Thiel College Campus Life
Campus life
The campus as a place: setting, size, calendar and who studies here.
Campus at a glance
Fringe town
In a smaller urban cluster away from a large metro area.
- City
- Suburb
- Town (this campus)
- Rural
788 students
Smaller than 69% of colleges
National median 1,603 students
Undergraduates with Pell Grants
- Receive a Pell Grant
- 50.1%
- TypePrivate nonprofit
- ClassBaccalaureate college
- CalendarSemester
- AthleticsNCAA Division III
Nearby college towns
- Meadville20.4 mi
- New Wilmington20.5 mi
- Grove City23.8 mi
- Slippery Rock29.9 mi
Verified data from IPEDS and the College Scorecard. Distances are straight-line miles.
Race/ethnicity
Source: U.S. College Scorecard · 2025
Among undergraduates at Thiel College, the largest reported group is White (79.2%), followed by Black (11.2%).
| Group | Undergraduates | Full-time instructional staff |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 0% | 0% |
| Asian | 0.5% | 6.9% |
| Black | 11.2% | 1.7% |
| Hispanic | 3.7% | 0% |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 0% | 0% |
| White | 79.2% | 91.4% |
| Two or more races | 3.9% | 0% |
| Non-resident | 0.3% | 0% |
| Unknown | 1.3% | 0% |
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- 71.6%Thiel College admitted 1,479 of 1,680 applicants.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
- 16.3%of admitted students chose to enroll (the yield rate): 241 of 1,479.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
- $24,478average net price after grants for aided students, against $39,900 published tuition.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
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