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Wilkes University was awarded 153 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is teacher education subject specific.
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College Factual ranked Wilkes as #734 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list.
Wilkes also holds the #41 spot on the Best Colleges in Pennsylvania ranking.
Wilkes University has an acceptance rate of 95%, so it is easier to gain admission to this school than some others. Still, the admissions staff will examine your application closely to make sure you're a good fit for Wilkes.
About 30% of students accepted to Wilkes submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 630. Math scores were between 520 and 620.
With a student to faculty ratio of 13 to 1, Wilkes University is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Wilkes University is 43%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 75% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Wilkes University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Wilkes the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 52%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,243 undergraduates at Wilkes with 1,996 being full-time and 247 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $25,058 | $25,051 | $28,221 | $31,157 | $34,459 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Wilkes, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Wilkes, approximately 84% of students took out student loans averaging $11,703 a year. That adds up to $46,812 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Wilkes is 3.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for Wilkes are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 84 West South Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766 |
| Phone: | 570-408-5000 |
| Website: | https://www.wilkes.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/WilkesUniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/WilkesU |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 91 | $64,105 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 80 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 48 | $36,785 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 43 | $61,200 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 25 | $42,445 |
| Environmental Engineering | 24 | $54,835 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 24 | $34,978 |
| General Biology | 20 | $24,313 |
| Accounting | 17 | $46,218 |
| Electrical Engineering | 17 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 4,250 students took at least one online class at Wilkes University. This is a decrease from the 4,283 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 4,250 | 2,863 |
| 2019-2020 | 4,283 | 2,341 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,745 | 1,916 |
| 2017-2018 | 3,098 | 2,222 |
| 2016-2017 | 3,326 | 2,566 |
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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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