Enrollment: 7807
Average SAT: 545
Average ACT: 21
Most Popular Majors: Accounting,Finance, General,Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN),
Regular Application Deadline: 03/01
Student Faculty Ratio: 15:1

Undergraduate Receiving Need-Based Financial Aid: 186
Average Freshman Total Need-Based Gift Aid: $21,866.00

Students Say - Academics
With campuses "located next to Wall Street" and in "Westchester County," Pace University lures undergrads in the tri-state area with "a really good reputation, scholarships," "proximity to home," and "its connectedness to the business community in New York City." As you'd expect, its location provides "tremendous internship opportunities" and professors who have "real-world" perspicacity (particularly, students say, ones at the Lubin School of Business). While students report there are "some adjuncts who can't teach their way out of a paper bag," they rate their "amazing" professors as "very supportive" and "very knowledgeable." In the past, the administration has been characterized by "an unwelcoming, corporate vibe," although the school says it has recently restructured the "Office of Student Assistance" to provide one-stop services. Still, students here believe Pace "offers students a chance to receive a great education." A big-picture student sums up the Pace experience thusly: "Big headaches, but great opportunities."

Students Say - Campus Life
Undergraduate life at Pace is a tale of two counties: New York (a.k.a. Manhattan) and Westchester. Students describe life at the former as "very fast-paced." Urbanites say, "Life revolves around the various museums, restaurants, theaters, and bars the city has to offer." Many here "go to clubs and bars," but if "[you] are not really into that scene, you can hang out in your dorm without being disturbed" (most dorms have "the feel of an apartment building"). Students at the Pleasantville-Briarcliff campus in suburban Westchester-about 30 miles north of Manhattan-report a different set of experiences. "The pace is slower," they say. "Greek life," once a major factor here, "has gone down," and students most often "party on campus at the townhouses where mostly upperclassmen live." "Many students" here are "involved in sports." "Malls, a few bars, and places to eat" can be found "close by." When they're feeling adventurous, Westchester kids check out the haunts of their urban counterparts: "The city is only about a half-hour away."

Students Say - Student Body
Students report "Pace University is truly a melting pot." "Many ethnicities, religions, [and] races" are well represented and the majority of students are quick to call this Pace's "greatest strength." The population here runs the gamut from those who "travel internationally [and] drink nice wine" in their leisure time to those who are "paying their way through college by working two or three jobs on top of their [school] work." But don't go looking for national diversity, as undergrads here are "usually from either New York, New Jersey, or Connecticut." "A lot of commuters" attend, which leads some to allude to "a lack of community" while others note "not all commuters go to school and come directly home." Students are united, however, by a "goal-oriented" approach to their undergrad years. A few epitomize their peers as "more interested in making money than learning," but most are apt to describe the typical student as one who "knows how to have good time but balances fun with responsibility."

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