About
Pace University is a private university with campuses in New York City and Westchester County, New York, United States. It was established in 1906 as a business school by the brothers Homer St. Clair Pace and Charles A. Pace. Pace enrolls about 13,000 students as of fall 2021 in bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs.
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 8.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 149 Title IV programs, 44 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 104 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing44 · 29.5%
- No Data104 · 69.8%
- Failing1 · 0.7%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Middle States Commission on Higher Education
Programmatic accreditations · 9
Action history · 8
- Jan 2026Voluntary Withdrawal ReceivedAmerican Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology · Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) - Graduate degree programs
- Feb 2025Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Bar Association, Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar · Law (LAW) - Professional schools
- Apr 2024Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Psychological Association, Commission on Accreditation · Professional/Scientific Psychology (PSPSYD) - PsyD Doctoral programs
- Mar 2023Initial AccreditationAmerican Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology · Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) - Graduate degree programs
- Apr 2020Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Psychological Association, Commission on Accreditation · Professional Psychology (IPSY) - Predoctoral internship programs
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 2,746 students received $16.2M in Pell grants, alongside $133.6M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 2,653 borrowers who entered repayment, 53 (1.9%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Pace
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 10
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus10
Includes 7 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Pace vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Pace selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectPace University | 60% | — | 13,634 | $31,046 | Doctoral/Professional |
Adelphi University | 67% | 65.9% | 7,603 | $28,348 | Doctoral/Professional |
CUNY City College | 57% | 60.0% | 15,544 | $3,486 | R2 Research |
Duquesne University | 77% | 83.6% | 8,234 | $34,978 | R2 Research |
Long Island University | 55% | 86.2% | 16,689 | $23,901 | R2 Research |
Quinnipiac University | 76% | 72.2% | 9,424 | $39,207 | Doctoral/Professional |
Rowan University | 67% | 77.7% | 21,026 | $22,185 | R2 Research |
Rutgers University-Newark | 64% | 71.4% | 11,315 | $19,407 | R2 Research |
Sacred Heart University | 73% | 65.4% | 11,022 | $45,459 | Doctoral/Professional |
Seton Hall University | 69% | 73.3% | 9,571 | $28,921 | R2 Research |
Suffolk University | 61% | 82.3% | 6,356 | $30,031 | Doctoral/Professional |
University of Rhode Island | 72% | 72.2% | 17,210 | $19,899 | R2 Research |
| Peer group median | 67% | 72.2% | 11,169 | $28,635 |
Pace Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The mission of the Office of Planning, Assessment and Institutional Research is to facilitate assessment, planning and decision-making to support a culture of continuous improvement.
Visit IR office page- Clair SebastianInstitutional Research Analyst
- Jared TodiscoManager of Institutional Reporting
Reports & documents (3)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
- DFR reportIPEDS Data Feedback Report 20242024nces.ed.gov
- FactbookPlanning, Assessment & Institutional Research | Pace University New York2026This page provides an overview of the Office of Planning, Assessment, and Institutional Research (OPAIR) at Pace University, detailing its mission to support continuous improvement through data-driven planning and assessment. The office collaborates with university stakeholders to meet planning and assessment needs, coordinates assessments and research activities, and fulfills reporting obligations. Additional section headings highlight various resources and information about academic programs, strategic initiatives, and campus life at Pace University.pace.edu
- Strategic planPace Forward: Embracing and Accelerating Opportunitas2026Pace University is undertaking strategic initiatives to bolster its reputation and address the evolving challenges in higher education. Through five key strategic priorities, including enhancing experiential education and fostering a student-centered culture, the university seeks to meet market demands and serve student needs effectively. Additionally, it identifies four academic areas of opportunity to leverage strengths and external relationships, emphasizing technology, health, sustainability, and the arts.pace.edu
Grants & funding (5)
Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.
- opportunityCourse-based Undergraduate Research Experiences AwardPace University, Office of Research and Graduate Educationinstitution_site$5,000
- opportunityWilson Center Faculty FellowsPace University, Wilson Centerinstitution_site$5,000
- opportunityBook and Performance Completion AwardPace University, Office of Research and Graduate Educationinstitution_site
- opportunityBridge Fund AwardPace University, Office of Research and Graduate Educationinstitution_site
- opportunityOpen Educational Resources (OER) Alternative Textbook GrantsPace University, Office of Research and Graduate Educationinstitution_site
Notable alumni of Pace (30)
A curated list of alumni recognized for notable achievements across industries.
- Tessa BaileyArts and letters
- David EhrensteinArts and letters
- Marv GoldbergArts and letters
- Jeff RubensArts and letters
- Philip C. AbramoBusiness
- Frank A. CalderoniBusiness
- Telfar ClemensBusiness
- Ariane de RothschildBusiness
- Herbert L. HenkelBusiness
- Kevin HuangBusiness
- Jeff JacobsonBusiness
- Robin Bennett KanarekBusiness
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