Wilkes University Overview

Wilkes University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Wilkes-Barre is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Wilkes University Known For?

• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Wilkes.
• During a recent academic cycle, 39% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Wilkes makes roughly $63,454 a year. This is 56% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• On average, it takes about 4.2 years for students from Wilkes to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Wilkes University?

Contact details for Wilkes are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	84 West South Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766
Phone:	570-408-5000
Website:	www.wilkes.edu

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How Do I Get Into Wilkes?

You can apply to Wilkes online at: https://www.wilkes.edu/admissions/apply-undergraduate.aspx

Admission Requirements for Wilkes

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	1
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	3

How Hard Is It To Get Into Wilkes?

Wilkes has the high acceptance rate of 94%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 50% of accepted students are men and 50% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 93%, and the acceptance rate for women is 96%.

Average Test Scores

About 35% of students accepted to Wilkes submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 540 and 630. Math scores were between 520 and 630.

Wilkes received ACT scores from 3% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 25. Math scores were between 19 and 0. Composite scores were between 21 and 26.

Can I Afford Wilkes University?

The overall average net price of Wilkes is $39,215. 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 Wilkes, approximately 83% of students took out student loans averaging $10,131 a year. That adds up to $40,524 over four years for those students.

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Wilkes University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,243 undergraduate students at Wilkes, with 1,996 being full-time and 247 being part-time.

There are also 2,538 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,996 full-time undergraduates at Wilkes, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	49
Black or African American	104
Hispanic or Latino	161
White	1,465
International Students	114
Other Races/Ethnicities	103

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Wilkes University. At this time, 17 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 23 countries are represented at Wilkes. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and India.

Wilkes University Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Nursing	0	138	229	22	389
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	191	0	191
Business Administration & Management	0	45	46	0	91
Instructional Media Design	0	0	82	0	82
Educational Administration	0	0	47	26	73
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	0	0	0	66	66
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	60	0	0	60
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	15	29	0	44
Writing Studies	0	0	38	0	38
Other Education	0	0	37	0	37
Mechanical Engineering	0	31	2	0	33
General Psychology	0	30	0	0	30
Teaching English or French	0	0	20	0	20
General Biology	0	16	0	0	16
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	0	14	0	0	14
Finance & Financial Management	0	13	0	0	13
Environmental Engineering	0	12	0	0	12
Communication & Media Studies	0	11	0	0	11
Criminology	0	11	0	0	11
Marketing	0	10	0	0	10
Political Science & Government	0	10	0	0	10
Accounting	0	9	0	0	9
Hospitality Management	0	9	0	0	9
History	0	9	0	0	9
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	0	8	0	0	8
Special Education	0	3	4	0	7
Biomedical Engineering	0	0	7	0	7
Sociology	0	7	0	0	7
General English Literature	0	6	0	0	6
Natural Resources Conservation	0	6	0	0	6
Computer Information Systems	0	5	0	0	5
Electrical Engineering	0	5	0	0	5
Information Science	0	4	0	0	4
Romance Languages	0	3	0	0	3
Mathematics	0	0	3	0	3
Chemistry	0	3	0	0	3
Drama & Theater Arts	0	3	0	0	3
Engineering-Related Fields	0	0	2	0	2
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	0	2	0	0	2
Sustainability Science	2	0	0	0	2
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	1	0	0	1
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	1	0	0	1
Geological & Earth Sciences	0	1	0	0	1
International Relations & National Security	0	1	0	0	1
Entrepreneurial Studies	0	0	0	0	0
Philosophy	0	0	0	0	0
Physics	0	0	0	0	0
Geography & Cartography	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	2	502	737	114	1,355

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 Jrmski under License

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