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Basic Information

Type Private, Liberal Arts
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Pittsburgh, PA
Population 1,700,000
Website https://www.chatham.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 115 (84%)
Sunshine Hours 2,021 (3% 🌧️)
Days Without Precipitation 213 (11%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 1,163
Men / Women 35% / 65%
From State 64%
From Region 23%
Athletes 36.7%

Racial/Ethnic

White 75%
Black 8%
Hispanic 6%
Asian 4%
International 3%
Native American 0%
Mixed 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Men: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Men: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Men: 1.0% 1.0% 2015 Men: 28.0% 28.0% 2016 Men: 23.7% 23.7% 2017 Men: 31.3% 31.3% 2018 Men: 32.4% 32.4% 2019 Men: 28.2% 28.2% 2020 Men: 25.8% 25.8% 2021 Men: 24.4% 24.4% 2022 Men: 33.3% 33.3% 2023 Men: 33.1% 33.1% 2024 Men: 36.4% 36.4%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2012 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2013 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2014 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2017 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Native: 1.1% 1.1% 2020 Native: 1.0% 1.0% 2021 Native: 1.9% 1.9% 2022 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2023 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2011 Asian: 1.7% 1.7% 2012 Asian: 2.0% 2.0% 2013 Asian: 2.3% 2.3% 2014 Asian: 2.3% 2.3% 2015 Asian: 1.5% 1.5% 2016 Asian: 3.3% 3.3% 2017 Asian: 3.1% 3.1% 2018 Asian: 1.7% 1.7% 2019 Asian: 5.4% 5.4% 2020 Asian: 2.9% 2.9% 2021 Asian: 2.9% 2.9% 2022 Asian: 4.1% 4.1% 2023 Asian: 3.9% 3.9% 2024 Asian: 3.0% 3.0% 2011 Black: 11.2% 11.2% 2012 Black: 7.5% 7.5% 2013 Black: 9.7% 9.7% 2014 Black: 10.8% 10.8% 2015 Black: 19.1% 19.1% 2016 Black: 19.3% 19.3% 2017 Black: 12.3% 12.3% 2018 Black: 15.4% 15.4% 2019 Black: 10.9% 10.9% 2020 Black: 19.6% 19.6% 2021 Black: 8.6% 8.6% 2022 Black: 6.7% 6.7% 2023 Black: 3.2% 3.2% 2024 Black: 6.7% 6.7% 2011 Hispanic: 0.9% 0.9% 2012 Hispanic: 4.1% 4.1% 2013 Hispanic: 1.7% 1.7% 2014 Hispanic: 1.7% 1.7% 2015 Hispanic: 5.3% 5.3% 2016 Hispanic: 2.7% 2.7% 2017 Hispanic: 5.4% 5.4% 2018 Hispanic: 1.7% 1.7% 2019 Hispanic: 1.1% 1.1% 2020 Hispanic: 3.9% 3.9% 2021 Hispanic: 5.7% 5.7% 2022 Hispanic: 4.1% 4.1% 2023 Hispanic: 4.6% 4.6% 2024 Hispanic: 1.9% 1.9% 2011 White: 67.2% 67.2% 2012 White: 68.0% 68.0% 2013 White: 69.7% 69.7% 2014 White: 59.1% 59.1% 2015 White: 59.5% 59.5% 2016 White: 48.7% 48.7% 2017 White: 63.8% 63.8% 2018 White: 65.0% 65.0% 2019 White: 66.3% 66.3% 2020 White: 66.7% 66.7% 2021 White: 71.0% 71.0% 2022 White: 80.4% 80.4% 2023 White: 78.9% 78.9% 2024 White: 81.0% 81.0% 2011 International: 5.2% 5.2% 2012 International: 2.7% 2.7% 2013 International: 8.0% 8.0% 2014 International: 14.8% 14.8% 2015 International: 6.1% 6.1% 2016 International: 12.0% 12.0% 2017 International: 8.5% 8.5% 2018 International: 4.3% 4.3% 2019 International: 10.9% 10.9% 2020 International: 3.9% 3.9% 2021 International: 2.9% 2.9% 2022 International: 1.5% 1.5% 2023 International: 3.5% 3.5% 2024 International: 3.4% 3.4%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2021 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2022 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2023 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2024 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2025 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2020 