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?

• Students at Temple 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 doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Temple.
• For the <nil> academic year, 55% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Temple with a bachelor's degree make about $60,306 a year. That's 48% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is Temple University?

Contact details for Temple are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1801 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19122-6096
Phone:	215-204-7000
Website:	www.temple.edu

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?

With an acceptance rate of 72%, Temple may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 70%, and the acceptance rate for women is 74%.

Can I Afford Temple University?

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 60% of students took out student loans averaging $9,172 a year. That adds up to $36,688 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Temple 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.

Temple University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 25,967 undergraduate students at Temple, with 23,750 being full-time and 2,217 being part-time.

There are also 9,659 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 23,750 full-time undergraduates at Temple, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	3,093
Black or African American	3,372
Hispanic or Latino	2,030
White	12,785
International Students	864
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,606

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

There are 21 bachelor’s degree and 36 master’s degree programs available online at Temple. In 2020-2021, 24,320 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.

This school is the 3rd 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 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.

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 Audrey under License

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