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Temple University Overview

Temple University is a public institution situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Temple University Known For?

7,166 Undergraduate Awards
$38,791 Avg Cost After Aid
71% Acceptance Rate
  • The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Temple.
  • For the 2017-2018 academic year, 54% of the faculty were full-time.
  • Students who graduate from Temple with a bachelor's degree make about $50,500 a year. That's 24% more than those who graduate from other schools.

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Temple University Rankings

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Temple has been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#135 Best Undergraduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Temple.

Rank Ranking Name Share
#1 Best Middle Eastern Semitic Languages Undergraduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#1 Best Recreation Administration Undergraduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#1 Best Political Science & Government Undergraduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#1 Best General Social Sciences Undergraduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#1 Best Educational Administration Undergraduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#1 Best East Asian Languages Undergraduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#1 Best Philosophy Undergraduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#1 Best Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#1 Best Computational Science Undergraduate Certificate Schools Tweet It - Post It
#12 Best Legal Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Temple has earned from around the web.

Rank Ranking Name Source
#76 Best Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies Schools College Factual
#95 Best Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting Schools College Factual
#97 Best Criminal Justice & Corrections Schools College Factual
#138 Best Business Administration & Management Schools College Factual
#155 Best Computer & Information Sciences Schools College Factual
#232 Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools College Factual

Where Is Temple University?

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Contact details for Temple are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1801 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122-6096
Phone: 215-204-7000
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/templeu
Twitter: https://twitter.com/templeuniv

How Do I Get Into Temple?

You can apply to Temple online at: www.temple.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for Temple

Submission Required?
High School GPA required
High School Rank considered but not required
High School Transcript required
College Prep Program required
Recommendations considered but not required
SAT or ACT Scores neither required nor recommended
TOEFL required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Temple?

71% Acceptance Rate
60% Of Accepted Are Women
Temple has an acceptance rate of 71%, 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 40% of accepted students are men and 60% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 70%, and the acceptance rate for women is 72%.

Can I Afford Temple University?

$38,791 Net Price
66% Take Out Loans
5.1% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Temple is $38,791. 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

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Temple, approximately 66% of students took out student loans averaging $10,315 a year. That adds up to $41,260 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Temple is 5.1%. 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.

Temple University Undergraduate Student Diversity

24,915 Full-Time Undergraduates
56% Women
39% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 27,306 undergraduate students at Temple, with 24,915 being full-time and 2,391 being part-time.

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There are also 9,930 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 24,915 full-time undergraduates at Temple, 44% are male and 56% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 3,173
Black or African American 3,353
Hispanic or Latino 2,073
White 13,797
International Students 1,024
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,495

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Temple University. At this time, 42 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 132 countries are represented at Temple. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Kuwait.

Online Learning at Temple University

13,709 Took All Classes Online
34,137 Took At Least One Class Online
187.5% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
There are 4 bachelor’s degree and 10 master’s degree programs available online at Temple. In 2019-2020, 34,137 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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This school is the 5th most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Temple

The following table shows how Temple is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major Tuition for In-State Students Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Legal Professions (Other) #4 #13
Entrepreneurial Studies #8 #11
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences #13 #7
Radio, Television & Digital Communication #22 #22
Public Relations & Advertising #35 #38
Hospitality Management #38 #38
Marketing #42 #51
Legal Professions #55 #80
Allied Health Professions #70 #73
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions #73 #58
Computer Information Systems #74 #75

Online Growth Rankings of Temple

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Temple University was 187.5%. This is the #295 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Temple regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Temple majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Business Administration & Management 7%
Business, Management & Marketing 1%
Computer & Information Sciences 17%
Computer Information Systems 21%
Entrepreneurial Studies 9%
Health Professions 10%
Legal Professions 3%
Marketing 11%
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies 28%
Psychology 1%
Public Health 10%
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 3%
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 13%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Temple ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Temple.

Major Growth Rate Rank
Multicultural & Diversity Studies #1
Engineering-Related Fields #1
Legal Professions (Other) #4
Entrepreneurial Studies #4
Public Relations & Advertising #4
Romance Languages #4
Hospitality Management #7
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences #7
Foreign Languages & Linguistics #10
Engineering Technologies #10
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions #10
Radio, Television & Digital Communication #10
Computer Information Systems #13
Marketing #13
Public Health #13
Allied Health Professions #13
Human Resource Management #14
Social Work #16
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology #18
Legal Professions #22
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies #24
Computer & Information Sciences #25
Communication & Journalism #28
Psychology #34
Public Administration & Social Service #34
Health & Medical Administrative Services #67
Business Administration & Management #134
Business, Management & Marketing #172
Health Professions #182

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%.

