by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began publishing its yearly rankings to help students identify graduate schools that put a high emphasis on educational quality as well as helping students succeed. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Out of a field of 1149 colleges and universities considered in the 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Arcadia University landed the #388 spot.
Arcadia also ranked #25 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and Arcadia took the #55 spot on the list. This rank is quite an honor since it puts the school in the Top 10% of the country for overall quality. Because of its high ranking, Arcadia won the Best Doctorate Schools badge this year.
In addition, Arcadia took the #3 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 76.9% of the total graduate students at Arcadia are women and 23.1% are men.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 18.0% of the graduate student population at Arcadia. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 7.8% of graduate students hail from another country. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $27,311 | $27,311 |
| Fees | $219 | $219 |
After obtaining their master's degree from Arcadia, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $64,268. That's pretty good comparatively. In fact, it is 10% higher than the national average of $58,425.
Graduate students earning a doctorate degree from Arcadia enter careers with an average starting salary of $71,130. When comparing to other doctorate degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 5% lower than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of Arcadia University.
Contact details for Arcadia are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 450 S Easton Rd, Glenside, PA 19038-3295 |
| Phone: | 215-572-2900 |
| Website: | https://www.arcadia.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/arcadia.university |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/arcadia1853 |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 50.2% of the graduate students at Arcadia took at least one online course. Roughly 40.3% of all grad students took courses exclusively online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Educational Administration | 10 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 285 |
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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