by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Thomas Jefferson University was awarded 430 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.
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Thomas Jefferson University landed the #87 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 5% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Thomas Jefferson University held the #100 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Thomas Jefferson University is also ranked #8 out of 109 schools in Pennsylvania.
The acceptance rate at Thomas Jefferson University is 78%. 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 Thomas Jefferson University is a good fit for you.
About 31% of students accepted to Thomas Jefferson University submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 570 and 650. Math scores were between 560 and 670.
The student to faculty ratio at Thomas Jefferson University is about average at 13 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Thomas Jefferson University is 39%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 84% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Thomas Jefferson 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.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Thomas Jefferson University the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 56%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Thomas Jefferson University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 3,783 undergraduates at Thomas Jefferson University with 3,216 being full-time and 567 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $21,413 | $22,926 | $23,635 | $25,709 | $32,470 |
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 Thomas Jefferson University, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 Thomas Jefferson University, approximately 61% of students took out student loans averaging $7,030 a year. That adds up to $28,120 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Thomas Jefferson University is 1.1%. 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.
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Contact details for Thomas Jefferson University are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1020 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 |
| Phone: | 215-955-6000 |
| Website: | www.jefferson.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/ThomasJeffersonUniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/JeffersonUniv |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 506 | $71,147 |
| Health Sciences & Services | 116 | $36,475 |
| Design & Applied Arts | 73 | NA |
| Allied Health Professions | 72 | $73,173 |
| Architectural Sciences & Technology | 55 | NA |
| Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing | 52 | $39,017 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 36 | $41,119 |
| General Psychology | 25 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 25 | $36,586 |
| Health/Medical Prep Programs | 24 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 5,467 students took at least one online class at Thomas Jefferson University. This is a decrease from the 6,552 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 5,467 | 1,368 |
| 2019-2020 | 6,552 | 1,739 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,447 | 1,093 |
| 2017-2018 | 2,438 | 1,058 |
| 2016-2017 | 738 | 738 |
Learn more about online learning at Thomas Jefferson University.
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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