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Temple University

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  1. Families earning under $30k paid $22,694 a year after grants and aid, against a published cost of $40,903.

  2. Students who received federal aid earned a median $63,727 ten years after entering, the 84th percentile among public 4-years.

  3. 75% of students finish within 150% of normal time.

Founded
1884
Enrollment, 2023
35,985
Website
temple.edu
Campus of Temple University

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Temple University is a public state-related research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist minister Russell Conwell and his congregation at the Grace Baptist Church of Philadelphia, then called Baptist Temple. Today, Temple is the third-largest university in Pennsylvania by enrollment and awarded 9,128 degrees in the 2023–24 academic year. It has a worldwide alumni base of 378,012, with 352,175 alumni residing in the United States.

From the Wikipedia article “Temple University”, revision 1363056888, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

What it costs

The published sticker cost is $40,903 a year; after grants, families who received aid paid between $22,694 and $34,947 a year depending on income at Temple University.

Statement of cost · Temple University

Family income (per year)
Sticker costPublished yearly cost of attendance, all students
$40,903
What families earning under $30k paidYearly net price after grants, for students receiving federal aid
$22,694
Average net price, all incomesAided students, all family incomes
$28,198
In-state tuition & feesLatest reported, 2024
$23,011

Each figure is reported separately; none is computed from another.

Net price by family income

Pick an income bracket above; the marked point follows. Dollars are what aided families paid each year after grants.

Yearly net price by family income, in dollars

under $30k: $22,694; $30–48k: $23,431; $48–75k: $26,534; $75–110k: $29,397; over $110k: $34,947. Shaded band: middle half of public 4-years, from $8,778 to $16,425; dotted line at the median, $12,780.
  • Shaded: the middle half of public 4-years (all incomes), $8,778 to $16,425. Dotted line: the median, $12,780.
Table of the same numbers
Average yearly net price by family income bracket
Family incomePaid per year
Under $30k$22,694
$30k–$48k$23,431
$48k–$75k$26,534
$75k–$110k$29,397
Over $110k$34,947

College Scorecard, 2023–24 aid cohort (students who received federal aid)

What graduates earn and owe

Ten years after entry, the median federally aided student here earns $63,727; the median graduate who borrowed owes $24,395.

Statement, continued

Earnings, 6 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$50,860
Earnings, 8 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$59,076
Median earnings 10 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
84th percentile among public 4-years
$63,727
Median debt, graduatesStudents who finished and borrowed federal loans.
86th percentile among public 4-years
$24,395
Median debt, all who borrowedEveryone who borrowed, whether or not they finished.
$19,750

Earnings and debt come from federal aid records, so students who never received federal aid are not counted.

Earnings after entry

The shaded band is the middle half of public 4-years at 10 years: $42,655 to $60,720.

6 yrs after entry: $50,860; 8 yrs after entry: $59,076; 10 yrs after entry: $63,727. Median graduate debt: $24,395. Shaded band: middle half of public 4-years at 10 years, from $42,655 to $60,720; dotted line at the median, $50,178.
  • Shaded: middle half of public 4-years, 10 years out ($42,655 to $60,720); dotted line is the median.
  • Dashed: median graduate debt, $24,395.

Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Hollow marks are rungs with no reported value, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Earnings after entry and graduate debt
MeasureDollars
Median earnings, 6 yrs after entry$50,860
Median earnings, 8 yrs after entry$59,076
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry$63,727
Median graduate debt$24,395

College Scorecard, federal tax and aid records

What programs pay

Median earnings five years after completing, by field of study. Small programs are privacy-suppressed and shown as not reported, never zero.

