| Location: | Mid-Atlantic |
| Setting: | Large City Setting |
| Type: | Private |
| Size: | Small (Under 2,000 Undergrad) |
| Mascot: | Cougars |
Chatham strives to be an academically excellent, societally responsive, and creative leader in higher education by providing distinctive and high-quality undergraduate education for women only, solidly grounded in the liberal arts and dedicated to developing women personally and professionally to their fullest potential, and professional graduate education and continuing education for women and men, through master's degrees, certification programs, and other opportunities.
Chatham University is an American liberal arts women's college with coeducational graduate programs located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Shadyside neighborhood. The campus population of approximately 1,900 includes undergraduate women and graduate women and men. The University grants degrees including certificates, bachelor, master, first-professional, and doctoral. In 2005 the University expanded its programs to include online degrees through the School of Continuing Education.
Founded as the Pennsylvania Female College on December 11, 1869, by Reverend William Trimble Beatty, Chatham was initially situated in the Berry mansion on Woodland Road off Fifth Avenue in the neighborhood of Shadyside. The campus today is composed of buildings and grounds from a number of former private mansions, including those of Andrew Mellon, Edward Stanton Fickes, George M. Laughlin Jr. and James Rea. It was renamed Pennsylvania College for Women in 1890, and as Chatham College in 1955. The name served to honor William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham and namesake of the City of Pittsburgh. The school gained university status from the Pennsylvania Department of Education on April 23, 2007 and publicly announced its new status on May 1, 2007, changing its name to Chatham University.
With elements designed for the original Andrew Mellon estate by the renowned Olmsted Brothers, the 35-acre Chatham campus was designated an arboretum in 1998 by the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta. It features over 115 different varieties of species, including Japanese Flowering Crabapple, River Birch and Kentucky Coffee Tree. The Arboretum provides an outdoor classroom for students in the University’s Landscape Architecture and Landscape Studies programs, as well as an inviting place to stroll and to meditate.
|
Full-Time vs. Part-Time
|
Men vs. Women
|
||||
|
Race/Ethnicity
|
|
In State vs. Out-of-State
|
Top States for Incoming Freshman
|
| Percent of Students International: | 3% |
| On-Campus Housing Available: | Yes |
| Percent of Students Living On-Campus: | 38% |
| Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: | Yes |
| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | Expenses | ||
Published Tuition and Fees: |
$ 23,360 | ||
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 22,870 | ||
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 240 | ||
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 1,622 | 20% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 3,300 | 7% | |
Institutional Grants: |
$ 11,998 | 91% | |
Student Loans: |
$ 2,873 | 56% | |
Any Aid: |
91% |
| Acceptance Rate: | 62% (Selective) |
| Test Scores | |
| SAT Scores: | |
| % of Students Submitting SAT Scores: | 89% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Verbal: 480, Math: 440 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Verbal: 593, Math: 580 |
| ACT Scores: | |
| % of Students Submitting ACT Scores: | 28% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Composite: 19, Verbal: 19, Math: 18 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Composite: 25, Verbal: 26, Math: 26 |
| Application Fee: | $ 35.00 |
| Formal Demonstration of Competencies: | Not Required |
| High School Diploma or Equivalent: | Required |
| High School GPA: | Required |
| High School Rank: | Recommended |
| High School Record: | Required |
| Recommendations: | Required |
| TOEFL: | Required |
| Test Scores: | Required |
