Temple University

A comprehensive public research, state-related university, Temple University was established in 1884 by Dr. Russell Conwell. Temple College became a fully accredited university and was renamed Temple University in 1907.

Students can choose from eight campuses and 300 academic degrees. Located just one-and-a-half miles north of Center City Philadelphia, the Main Campus is close to the artistic, musical, intellectual and cultural scene of the country's sixth largest city.

A campus in suburban Ambler offers programs in community and regional planning, horticulture, landscape architecture and other disciplines. The Tyler School of the Arts relocated from Elkins Park to a state-of-the-art facility on Main Campus. Students can take graduate and noncredit courses at the university's Fort Washington location.

A large study abroad program has campuses in Rome and Tokyo and programs in London, Beijing, Paris, Mumbai and other sites. In addition, Temple University enrolls students from dozens of foreign countries

The academic divisions of Temple University are:

Ambler College
Beasley School of Law
Boyer College of Music and Dance
College of Education
College of Engineering
College of Health Professions
College of Liberal Arts
College of Science and Technology
Fox School of Business and Management
Graduate School
Maurice H. Kornberg School of Dentistry
School of Communications and Theater
School of Medicine
School of Pharmacy
School of Podiatric Medicine
School of Social Administration
School of Tourism and Hospitality Management
Tyler School of Art

Among the famous alumni of Temple University are: Bill Cosby, actor-comedian; Nikoloz Gilauri, Prime Minister of Georgia; Richard Brooks, filmmaker; Tamron Hall, dayside anchor for MSNBC; Eddie Jones, NBA player; Bill McGlaughlin, composer and classical music radio host; John F. Street, Mayor of Philadelphia; Natalie Hinderas, composer and pianist; and Bill Mensch, computer scientist.

Temple offers a wide variety of sports and other clubs as well as several Greek Letter Organizations, governed by the Multicultural Greek Council.

Campus Location

1801 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122-6096
USA
Main Tel: (215) 204-7000
Web Site

The campus is in a large city.

Highlights

Where the school stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

Many students concentrating in photography and commercial art, law, fine arts, drama and performing arts, media, therapy and counseling, medicine, and music.
Large number of students.
Large number of programs of study offered.
High faculty salary.

Other important characteristics:

Faculty tenure system
On-campus hospital
Library on-campus
Campus housing available
Study abroad option
Distance learning available
Weekend study option
Part-time classes available
ROTC
Athlete financial aid

Degrees Awarded (in 2008-2009)

Degree	Total Earned	Different Programs
Bachelor	4,979	119
Master	1,273	105
First-professional degree	811	5
Doctorale	409	55
Associate	9	1
Post-master's certificate	7	2
1-2 year certificate	4	3
First-professional certificate		2

Students

Student enrollment was 34,696 in 2007-2008 (27,885 full-time equivalent).

About 46% of the freshmen class in 2008-2009 was male and women were 54% of the class.

Undergrads are 72% of enrolled students, graduate students are 19%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 9%.

About 1% of freshmen are from countries other than the US. Students living in the US make up 99% of incoming freshmen.

Among freshmen students, 100% are full-time and 0% are part-time.

Tuition and Other Costs (2008-2009)

Item	Cost
State Tuition and fees	$ 11,448
Out-of-state tuition and fees	$ 20,468
Room	$ 5,866
Board	$ 3,018
Books and supplies	$ 1,000
Other	$ 3,900

Financial Aid: Temple University participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.

Similar Schools

Based on computer comparisons against all other US colleges, these schools appear to be most similar to Temple University:

	School	Location	Enrollment
1	University of Southern California	Los Angeles, CA	33,408
2	Montclair State University	Montclair, NJ	16,736
3	University of California-Irvine	Irvine, CA	26,483
4	Florida State University	Tallahassee, FL	40,555
5	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	Greensboro, NC	18,627
6	University of California-Santa Cruz	Santa Cruz, CA	15,825
7	University of Arizona	Tucson, AZ	37,217
8	New York University	New York, NY	41,783
9	University of Utah	Salt Lake City, UT	28,025
10	University of Kansas	Lawrence, KS	28,569

Faculty

Tenure (2008-2009):

Full-Time Faculty		Total
With tenure		793
Without tenure; working toward tenure		195
Without tenure; tenure not available		838

Housing and Meals

Temple University provides on-campus housing for 5,000 of its 27,885 (full-time) students (as of 2008-2009).

Athletics

School sports include football (Mid-American Conference), basketball (Atlantic 10 Conference), baseball (Atlantic 10 Conference), and track (Atlantic 10 Conference).

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 187 male students received the aid (men were 52% of those receiving aid) and 175 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 48% of students receiving such aid) .

