Temple University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

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.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in law, drama and performing arts, photography and commercial art, therapy and counseling, media, fine arts, nutrition and exercise therapy, medicine, and music.
• Large number of students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High faculty salary.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Extensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There is a hospital on campus.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

Temple University participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 85% of students received financial aid of some sort.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 35,490 in 2009-2010 (28,988 full-time equivalent).

About 45% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 55% of the class.

Undergrads are 73% of enrolled students, graduate students are 19%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 8%.

Students under 25 years old represent 72% of the student body. About 5% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

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

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Temple University provides on-campus housing for 5,111 of its 28,988 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

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) .

Graduate School Focus

Temple University offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education and medical degrees.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Comprehensive Doctoral With Medical/Veterinary.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (115 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 (28 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (1,308 awarded)

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

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (77 awarded)

• Computer Engineering
• Computer and Information Sciences
• Information Technology

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (31 awarded)

• Environmental Science
• Environmental Studies

DESIGN (36 awarded)

• Graphic Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (198 awarded)

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

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (618 awarded)

• Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching
• Art Teacher Education
• Business Teacher 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
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• 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 (138 awarded)

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

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (30 awarded)

• Civil Engineering Technology/Technician
• Computer Hardware 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 (247 awarded)

• Social Work

FINE ARTS (128 awarded)

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

HOSPITALITY (83 awarded)

• Hospitality Administration/Management

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (29 awarded)

• Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations
• Horticultural Science
• Landscaping and Groundskeeping

LAW (468 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 (769 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
• 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 (38 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Mathematics
• Statistics

MEDIA (594 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 (124 awarded)

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

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (52 awarded)

• Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

MEDICINE (609 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 (86 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 (155 awarded)

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

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (297 awarded)

• Athletic Training/Trainer
• Kinesiology and Exercise Science
• Occupational Therapy/Therapist
• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies
• Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (183 awarded)

• Film/Cinema Studies
• Photography
• Printmaking

REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT (18 awarded)

• Real Estate

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (66 awarded)

• Jewish/Judaic Studies
• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (355 awarded)

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

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (236 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Safety Studies

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (620 awarded)

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