About


Costs & Financial Aid

Contact Admissions

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

DeSales student to faculty ratio is 15:1

DeSales average class size is 18

DeSales is 45% male and 55% female

Enrollment

 
1,576 full-time undergraduate day students. Total full-time enrollment for traditional, graduate, and evening 
(ACCESS) students: 2,468.


Expenses (2011-2012)

Tuition $28,000
Room & Board $10,520
Student & Technology Fee $1,200
Total $39,720


Financial Aid
More than 90% of undergraduate, full-time day students receive some form of financial aid.


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.



Accreditations


The Middle States Commission on Higher Education

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 »