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Students

Who's on campus

A medium campus of 5,350 undergrads, where 20% receive Pell Grants, a low share compared to other colleges.

−10% since fall 2014Over time

Race & ethnicity

Diversity index0.40

Diversity index vs. every college0.40
0.40
← 0.00higher than 20% of 1,8930.80 →

Economic access

Pell Grant recipients20%
National median: 34%Below typical
First-generation students17%
National median: 33%Below typical
Pell Grant share vs. every college20%
20%
← 0%higher than 18% of 1,88287% →

Campus size

5,350undergrads
Compared to every college5.4K
5.4K
← 19larger than 79% of 1,89337.8K →

Where first-years come from

1,441 first-time students

25% came from other states and 1.5% from abroad; 73% are from Pennsylvania. Fewer from other states than at 50% of colleges.

  • In-state (Pennsylvania)73%
  • Other states25%
  • Abroad1.5%

Top home states

  1. Pennsylvania(home state)73% 1,056
  2. New York7.0% 101
  3. Maryland3.3% 48
  4. Ohio3.3% 48
  5. New Jersey2.2% 31

From 31 states (counting DC) and 3 from U.S. territories.

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Share of first-yearsNoneUnder 1%1–3%3–10%10–25%25%+Home state

Students starting college for the first time, by where they lived when admitted. Colleges report it every other fall.

How applicants from each place were admitted →

Transfers in and out

Transferring in, fall 2024

208

new transfer students, 13% of new undergraduates. A larger transfer share than at 20% of colleges.

205 full-time, 3 part-time.

Going on to another college

17%

of students who entered in fall 2016 had left without a degree and were enrolled at another college 8 years later (about 333 students).

Federal data doesn't count students leaving in a given year; this follows one entering class.

Who they are

Almost everyone studies full-time.

Men37%
National median: 44%Below typical

63% women

Another gender: Not collected by this college.

Part-time students1.2%
National median: 7.5%Below typical
Students 25 and older2.4%
National median: 11%Below typical

Degree-seeking undergraduates. Men and women add up to 100% because federal data has colleges count each student of another or unknown gender as a man or a woman.

Campus life

Housing, sports, faith, Greek life, and LGBTQ+ life

Housing for 3,552 students.

Housing

Beds

3,552

About 66 for every 100 undergrads (median college: 59). Can include graduate housing.

First-years

Not required to live on campus

Many colleges still expect it, with exceptions such as for local students.

Meal plans

Up to 19 meals a week

Athletics & programs

Athletics

NCAA Division I FCS · Atlantic 10 Conference

Football in the Northeast Conference. Of the four sports the federal survey asks about, it plays football, basketball, cross country/track.

How the Atlantic 10 Conference compares

ROTC

Army, Navy, Air Force

Study abroad

Offered

Undergraduate research

Not listed

Calendar

Semesters

Student services

  • Academic and career counseling
  • Help finding a job while enrolled
  • Job placement after graduating
  • On-campus child care for students' children
  • A program for students with intellectual disabilities
  • 9% of undergrads registered with disability services· Disability services office

Religious life

Affiliation

Roman Catholic

Other Catholic colleges

In admission

Religious affiliation or commitment: considered

Scholarships

Some of the college's own non-need-based aid considers religious affiliation

Campus ministries

Listed among campus activities

Greek life

2chapters

On the national organizations' own chapter lists.

Undergrad men in a fraternity15%
National median: 7.0%Above typical
Undergrad women in a sorority21%
National median: 8.0%Above typical

Among first-years: 11% of men, 19% of women.

  • Fraternity and sorority housing

Councils and chapters

  • 1listedPanhellenic sororities (NPC)

    From each organization's own chapter list.

    Sigma Kappa

    Kappa Mu

  • 1listedInterfraternity (NIC and IFC)

    From each organization's own chapter list.

    Sigma Nu

    Kappa Delta

LGBTQ+ life

Undergraduates of another gender, fall 2024

Not collected by this college.

Gender unknown: 23

Colleges record gender so differently that these counts can't be compared between colleges.

Sources:College Scorecard, Fall 2024;College Scorecard, most recent release;College Scorecard, Fall 2023;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part C, residence of first-time students), Fall 2024;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part A, enrollment by level), Fall 2024;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (distance education), Fall 2024;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26;IPEDS directory (Institutional Characteristics: HD), 2025–26;Duquesne University Common Data Set 2025–26, Fall 2025;Duquesne University Common Data Set 2025–26, Fall 2026 entrants;Duquesne University Common Data Set 2025–26, 2025–26;IPEDS Admissions survey, Fall 2024About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)