by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. 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.
University of Scranton landed the #103 spot in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking out of a pool of 1149 colleges and universities that were eligible for this year's ranking. So, the school sits firmly among the Top 10% of colleges and universities in the nation when it comes to overall quality. For this achievement, University of Scranton received one of this year's Best Master's Schools badges.
University of Scranton also ranked #6 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania.
University of Scranton was ranked #67 in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking out of the 676 schools that were included in the ranking. So, the school sits firmly among the Top 10% of colleges and universities in the nation when it comes to overall quality. This makes University of Scranton a recipient of this year's Best Doctorate Schools badge.
In addition, University of Scranton took the #5 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania.
The total graduate student population at University of Scranton is made up of 63.4% women and 36.6% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
Of all the graduate students at University of Scranton, around 21.7% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. University of Scranton is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 4.4% 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 | $11,580 | $11,580 |
| Fees | $50 | $50 |
After obtaining their master's degree from University of Scranton, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $64,952. Chalk that up in the win column since that salary is 11% higher than the national average of $58,425.
Graduate students earning a doctorate degree from University of Scranton enter careers with an average starting salary of $73,808. That's about 2% lower than the countrywide average of $75,260 for all doctorate degree holders.
Get more details about the location of University of Scranton.
Contact details for University of Scranton are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 800 Linden Street, Scranton, PA 18510-4699 |
| Phone: | 570-941-7400 |
| Website: | www.scranton.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/universityofscranton |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/univofscranton |
In 2020-2021, 45.9% of the graduate students at University of Scranton took at least one class online. For that same period, 45.1% 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 |
|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 10 |
| Nursing | 4 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 40 |
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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