | Master's | 16 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $63,707 |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied PsychologyMaster's | Master's | 15 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $65,184 |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, OtherBachelor's | Bachelor's | 14 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $55,693 |
| Security Science and TechnologyBachelor's | Bachelor's | 13 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $57,805 |
| Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 13 | Withheld | Withheld | $74,639 | $76,194 |
| Human Resources Management and ServicesBachelor's | Bachelor's | 13 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $68,069 |
| Design and Applied ArtsBachelor's | Bachelor's | 12 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | - |
| Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralBachelor's | Bachelor's | 11 | Withheld | Withheld | Withheld | $92,374 |
In the area
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Questions and answers
How much does Point Park University cost?
$25,942 a year is the average net price at Point Park University after grants and scholarships. Tuition and fees are $39,570, and the full cost of attendance with housing, food and books is $52,643. Families earning under $30,000 pay $22,436 on average.
What is the acceptance rate at Point Park University?
97% of applicants are admitted to Point Park University. The median admission rate of colleges in Pennsylvania is 81%.
How much do Point Park University graduates earn?
$45,856 a year is the median pay of former Point Park University students who work, 10 years after they started ($36,906 after 6 years). That ranks 1,900 of 5,094 US colleges and 155 of 270 in Pennsylvania. Its best-paid program one year after graduation is Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral) at $97,728.
How much student debt do Point Park University graduates have?
$27,000 is the median federal student loan debt of Point Park University graduates, about $286 a month over 10 years. The median across US colleges is $13,271. 74% of undergraduates take out federal loans.
What is the graduation rate at Point Park University?
59% of first-time, full-time students at Point Park University finish within 6 years. 74% of first-year students come back for a second year. The median of private nonprofit 4-year colleges is 57%.
What are the most popular majors at Point Park University?
Educational Administration and Supervision (81 graduate certificate graduates), Dance (71 bachelor's graduates), Business Administration, Management and Operations (59 master's graduates) had the most graduates in the newest year, out of 83 programs.
Official public data, June 2026 release. Net price is for first-time, full-time students who get aid. Completion counts first-time, full-time students who finish within 150% of the normal time. Debt and earnings are medians of students who received federal student aid, measured a few years after they left, in the dollars of the year measured; earnings count former students who work and are not enrolled, including those who did not finish.