Towson University Overview

Towson University is a public institution located in Towson, Maryland. The location of Towson is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

What Is Towson University Known For?

• The student loan default rate at Towson is 2%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• The highest award offered at Towson is the doctor's degree.
• In <nil>, 55% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Towson makes roughly $61,376 a year. This is 50% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is Towson University?

Contact details for Towson are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	8000 York Rd, Towson, MD 21252-0001
Phone:	410-704-2000
Website:	www.towson.edu

How Do I Get Into Towson?

You can apply to Towson online at: https://www.towson.edu/admissions/undergrad/

Admission Requirements for Towson

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into Towson?

With an acceptance rate of 88%, Towson is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 36% of accepted students are men and 64% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 85%, and the acceptance rate for women is 90%.

Average Test Scores

About 28% of students accepted to Towson 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 520 and 600.

Towson received ACT scores from 3% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 19 and 25. Math scores were between 18 and 25. Composite scores were between 21 and 26.

Can I Afford Towson University?

The overall average net price of Towson is $34,049. 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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Towson, approximately 44% of students took out student loans averaging $6,607 a year. That adds up to $26,428 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Towson is 1.7%. 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.

Towson University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 17,907 undergraduate students at Towson, with 15,526 being full-time and 2,381 being part-time.

There are also 2,949 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 15,526 full-time undergraduates at Towson, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	1,002
Black or African American	4,532
Hispanic or Latino	1,520
White	7,212
International Students	223
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,037

Geographic Diversity

Maryland students aren't the only ones who study at Towson University. At this time, 27 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 87 countries are represented at Towson. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, China, and South Korea.

Online Learning at Towson University

There are 3 bachelor’s degree and 12 master’s degree programs available online at Towson. In 2020-2021, 7,975 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 11th most popular in Maryland for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Towson

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Towson University was 819.3%. This is the #122 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Towson 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 Amouzone under License

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