Marywood University Overview

Marywood University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

What Is Marywood University Known For?

• Students at Marywood have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 1%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The highest award offered at Marywood is the doctor's degree.
• In <nil>, 44% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Marywood with a bachelor's degree make about $51,671 a year. That's 27% more than those who graduate from other schools.
• On average, it takes about 4.3 years for students from Marywood to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Marywood University?

Contact details for Marywood are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2300 Adams Ave, Scranton, PA 18509-1598
Phone:	570-348-6211
Website:	www.marywood.edu

How Do I Get Into Marywood?

You can apply to Marywood online at: https://www.marywood.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for Marywood

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Required
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Marywood?

Marywood has an acceptance rate of 82%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 27% of accepted students are men and 73% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 74%, and the acceptance rate for women is 85%.

Average Test Scores

About 35% of students accepted to Marywood submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 620. Math scores were between 500 and 600.

Marywood received ACT scores from 3% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 17 and 23. Math scores were between 17 and 26. Composite scores were between 18 and 25.

Can I Afford Marywood University?

The overall average net price of Marywood is $35,675. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Marywood, approximately 73% of students took out student loans averaging $8,287 a year. That adds up to $33,148 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Marywood is 1.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Marywood University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,790 undergraduate students at Marywood, with 1,654 being full-time and 136 being part-time.

There are also 857 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,654 full-time undergraduates at Marywood, 31% are male and 69% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Marywood University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	39
Black or African American	48
Hispanic or Latino	145
White	1,250
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	163

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Marywood University. At this time, 11 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 19 countries are represented at Marywood. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, China, and India.

Online Learning at Marywood University

In 2020-2021, 1,093 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Marywood has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 66th most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Marywood

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Marywood University was 14.2%. This is the #1,231 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Marywood regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

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