In late July, I visited 11 private co-ed Catholic colleges in or near Philadelphia:
ten are 4-year colleges and one is a 2-year college with acceptance rates of
between 49% and 94%. They ranged in size from
about 500 to just over 7000 undergraduates. At most, business or health are the most popular majors. I hope to share some highlights about these
schools with you in my next few postings.
Immaculata University has a beautiful suburban, green campus, twenty miles west of Philly. Popular majors
are nursing, psychology, exercise science, business, education and music. Two unusual majors are fashion merchandising
and radiologic science. The average
class size is just fourteen. The average
accepted student had a GPA of 3.2 and an SAT score of 1470 (out of 2400). Nursing students need to have a minimum GPA
of 3.0 and a minimum SAT score of 1500 (out of 2400). There are five Presidential scholarships (full tuition) and other merit
aid of between $7K and $16K. For
scholarship consideration, students must apply before December 1st. 
