by our College Data Analytics Team
In its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Temple University was awarded 115 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is education.
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According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, Temple is ranked #97 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This puts it in the top 5% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Temple held the #147 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Temple is also ranked #8 out of 103 schools in Pennsylvania.
The acceptance rate at Temple University is 80%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that Temple is a good fit for you.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Temple it is much better at 12 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Temple University is 56%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 84% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Temple University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Temple for first-time, full-time students is 55%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Temple University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 27,306 undergraduates at Temple with 24,915 being full-time and 2,391 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $16,106 | $16,627 | $21,129 | $26,060 | $29,182 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Temple, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 Temple, approximately 65% of students took out student loans averaging $10,571 a year. That adds up to $42,284 over four years for those students.
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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 |
| Website: | www.temple.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 351 | $58,307 |
| Computer Information Systems | 343 | $73,393 |
| General Psychology | 339 | $30,054 |
| Medicine | 289 | NA |
| General Biology | 285 | $35,101 |
| Public Relations & Advertising | 285 | $41,165 |
| Health & Physical Education | 285 | $29,322 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 269 | $58,807 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 239 | $47,825 |
| Law | 239 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 16,121 students took at least one online class at Temple University. This is a decrease from the 24,320 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 16,121 | 2,612 |
| 2021-2022 | 24,320 | 4,056 |
| 2020-2021 | 34,137 | 13,709 |
| 2018-2019 | 7,227 | 1,684 |
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Footnotes
*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.
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