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?
- 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 |
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#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.
Awards From Around the Web
The following table lists some notable awards Temple has earned from around the web.
Rank | Ranking Name | Source |
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#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?

Contact details for Temple are given below.
Contact Details | |
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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? |
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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?
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?
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

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.

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

Race/Ethnicity | Number of Grads |
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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
The following chart shows how the online learning population at Temple has changed over the last few years.

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 |
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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 |
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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.
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.
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 Audrey under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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