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.
Widener University landed the #193 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.
Widener also ranked #12 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania.
Widener was ranked #153 in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking out of the 676 schools that were included in the ranking.
Widener also ranked #13 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania.
The total graduate student population at Widener is made up of 72.3% women and 27.7% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
Racial-ethnic minorities* make up 29.0% of the graduate student population at Widener. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at Widener. Around 2.8% of graduate students are international. 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 tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $25,100 | $25,100 |
| Fees | $316 | $316 |
The average early-career salary for master's degree recipients from Widener is $69,133. That's pretty good comparatively. In fact, it is 18% higher than the national average of $58,425.
Graduate students earning a doctorate degree from Widener enter careers with an average starting salary of $64,850. That's about 14% lower than the countrywide average of $75,260 for all doctorate degree holders.
Get more details about the location of Widener University.
Contact details for Widener are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | One University Place, Chester, PA 19013-5792 |
| Phone: | 610-499-4000 |
| Website: | https://www.widener.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/wideneruniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/wideneruniv |
In 2020-2021, 46.4% of the graduate students at Widener University took at least one class online. Approximately 36.1% 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.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 36 |
| Educational Administration | 15 |
| Law | 269 |
| Legal Research | 19 |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 9 |
| Nursing | 7 |
| Public Health | 269 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 45 |
| Social Work | 1 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 1 |
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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