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 434 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health sciences & services.
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Temple landed the #147 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation.
Out of the 109 colleges in Pennsylvania, Temple is ranked at #11.
Temple University has an acceptance rate of 72%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
With a student to faculty ratio of 13 to 1, Temple University is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
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%.
Temple University has a freshmen retention rate of 86%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Temple the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 52%. That is great when compared to 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 + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $18,173 | $19,355 | $21,568 | $24,335 | $28,374 |
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 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 3.5%. 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.
Get more details about the location of 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/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/templeu |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/templeuniv |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Psychology | 356 | $28,627 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 346 | $50,577 |
| Computer Information Systems | 335 | $65,773 |
| Marketing | 329 | $43,899 |
| Public Relations & Advertising | 306 | $37,662 |
| General Biology | 278 | $30,888 |
| General English Literature | 278 | $31,644 |
| Radio, Television & Digital Communication | 226 | $29,024 |
| Health & Physical Education | 218 | $30,914 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 207 | $34,097 |
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 2020-2021, 24,320 students took at least one online class at Temple University. This is a decrease from the 34,137 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 24,320 | 4,056 |
| 2019-2020 | 34,137 | 13,709 |
| 2018-2019 | 8,041 | 1,711 |
| 2017-2018 | 7,227 | 1,684 |
| 2016-2017 | 7,057 | 1,382 |
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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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