Allentown, Pennsylvania · Private nonprofit · 4-year · Midsize city
Overview
Located in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Cedar Crest College is a private nonprofit four-year institution. Its campus is in a midsize city. It enrolled 1,290 students in fall 2024, including 870 undergraduates and 420 graduate students.
Cedar Crest College offers certificates, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and professional doctorates across 68 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Occupational Therapy/Therapist, Criminology, and Business Administration and Management. It awarded 398 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 8 of its programs can be completed entirely online.
71% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 9 to 1.
Mission
Cedar Crest College is a liberal arts college, primarily for women, dedicated to the education of the next generation of leaders. Cedar Crest prepares students for life in a global community by educating the whole student, at all stages of life and experience.
Key figures
1,290
Students enrolled
71%
First-year retention
398
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
68
Programs and majors
9:1
Student-to-faculty ratio
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Delivery modes
CampusOnlineHybrid
Program levels
CertificateBachelorMasterProfessional
Programs and majors offered 68
Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.
Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.
First-year retention, full-time students
71%
Student-to-faculty ratio
9:1
Degrees and certificates awarded
Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.
Bachelor's degrees
213
Master's degrees
80
Professional doctorates
36
Certificates under 1 year
31
Postbaccalaureate certificates
38
Enrollment
Students, fall 2024
1,290
Undergraduates, fall 2024
870
Graduate students, fall 2024
420
Full-time, fall 2024
68%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
1,589
Undergraduates, 2024-25
1,031
Graduate students, 2024-25
558
Full-time, 2024-25
66%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students
Student body
Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.
Women
89%
Men
11%
White
45%
Hispanic or Latino
16%
Black or African American
9%
Asian
4%
Two or more races
3%
American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
International (U.S. nonresident)
5%
Race or ethnicity unknown
18%
Online and flexible learning
Distance education in 2024-25.
Programs that can be completed fully online
8
Programs with a fully online option
14
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
16%
Students taking some online courses
66%
Weekend or evening classes
Yes
Campus and services
Setting
Midsize city
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Athletic association
NCAA
Athletic conference
Colonial States Athletic Conference
President
Dr. Elizabeth Meade
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience