The four-year private not-for-profit institution in Philadelphia enrolled 1,357 students in fall 2018, including 1,271 in undergraduate and 86 in graduate programs, data shows. 16.8 percent of undergraduates transferred from another college or university.
89 percent of undergraduates are residents of Pennsylvania, and 11 percent are residents of other states.
The undergraduate student body is comprised mostly of students who identify as Black or African American (62 percent) and white (18 percent).
Peirce College undergraduate enrollment
| Total | Portion of Total | |
|---|---|---|
| Undergraduate enrollment | 1,271 | |
| Transfers | 213 | 16.8% |
| Male | ~356 | 28% |
| Female | ~915 | 72% |
| Age 24 and under | ~267 | 21% |
| Age 25 and over | ~991 | 78% |
| In-state residence | ~1,131 | 89% |
| Out of state residence | ~140 | 11% |
| Asian | ~38 | 3% |
| Black or African American | ~788 | 62% |
| Hispanic/Latino | ~89 | 7% |
| White | ~229 | 18% |
| Two or more races | ~13 | 1% |
| Enrolled in distance education | ~686 | 54% |
| Enrolled in some distance education | ~737 | 58% |
| Not enrolled in distance education | ~51 | 4% |
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