by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began producing its annual Best Quality Schools rankings as a means to assist students in finding top-quality graduate colleges and universities that are invested in preparing their students for their future endeavors. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania came in at #440 out of the 1149 colleges and universities that were ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking.
SRU also ranked #29 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania.
Of the 676 institutions of higher learning that were examined in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, SRU came in at #147.
SRU also ranked #12 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania.
Women make up 75.8% of the total graduate student body at SRU while men make you 24.2%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
About 8.5% of the graduate students who attend SRU are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. SRU is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 0.4% of the graduate student population. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $9,288 | $13,932 |
| Fees | $3,371 | $4,284 |
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their master's degree at SRU is $47,367. That's about 19% lower than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
Doctorate degree recipients from SRU earn an average salary of $66,917 during the early years of their career. When comparing to other doctorate degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 11% lower than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania.
Contact details for SRU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1 Morrow Way, Slippery Rock, PA 16057-1383 |
| Phone: | 724-738-9000 |
| Website: | https://www.sru.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/slipperyrockuniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/slipperyrocku |
In 2020-2021, 79.7% of the graduate students at Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania took at least one class online. For that same period, 64.0% of grad students took all of their classes 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 |
|---|---|
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 48 |
| Special Education | 9 |
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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