Asian: 3.0% 3.0% 2021 Asian: 3.5% 3.5% 2022 Asian: 3.4% 3.4% 2023 Asian: 3.8% 3.8% 2024 Asian: 4.0% 4.0% 2025 Asian: 3.9% 3.9% 2020 Black: 5.1% 5.1% 2021 Black: 4.8% 4.8% 2022 Black: 4.8% 4.8% 2023 Black: 6.0% 6.0% 2024 Black: 7.4% 7.4% 2025 Black: 7.9% 7.9% 2020 Hispanic: 4.6% 4.6% 2021 Hispanic: 5.4% 5.4% 2022 Hispanic: 5.2% 5.2% 2023 Hispanic: 5.7% 5.7% 2024 Hispanic: 5.7% 5.7% 2025 Hispanic: 6.2% 6.2% 2020 White: 77.7% 77.7% 2021 White: 77.2% 77.2% 2022 White: 78.1% 78.1% 2023 White: 76.7% 76.7% 2024 White: 75.1% 75.1% 2025 White: 75.4% 75.4% 2020 International: 2.8% 2.8% 2021 International: 3.0% 3.0% 2022 International: 2.6% 2.6% 2023 International: 2.9% 2.9% 2024 International: 3.3% 3.3% 2025 International: 3.4% 3.4%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Chatham University 309 30% / 70% 2% $63,354 57 98%
Chemistry 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $69,660 70 —
Mathematics 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $67,831 66 —
Mathematics and Statistics 6 +2 83% / 17% 33% $85,295 87 —
Physics 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $72,550 75 —
Biochemistry 6 +1 50% / 50% 0% $66,688 64 —
Biology 38 — 13% / 87% 3% $72,914 75 100%
Neuroscience 5 +2 20% / 80% 20% $66,174 63 —
Environmental Science 13 — 23% / 77% 0% $53,093 27 —
International Agriculture 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $65,854 62 —
Exercise Science 20 — 40% / 60% 0% $73,034 75 100%
Nursing 29 — 7% / 93% 0% $83,716 86 100%
Public Health — — — — $59,016 45 —
Accounting 7 — 71% / 29% 0% $82,353 85 —
Accounting and Business/Management — — — — $82,157 85 —
Business Administration 15 — 67% / 33% 7% $89,903 90 98%
Economics 3 — 100% / 0% 0% $73,494 76 —
International Business 8 — 62% / 38% 12% $79,033 82 —
Management Information Systems — — — — $83,376 86 —
Marketing 5 — 20% / 80% 0% $75,364 78 —
Creative Writing 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $46,153 11 98%
Cultural Studies/Critical Theory and Analysis — — — — $47,091 13 —
English 8 — 25% / 75% 0% $46,090 11 —
History 4 — 0% / 100% 0% $49,453 18 —
International Studies — — — — $56,305 37 —
Liberal Arts — — — — $51,631 23 —
Media Studies 13 +5 23% / 77% 0% $41,402 6 100%
Political Science 4 — 25% / 75% 0% $59,426 46 —
Psychology 24 +7 12% / 88% 0% $45,969 11 89%
Public Policy 2 +1 50% / 50% 0% $59,743 47 —
Social Work 3 — 0% / 100% 0% $50,773 21 —
Sustainability Studies 10 — 20% / 80% 0% $27,724 2 100%
Women's Studies 1 +4 100% / 0% 0% — — —
Youth Services/Administration 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $51,588 23 —
Elementary Education 10 — 30% / 70% 0% $52,955 27 —
Animation 5 +1 100% / 0% 0% $52,536 26 —
Arts Management 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $42,519 7 —
Community/Environmental/Socially-Engaged Art — — — — $42,608 7 —
Design and Applied Arts — — — — $47,347 13 —
Digital Arts 8 — 62% / 38% 12% $45,026 10 —
Interior Architecture 23 +2 26% / 74% 0% $66,495 64 100%
Music 3 — 33% / 67% 0% — — —
Music Management 1 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Music Technology 3 — 33% / 67% 0% — — —
Studio Art 12 — 8% / 92% 0% $38,269 4 —
Criminology 7 — 29% / 71% 0% $57,945 42 —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $47,671
ROI Percentile 57th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 78%
4-Year Graduation Rate 52%
6-Year Graduation Rate 63%
