Fast Facts

(as of 2026-27)

Founded: 1889.

Location: Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, a rural community of approximately 3,000 residents located in Butler County, one hour north of Pittsburgh.

Campus: 660 acres and more than 60 buildings and structures.

Enrollment: 8,654, including 7,077 undergraduates and 1,577 graduate students.

Student Demographics:

• 90% of first-year students live on campus.
• 65% of undergraduates live on campus.
• 89% have in-state residency status.
• 55% are residents of the following five counties in Western Pennsylvania:
  • 20% from Allegheny County.
  • 14% from Butler County.
  • 6% from Mercer County.
  • 5% from Beaver County.
  • 5% from Westmoreland County.
  • 5% from Lawerence County.
• 85% are traditional college age (under 25).
• 58% are female.
• 11% are non-majority ethnicities.

Tuition and Fees: $11,352 (Pennsylvania residents), $15,810 (Out-of-state residents with 3.0 GPA).

Faculty and Staff: There are 935 employees including 353 full-time faculty and a 22:1 student-to-faculty ratio.

Academics: More than 150 undergraduate majors and 40 graduate degrees and certificates.

Student Quality: 3.62 high school GPA for entering first-year students, 78% graduated in the top half of their high school class and 38% in the top quarter.

Student Success: 84% freshman-to-sophomore retention rate and 56% four-year and 68% six-year graduation rates (as of Nov. 1, 2026).

Student organizations: More than 200 recognized student organizations involving more than 5,000 students.

Athletics: 19 NCAA Division II men’s and women’s teams, 14 intercollegiate sports.

Nickname: The Rock.

Other locations:

• The Harrisville Building, located six miles from Slippery Rock, houses the Physician Assistant Studies and Occupational Therapy programs.
• The Quanzhou University of Information Engineering, and institution in China with which SRU has partnered for joint degree programs.

RECOGNITION
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Best National Universities
-U.S. News & World Report

Best in the Mid-Atlantic
-Princeton Review

Best College for Your Tuition (at Tax) Dollars
-Washington Monthly