DeSales University
Center Valley, Pennsylvania · Private · 2,128 undergraduates · desales.edu
Test policy (fall 2027)
Test optional
Sending scores is your choice
Admit rate
79%
of 3,788 applicants
SAT (middle 50%)
1120 to 1300
of enrolled freshmen
Annual cost (2027-28)
$70,100Est.Estimate
before aid
Your chances and merit aid at DeSales University
See where you stand for admission, how much merit aid you could get, and what you'd pay after it.
We started you at a typical enrolled freshman here. Move the sliders to match you.
Your admission chances
79% of applicants admitted
Target
Your SAT is inside the range where the middle half of enrolled freshmen scored, and your GPA is in the middle half of freshmen's.
Estimated merit aid
a year
Your cost after merit aid
$70,100
a year in 2027-28, from a $70,100 sticker price
What to do with your 1210
Send your score
About 76% of freshmen here didn't send a score. We estimate their typical SAT at about 1050, and yours is above it.
Reach, target and likely are a rough guide from your test score and how selective the college is. Admissions also weigh your courses, grades, essays and activities. Merit aid figures are estimates, before any need-based aid.
Admissions
Test policy for fall 2027
Test optional
You choose whether to send an SAT or ACT score. If you send one, it's considered.
- Reviews applications as they arrive, so applying early helps.
Source: Undergrad Admissions | DeSales University · Checked October 17, 2026
Application deadlines
- Dec1Priority deadline · December 1, 2026Apply by this date for the best chance at admission and scholarships.
- Dec15Other deadline · December 15, 2026
Who gets in
79%
of applicants were admitted: 2,980 of 3,788 for fall 2025.
Test scores of enrolled freshmen (fall 2025)
The shaded part shows the middle half of enrolled freshmen who sent scores: a quarter scored below it and a quarter above. 24% of them sent SAT scores.
SAT total 1120 to 1300
Reading and Writing 270 to 660
Math 540 to 650
ACT composite 27 to 28
How enrolled freshmen scored on the SAT
- 1400 to 16005.9%
- 1200 to 139951%
- 1000 to 119936%
- 800 to 9997.4%
- 600 to 7990%
- 400 to 5990%
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
High school GPA of enrolled freshmen
Average GPA: 3.42
- 4.06%
- 3.75 to 3.9927%
- 3.50 to 3.7419%
- 3.25 to 3.4916%
- 3.00 to 3.2412%
- 2.50 to 2.9913%
- Below 2.507.2%
Cost and financial aid
The sticker price is what a year costs before any aid. Most students pay less after grants and scholarships.
Sticker price for 2027-28Estimate
$70,100
a year
- Tuition$51,790
What families actually pay
What a year cost on average after grants and scholarships, for freshmen who got federal aid in 2023-24, by family income.
- $0 to $30,000$30,171
- $30,001 to $48,000$22,336
- $48,001 to $75,000$22,319
- $75,001 to $110,000$26,459
- Over $110,000$31,965
Financial aid
77%
of a student's financial need is covered, on average
$31,672
average need-based grant to freshmen, money you don't repay
24%
of freshmen got merit aid without financial need, $29,139 on average
- FAFSA
- Required for need-based aid. It's the free federal aid form.
- CSS Profile
- Not required. Only the FAFSA is needed.
- Aid priority date: 12/1
- Send your aid forms by this date to be first in line for the college's grant money.
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
AP credit
AP exams that earn credit can replace college courses, so you pay for fewer of them and may graduate sooner.
AP exams that earn credit
39 of 39
Earn credit with a score of 3
15 exams
A 3-credit course is worth
about $5,180Est.Estimate
at 2027-28 tuition
Credit for each AP exam
| Exam | Score needed | Credits | Counts as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-D Art and Design | 3 | 3 | Free Elective |
| African American Studies | 4 | 3 | Free Elective or, with permission of the chair of the humanities department, HI 325 |
| Art History | 4 | 3 | Free Elective |
| Biology | 4 | 4 | BI 151 |
| Calculus AB | 4 | 3 | MA 121 |
| Calculus BC | 3 | 3 | MA 121 |
| Calculus BC | 4 | 6 | MA 121 and MA 122 |
| Chemistry | 4 | 5 | CH 101 |
| Chemistry | 5 | 10 | CH 101 and CH 102 |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 3 | 3 | Cultural Awareness Elective |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 4 | 6 | Cultural Awareness Elective and Free Elective |
| Comparative Government and Politics | 4 | 3 | PO 107 |
| Computer Science A | 5 | 3 | CS 211 |
| Computer Science Principles | 4 | 3 | Free Elective |
| English Language and Composition | 4 | 3 | EN 103 |
| English Language and Composition | 5 | 6 | EN 103 and EN 104 |
| English Literature and Composition | 4 | 3 | EN 103 |
| English Literature and Composition | 5 | 6 | EN 103 and EN 104 |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 4 | BI 242 |
| European History | 4 | 3 | HI 201 |
| European History | 5 | 6 | HI 201 and HI 202 |
| French Language and Culture | 3 | 3 | Cultural Awareness Elective |
| French Language and Culture | 4 | 6 | Cultural Awareness Elective and Free Elective |
| German Language and Culture | 3 | 3 | Cultural Awareness Elective |
| German Language and Culture | 4 | 6 | Cultural Awareness Elective and Free Elective |
| Human Geography | 3 | 3 | PO 108 |
| Italian Language and Culture | 3 | 3 | Cultural Awareness Elective |
| Italian Language and Culture | 4 | 6 | Cultural Awareness Elective and Free Elective |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 3 | 3 | Cultural Awareness Elective |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 4 | 6 | Cultural Awareness Elective and Free Elective |
| Latin | 3 | 3 | Free Elective |
| Latin | 4 | 6 | Two Free Electives |
| Macroeconomics | 3 | 3 | EC 209 |
| Microeconomics | 3 | 3 | EC 210 |
| Music Aural Subscore | 1 | 0 | No Credit |
| Music Non-Aural Subscore | 1 | 0 | No Credit |
| Music Theory | 3 | 3 | FA 115 |
| Physics 1 | 4 | 5 | PH 203 |
| Physics 2 | 4 | 5 | PH 204 |
| Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 4 | 5 | Either PH 202 or PH 204 (pending student's major) |
| Physics C: Mechanics | 4 | 5 | Either PH 201 or PH 203 (pending student's major) |
| Pre-Calculus | 4 | 3 | MA 112 |
| Psychology | 4 | 3 | PS 109 |
| Research | 3 | 3 | Free Elective |
| Seminar | 3 | 3 | Free Elective |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 3 | 3 | SP 201 |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 4 | 6 | SP 201 and SP 202 |
| Statistics | 4 | 3 | MA 111 |
| United States Government and Politics | 4 | 3 | PO 103 |
| United States History | 4 | 3 | HI 213 |
| United States History | 5 | 6 | HI 213 and HI 214 |
| World History: Modern | 4 | 3 | HI 201 |
| World History: Modern | 5 | 6 | HI 201 and HI 262 |
After college
Graduate within 6 years
70%
Come back for a second year
83%
Typical earnings
$69,129
a year, 10 years after starting here
- DeSales University$94,359
- All colleges$90,887
Median yearly earnings of graduates five years after finishing a bachelor's in this major. 15 majors here have earnings data.
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