Transfer-Out Rate 28%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 60.3% 60.3% 2012 Graduated: 58.5% 58.5% 2013 Graduated: 50.3% 50.3% 2014 Graduated: 55.7% 55.7% 2015 Graduated: 56.5% 56.5% 2016 Graduated: 52.0% 52.0% 2017 Graduated: 63.1% 63.1% 2018 Graduated: 63.2% 63.2% 2019 Graduated: 69.6% 69.6% 2020 Graduated: 61.8% 61.8% 2021 Graduated: 62.9% 62.9% 2022 Graduated: 68.0% 68.0% 2023 Graduated: 66.2% 66.2% 2024 Graduated: 63.1% 63.1%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2020 Men: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Men: 48.3% 48.3% 2022 Men: 60.9% 60.9% 2023 Men: 61.8% 61.8% 2024 Men: 54.0% 54.0% 2011 Women: 60.3% 60.3% 2012 Women: 58.5% 58.5% 2013 Women: 50.3% 50.3% 2014 Women: 55.7% 55.7% 2015 Women: 56.5% 56.5% 2016 Women: 52.0% 52.0% 2017 Women: 63.1% 63.1% 2018 Women: 63.2% 63.2% 2019 Women: 69.6% 69.6% 2020 Women: 62.4% 62.4% 2021 Women: 68.4% 68.4% 2022 Women: 70.3% 70.3% 2023 Women: 68.2% 68.2% 2024 Women: 67.4% 67.4%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Asian: 100.0% 100.0% 2012 Asian: 66.7% 66.7% 2013 Asian: 25.0% 25.0% 2014 Asian: 75.0% 75.0% 2015 Asian: 100.0% 100.0% 2016 Asian: 60.0% 60.0% 2017 Asian: 75.0% 75.0% 2018 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Asian: 100.0% 100.0% 2020 Asian: 33.3% 33.3% 2021 Asian: 50.0% 50.0% 2022 Asian: 37.5% 37.5% 2023 Asian: 72.7% 72.7% 2024 Asian: 62.5% 62.5% 2011 Black: 53.8% 53.8% 2012 Black: 45.5% 45.5% 2013 Black: 23.5% 23.5% 2014 Black: 57.9% 57.9% 2015 Black: 36.0% 36.0% 2016 Black: 34.5% 34.5% 2017 Black: 68.8% 68.8% 2018 Black: 44.4% 44.4% 2019 Black: 50.0% 50.0% 2020 Black: 50.0% 50.0% 2021 Black: 33.3% 33.3% 2022 Black: 61.5% 61.5% 2023 Black: 33.3% 33.3% 2024 Black: 66.7% 66.7% 2011 Hispanic: 100.0% 100.0% 2012 Hispanic: 66.7% 66.7% 2013 Hispanic: 33.3% 33.3% 2014 Hispanic: 33.3% 33.3% 2015 Hispanic: 57.1% 57.1% 2016 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Hispanic: 42.9% 42.9% 2018 Hispanic: 50.0% 50.0% 2019 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 Hispanic: 25.0% 25.0% 2021 Hispanic: 33.3% 33.3% 2022 Hispanic: 62.5% 62.5% 2023 Hispanic: 53.8% 53.8% 2024 Hispanic: 60.0% 60.0% 2011 White: 64.1% 64.1% 2012 White: 62.0% 62.0% 2013 White: 53.3% 53.3% 2014 White: 56.7% 56.7% 2015 White: 60.3% 60.3% 2016 White: 64.4% 64.4% 2017 White: 57.8% 57.8% 2018 White: 69.7% 69.7% 2019 White: 72.1% 72.1% 2020 White: 67.6% 67.6% 2021 White: 71.8% 71.8% 2022 White: 70.5% 70.5% 2023 White: 66.1% 66.1% 2024 White: 62.2% 62.2% 2011 International: 83.3% 83.3% 2012 International: 50.0% 50.0% 2013 International: 64.3% 64.3% 2014 International: 46.2% 46.2% 2015 International: 62.5% 62.5% 2016 International: 55.6% 55.6% 2017 International: 90.9% 90.9% 2018 International: 40.0% 40.0% 2019 International: 80.0% 80.0% 2020 International: 75.0% 75.0% 2021 International: 66.7% 66.7% 2022 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 International: 90.0% 90.0% 2024 International: 55.6% 55.6%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Humanities & Social Sciences 23.6% 73 19% / 81% 0% $44,233 9 95%
Arts 18.1% 56 34% / 66% 2% $54,164 30 100%
Health Sciences 15.9% 49 20% / 80% 0% $79,356 82 100%
Life & Natural Sciences 15.9% 49 18% / 82% 4% $71,464 73 100%
Business & Economics 12.3% 38 63% / 37% 5% $83,015 86 98%
Agriculture & Food Science 4.9% 15 27% / 73% 0% $54,794 32 —
Physical Sciences & Math 3.9% 12 67% / 33% 17% $77,414 81 —
Education 3.2% 10 30% / 70% 0% $52,955 27 —
Professional 2.3% 7 29% / 71% 0% $57,945 42 —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Agriculture & Food Science — — — — — — — —
