by our College Data Analytics TeamThe goal of College Factual's yearly Best Quality Schools rankings is to help students find graduate schools that provide excellent learning environments that are a great fit for them. Our methodology places a high weight on things such as post-graduation wages, time to graduate, and student-per-faculty ratio. Post-graduation debt, faculty and staff diversity, and other factors are also taken into account.
Out of the 1149 colleges and universities analyzed in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Gannon University took the #348 spot.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania, Gannon came in at #21.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and Gannon took the #91 spot on the list. This means that the school is among the Top 15% of the nation when it comes to overall quality. Because of its high ranking, Gannon won the Best Doctorate Schools badge this year.
In addition, Gannon took the #7 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania.
The total graduate student population at Gannon is made up of 66.7% women and 33.3% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
Of all the graduate students at Gannon, around 12.1% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. Gannon is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 9.7% of the graduate student population. For more details on graduate school diversity at the school, check out the chart below. If you click on it, you'll be taken to a page with more details.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $19,980 | $19,980 |
| Fees | $680 | $680 |
After obtaining their master's degree from Gannon, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $77,953. Chalk that up in the win column since that salary is 33% higher than the national average of $58,425.
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their doctorate degree at Gannon is $67,092. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 11% lower than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of Gannon University.
Contact details for Gannon are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 109 W Sixth St, Erie, PA 16541-0001 |
| Phone: | 814-871-7000 |
| Website: | www.gannon.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/gannonu |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/gannonu |
Around 30.2% of Gannon graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. Roughly 17.5% 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 |
|---|---|
| Nursing | 4 |
| Other Social Sciences | 9 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 116 |
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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