Admissions (2008-2009)

Applicants	Admitted
Men	62%
Women	60%
All	61%

SAT Test Scores:

SAT	Middle 50%
Verbal	500-600
Math	510-610
Writing	490-590

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees awarded in 2008-2009 in parentheses)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (93 awarded)

Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)

ART STUDIES (26 awarded)

Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (1,172 awarded)

Accounting
Actuarial Science
Business Administration and Management
E-Commerce/Electronic Commerce
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
Finance
Insurance
International Business/Trade/Commerce
Labor and Industrial Relations
Management Information Systems
Marketing/Marketing Management
Organizational Behavior Studies

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (86 awarded)

Computer Engineering
Computer and Information Sciences
Information Science/Studies
Information Technology

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (24 awarded)

Environmental Science
Environmental Studies

DESIGN (35 awarded)

Graphic Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (171 awarded)

Acting
Dance
Directing and Theatrical Production
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (734 awarded)

Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching
Art Teacher Education
Business Teacher Education
Education
Educational Leadership and Administration
Elementary Education and Teaching
English/Language Arts Teacher Education
Foreign Language Teacher Education
Health Teacher Education
Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching
Mathematics Teacher Education
Music Teacher Education
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
Social Studies Teacher Education
Teacher Education/Profess Development, Levels & Methods
Teacher Education/Profess Development, Subject Areas
Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor
Technical Teacher Education
Trade and Industrial Teacher Education
Urban Education and Leadership

ENGINEERING (105 awarded)

Biomedical/Medical Engineering
Civil Engineering
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Engineering
Mechanical Engineering

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (33 awarded)

Civil Engineering Technology/Technician
Electromechanical Technology/Electromechanical Engineering Tech
Energy Management and Systems Technology/Technician
Engineering Technology
Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology
Manufacturing Technology/Technician

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (238 awarded)

Social Work

FINE ARTS (133 awarded)

Art History, Criticism and Conservation
Ceramic Arts and Ceramics
Fiber, Textile and Weaving Arts
Metal and Jewelry Arts
Painting
Sculpture

HOSPITALITY (86 awarded)

Hospitality Administration/Management

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (18 awarded)

Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations
Horticultural Science

LAW (480 awarded)

International Law and Legal Studies (LLM, JSD/SJD)
Law (LLB, JD)
Legal Professions and Studies
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies
Programs for Foreign Lawyers (LLM, MCL)
Tax Law/Taxation (LLM, JSD/SJD)

LIBERAL ARTS (736 awarded)

African-American/Black Studies
American/United States Studies/Civilization
Anthropology
Arabic Language and Literature
Asian Studies/Civilization
Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
Creative Writing
Economics
English Language and Literature
French Language and Literature
General Studies
Geography
German Language and Literature
Hebrew Language and Literature
History
International Relations and Affairs
Italian Language and Literature
Latin American Studies
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
Linguistics
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
Political Science and Government
Russian Language and Literature
Sociology
Spanish Language and Literature
Speech and Rhetorical Studies
Urban Studies/Affairs
Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (30 awarded)

Applied Mathematics
Mathematics
Statistics

MEDIA (554 awarded)

Advertising
Broadcast Journalism
Journalism
Mass Communication/Media Studies
Organizational Communication
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
Public Relations/Image Management
Radio and Television

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (97 awarded)

Community Health and Preventive Medicine
Environmental Health
Health Information/Medical Records Administration/Administrator
Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management
Public Health Education and Promotion

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (54 awarded)

Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

MEDICINE (661 awarded)

Clinical and Industrial Drug Development (MS, PhD)
Dentistry (DDS, DMD)
Endodontics/Endodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (MS, PhD)
Medicine (MD)
Neuroscience
Oral Biology and Oral Pathology (MS, PhD)
Orthodontics/Orthodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)
Periodontics/Periodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design (MS, PhD)
Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada])
Podiatric Medicine/Podiatry (DPM)

MUSIC (51 awarded)

Conducting
Jazz/Jazz Studies
Music History, Literature, and Theory
Music Pedagogy
Music Performance
Music Theory and Composition
Music
Piano and Organ
Voice and Opera

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (111 awarded)

Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (301 awarded)

Kinesiology and Exercise Science
Occupational Therapy/Therapist
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies
Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (202 awarded)

Film/Cinema Studies
Photography
Printmaking

REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT (14 awarded)

Real Estate

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (57 awarded)

Jewish/Judaic Studies
Philosophy
Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (364 awarded)

Anatomy
Biochemistry
Biology/Biological Sciences
Biophysics
Chemistry
Epidemiology
Geology/Earth Science
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
Molecular Biology
Pharmacology
Physics
Physiology

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (224 awarded)

Criminal Justice/Safety Studies

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (602 awarded)

Clinical Psychology
Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics
Counseling Psychology
Developmental and Child Psychology
Educational Psychology
Experimental Psychology
Music Therapy/Therapist
Physical Therapy/Therapist
Psychology
School Psychology
Social Psychology