Business & Economics — — — — — — — —
Computer Science — — — — — — — —
Education — — — — — — — —
Engineering — — — — — — — —
Health Sciences — — — — — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences — — — — — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences — — — — — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math — — — — — — — —
Total — — — — — — — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 65%
Yield (Unbound) 13%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 65% 65% 65%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 61.9% 61.9% 2012 Acceptance: 59.6% 59.6% 2013 Acceptance: 60.8% 60.8% 2014 Acceptance: 52.3% 52.3% 2015 Acceptance: 54.8% 54.8% 2016 Acceptance: 52.8% 52.8% 2017 Acceptance: 54.5% 54.5% 2018 Acceptance: 55.4% 55.4% 2019 Acceptance: 62.2% 62.2% 2020 Acceptance: 66.2% 66.2% 2021 Acceptance: 73.4% 73.4% 2022 Acceptance: 66.3% 66.3% 2023 Acceptance: 70.1% 70.1% 2024 Acceptance: 62.0% 62.0% 2011 Yield: 30.5% 30.5% 2012 Yield: 27.0% 27.0% 2013 Yield: 25.5% 25.5% 2014 Yield: 31.7% 31.7% 2015 Yield: 25.8% 25.8% 2016 Yield: 19.1% 19.1% 2017 Yield: 23.3% 23.3% 2018 Yield: 18.2% 18.2% 2019 Yield: 19.8% 19.8% 2020 Yield: 15.7% 15.7% 2021 Yield: 16.5% 16.5% 2022 Yield: 13.1% 13.1% 2023 Yield: 11.4% 11.4% 2024 Yield: 12.7% 12.7%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 1,250 2,500 3,750 5,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 693 693 2012 Applicants: 727 727 2013 Applicants: 594 594 2014 Applicants: 627 627 2015 Applicants: 1,490 1,490 2016 Applicants: 1,926 1,926 2017 Applicants: 2,231 2,231 2018 Applicants: 2,761 2,761 2019 Applicants: 2,531 2,531 2020 Applicants: 2,505 2,505 2021 Applicants: 3,006 3,006 2022 Applicants: 3,514 3,514 2023 Applicants: 4,169 4,169 2024 Applicants: 3,446 3,446 2011 Admitted: 429 429 2012 Admitted: 433 433 2013 Admitted: 361 361 2014 Admitted: 328 328 2015 Admitted: 817 817 2016 Admitted: 1,016 1,016 2017 Admitted: 1,217 1,217 2018 Admitted: 1,529 1,529 2019 Admitted: 1,574 1,574 2020 Admitted: 1,658 1,658 2021 Admitted: 2,206 2,206 2022 Admitted: 2,331 2,331 2023 Admitted: 2,923 2,923 2024 Admitted: 2,135 2,135 2011 Enrolled: 131 131 2012 Enrolled: 117 117 2013 Enrolled: 92 92 2014 Enrolled: 104 104 2015 Enrolled: 211 211 2016 Enrolled: 194 194 2017 Enrolled: 284 284 2018 Enrolled: 278 278 2019 Enrolled: 312 312 2020 Enrolled: 260 260 2021 Enrolled: 365 365 2022 Enrolled: 306 306 2023 Enrolled: 332 332 2024 Enrolled: 272 272

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 30%
SAT Range 1070 – 1290
SAT Math Range 520 – 620
SAT RW Range 550 – 670

SAT Composite

25th 75th
1000 1100 1200 1300 1400 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2022 25th: 1060 1060 2023 25th: 1070 1070 2024 25th: 1070 1070 2022 75th: 1270 1270 2023 75th: 1290 1290 2024 75th: 1295 1295

SAT Math

25th 75th
500 550 600 650 700 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2022 25th: 510 510 2023 25th: 520 520 2024 25th: 520 520 2022 75th: 620 620 2023 75th: 620 620 2024 75th: 625 625

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
550 600 650 700 750 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2022 25th: 550 550 2023 25th: 550 550 2024 25th: 550 550 2022 75th: 650 650 2023 75th: 670 670 2024 75th: 670 670

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2022 Submitted: 47.0% 47.0% 2023 Submitted: 37.0% 37.0% 2024 Submitted: 30.0% 30.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.