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. 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.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., Thomas Jefferson University landed the #78 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list. This places the school in the Top 10% of the country for overall quality. For this achievement, Thomas Jefferson University received one of this year's Best Master's Schools badges.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania, Thomas Jefferson University came in at #5.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and Thomas Jefferson University took the #96 spot on the list. This places the school in the Top 15% of the country for overall quality. This makes Thomas Jefferson University a recipient of this year's Best Doctorate Schools badge.
Thomas Jefferson University also ranked #8 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania.
The total graduate student population at Thomas Jefferson University is made up of 70.2% women and 29.8% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
About 32.9% of the graduate students who attend Thomas Jefferson University are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 3.9% 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 | $22,068 | $22,068 |
| Fees | $576 | $576 |
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their master's degree at Thomas Jefferson University is $64,610. That's pretty good comparatively. In fact, it is 11% higher than the national average of $58,425.
Doctorate degree recipients from Thomas Jefferson University earn an average salary of $73,922 during the early years of their career. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 2% lower than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of Thomas Jefferson University.
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 |
About 64.7% of the graduate students at Thomas Jefferson University took at least one online class during the 2020-2021 academic year. Approximately 24.6% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
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.
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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