Temple University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Basic Certificate Undergraduate Certificate Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Business Administration & Management 0 5 70 3 445 28 551
Health & Physical Education 0 1 346 0 72 5 424
Finance & Financial Management 0 0 375 0 7 0 382
Computer Information Systems 0 1 353 0 14 13 381
General Psychology 0 0 353 0 11 9 373
Marketing 0 0 313 0 18 0 331
Public Relations & Advertising 0 0 314 4 8 0 326
Accounting 0 0 222 0 64 0 286
General Biology 0 0 261 0 5 18 284
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 0 0 233 0 46 0 279
Medicine 0 0 0 0 0 271 271
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 0 100 0 77 61 238
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 0 0 2 0 93 131 226
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 0 124 26 69 0 219
Law 0 0 0 0 0 210 210
Criminal Justice & Corrections 0 0 191 0 9 4 204
Human Resource Management 0 0 150 7 46 0 203
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 0 8 169 0 7 0 184
Social Work 0 0 54 0 115 0 169
Insurance 0 0 161 0 0 0 161
General Business/Commerce 0 0 158 0 0 0 158
Political Science & Government 0 12 137 0 1 3 153
Mechanical Engineering 0 0 138 0 8 1 147
Dentistry 0 0 0 0 0 144 144
Public Health 0 0 107 1 34 1 143
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 0 61 2 78 0 141
Fine & Studio Arts 0 0 109 0 25 2 136
Music 0 9 65 3 50 8 135
Nursing 0 0 110 0 0 17 127
Communication & Media Studies 0 0 110 0 8 6 124
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 1 79 1 34 1 116
Hospitality Management 0 8 76 0 27 0 111
Economics 0 3 98 0 6 4 111
General English Literature 0 0 98 0 7 2 107
Health Sciences & Services 0 0 105 1 0 0 106
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 0 0 96 0 7 2 105
Communication Sciences 0 0 72 0 29 0 101
Electrical Engineering 0 0 84 0 13 1 98
Journalism 0 0 82 0 10 0 92
Information Technology 0 17 0 0 73 0 90
International Business 0 0 88 0 0 0 88
Civil Engineering 0 0 80 0 6 2 88
Chemistry 0 0 63 0 9 16 88
Entrepreneurial Studies 0 19 38 1 28 0 86
Architectural Sciences & Technology 0 0 65 0 19 0 84
Drama & Theater Arts 0 4 74 0 5 0 83
Educational Administration 0 1 0 0 56 23 80
Geography & Cartography 0 27 14 10 14 5 70
Biomedical Engineering 0 0 59 0 5 3 67
History 0 0 53 0 8 6 67
Natural Resources Conservation 0 11 55 0 0 0 66
Design & Applied Arts 0 0 54 0 10 0 64
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 0 0 0 59 3 62
American Sign Language 0 58 0 0 0 0 58
Legal Research 0 0 0 13 44 0 57
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 0 55 0 0 0 55
Medical Illustration & Informatics 0 0 37 3 15 0 55
Allied Health Professions 0 0 4 0 31 13 48
International Studies 0 0 44 0 0 0 44
Sociology 0 0 39 0 2 2 43
Applied Mathematics 0 0 12 0 30 0 42
Romance Languages 0 22 14 0 0 4 40
Human Development & Family Studies 0 0 39 0 0 0 39
Philosophy 0 10 23 0 2 1 36
Dance 0 0 23 0 11 2 36
Public Policy 0 0 0 0 34 0 34
Special Education 0 0 0 0 33 0 33
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 24 9 0 0 0 33
Writing Studies 0 15 0 0 16 0 31
Legal Professions (Other) 0 0 30 0 0 0 30
Statistics 0 0 21 0 5 4 30
Anthropology 0 0 23 0 1 5 29
Ethnic Studies 0 0 20 2 3 3 28
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 0 24 0 4 0 28
Mathematics & Computer Science 0 0 27 0 0 0 27
General Engineering Technology 0 0 26 0 0 0 26
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 0 0 0 24 1 25
Urban & Regional Planning 0 0 10 0 12 0 22
Construction Engineering Technology 0 0 22 0 0 0 22
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 0 19 0 2 1 22
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 0 0 0 11 10 0 21
Physics 0 0 14 0 0 5 19
Mathematics 0 0 11 0 3 4 18
Genetics 0 16 0 0 0 0 16
Real Estate 0 0 16 0 0 0 16
Engineering-Related Fields 0 0 0 1 15 0 16
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 0 0 0 0 14 0 14
General Education 0 0 0 0 1 13 14
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 0 0 0 0 14 0 14
Natural Sciences 0 0 14 0 0 0 14
Environmental Engineering 0 0 6 0 6 0 12
Teaching English or French 0 0 0 6 5 0 11
General Visual & Performing Arts 0 0 11 0 0 0 11
Plant Sciences 0 0 10 0 0 0 10
Landscape Architecture 0 0 5 0 5 0 10
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 0 0 0 0 10 0 10
Biotechnology 0 0 0 1 8 0 9
Computational Science 0 4 4 0 1 0 9
Health & Medical Administrative Services 0 0 0 3 5 0 8
Religious Studies 0 0 3 0 3 2 8
Horticulture 3 3 0 0 0 0 6
Area Studies 0 4 2 0 0 0 6
Classical Languages & Literature 0 0 6 0 0 0 6
East Asian Languages 0 4 2 0 0 0 6
Taxation 0 0 0 0 5 0 5
Computer Programming 0 5 0 0 0 0 5
Instructional Media Design 0 0 0 5 0 0 5
General Engineering 0 0 4 0 0 1 5
Other Physical Science 0 0 5 0 0 0 5
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages 0 4 0 0 0 0 4
Dispute Resolution 0 0 0 4 0 0 4
Historic Preservation 0 1 2 0 0 0 3
Recreation Administration 0 3 0 0 0 0 3
General Social Sciences 0 3 0 0 0 0 3
Civil Engineering Technology 0 0 2 0 0 0 2
Multicultural & Diversity Studies 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
Natural Resource Management 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
International Relations & National Security 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
General Architecture 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Business, Management & Marketing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Management Information Systems 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Educational Assessment 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Industrial Engineering 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Housing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic Languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Health Professions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Intelligence & Command Control Operations 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sustainability Science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Homeland Security 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 3 305 6,858 111 2,109 1,061 10,447

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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