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Costs & Financial Aid

Contact Admissions

  • Undergraduate 
    admiss@desales.edu
  • ACCESS Lifelong Learning 
    access@desales.edu
  • Graduate 
    gradadmissions@desales.edu

A quick look at DeSales University

Affiliation
A private, four-year Catholic university for men and women administered by the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales.

DeSales student to faculty ratio is 15:1
DeSales average class size is 18
DeSales is 45% male and 55% female

Cost of attendance for undergraduates for 2012-2013

Direct Costs Resident Commuter Off-Campus
Tuition 29,000 29,000 29,000
Room and Board 10,970 -- --
Fees 
 1,150 990 990
TOTAL $41,120 $29,990 $29,990

Indirect Costs

      
Books 1,526 1,526 1,526

Personal Expenses

 4,490 4,490 4,490
Transportation Costs -- 2,106 2,106
Living Expenses -- -- 5,820

TOTAL COSTS

 $47,136 $38,112 $43,932

Financial Aid

More than 95% of undergraduate, full-time day students receive some form of financial aid.

Accreditations

DeSales University is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE), an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education and the Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation.

MSCHE
3624 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
267.284.5000

Individual programs are accredited by specific accrediting bodies. Learn more »

Enrollment 

1,597 full-time undergraduate day students, 66% of whom live on campus.

3,245 total full-time enrollment for traditional, graduate, and evening (ACCESS) students

15% minority; 31 states and 5 other countries represented.

Faculty

103 full-time faculty members; 76% have the highest degree attainable in their field.


Associations  

DeSales is a member of the Lehigh Valley Association of Independent Colleges, which offers cross-registration and interlibrary loan with Cedar Crest, Lafayette, Moravian, and Muhlenberg Colleges, and Lehigh University.

Athletics

Sixteen teams compete in the NCAA  Division III Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Conference (MAC) and the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC). Learn more about DeSales Athletics »
  • Men's: basketball, baseball, soccer, lacrosse, cross country, golf, indoor track & field, and outdoor track & field. 
  • Women's: basketball, volleyball, cross country, soccer, softball, field hockey, indoor track & field, and outdoor track & field.