What programs pay at Temple University
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Psychology, GeneralBachelor's Degree355$50,596$26,000
Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralBachelor's Degree299$104,762$26,000
MedicineFirst Professional Degree255$136,928not reported
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied CommunicationBachelor's Degree253$63,387$26,000
Biology, GeneralBachelor's Degree245$73,979$26,000
MarketingBachelor's Degree237$74,250$26,000
Finance and Financial Management ServicesBachelor's Degree235$82,053$26,000
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree231$138,380not reported
LawFirst Professional Degree210$107,536not reported
Public HealthBachelor's Degree190$56,494$27,000
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, GeneralBachelor's Degree189not reported$25,998
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/FitnessBachelor's Degree182$63,192$26,000
Show all 25 programs
Remaining programs
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationBachelor's Degree171$53,336$26,000
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree161not reported$20,500
DentistryFirst Professional Degree155$164,874not reported
Business/Commerce, GeneralBachelor's Degree148$73,326$27,000
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and AdministrationFirst Professional Degree143$136,420not reported
Criminal Justice and CorrectionsBachelor's Degree136$55,843$26,000
Accounting and Related ServicesBachelor's Degree134$78,957$26,000
Film/Video and Photographic ArtsBachelor's Degree133$42,474$25,000
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and AdministrationMaster's Degree73$142,319not reported
Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementMaster's Degree38$115,503not reported
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsMaster's Degree44not reportednot reported
Radio, Television, and Digital CommunicationMaster's Degree46not reportednot reported
Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsMaster's Degree29not reportednot reported

Source: College Scorecard field-of-study data.

Who goes here

Temple University: 20,970 undergraduates; 32% of students receive Pell grants; 80% of applicants are admitted.

Admission rate

80%

44th percentile among public 4-years

Undergraduates

20,970

88th percentile among public 4-years

Pell share

32%

of undergraduates receive Pell grants

50th percentile among public 4-years

Completion

75%

finish within 150% of normal time

92nd percentile among public 4-years

First-generation

30%

parents did not attend college

Median family income

$59,850

83rd percentile among public 4-years

Students by family income

Share of students in each family-income bracket, for students who received federal aid.

  • Under $30k22%
  • $30k–$48k13%
  • $48k–$75k15%
  • $75k–$110k17%
  • Over $110k33%
Show as a table
Students by family income
Family incomeShare of students
Under $30k22%
$30k–$48k13%
$48k–$75k15%
$75k–$110k17%
Over $110k33%

Who Wikipedia remembers

Wikidata records 2,338 people who studied at Temple University, most often in science & academia (32%). That is the archive's memory, not a census.

What the recorded alumni are remembered for

Share of recorded people by field, in a fixed order so schools compare.

Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school, in a fixed order: science & academia 32% (717 people); medicine 2.1% (47 people); law 2.5% (56 people); politics & gov 5.5% (124 people); business 1.9% (43 people); engineering & tech 1.0% (23 people); writing & journalism 9.9% (224 people); film & stage 6.1% (137 people); music 3.6% (81 people); visual arts 4.5% (101 people); sports 29% (664 people); religion 1.2% (27 people); military 0.8% (17 people). These are shares of people recorded in Wikidata, the archive's memory, not a census of alumni.
Table of the same numbers
Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school (the archive's memory, not a census)
FieldPeople recordedShare
science & academia71731.7%
medicine472.1%
law562.5%
politics & gov1245.5%
business431.9%
engineering & tech231.0%
writing & journalism2249.9%
film & stage1376.1%
music813.6%
visual arts1014.5%
sports66429.4%
religion271.2%
military170.8%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

most recorded occupationsbasketball player (501) · researcher (440) · university teacher (146) · politician (110) · writer (107) · American football player (78) · journalist (68) · actor (61)

Women among recorded alumni, by birth decade

Counts reflect who the archive records, not a census.

Share of women among recorded alumni, from 40% for the 1880s to 29% for the 2000s. Decades with fewer than 5 recorded people are not drawn, and 2 decades are marked not reported for women. The line breaks at every decade not drawn.

Counts only people the archive records with a gender. Hollow marks are decades with no women reported or fewer than 5 recorded, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Recorded alumni by birth decade
BornWomenMenShare women
1860snot reported1not reported
1870snot reported4not reported
1880s2340%
1890s1118%
1900s103124%
1910s4567%
1920s179915%
1930s258722%
1940s5112329%
1950s3910527%
1960s429630%
1970s217721%
1980s277526%
1990s206224%
2000s82029%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

Wikipedia attention, by month

Wikipedia attention

monthly views

Monthly Wikipedia article views from 2015-07 to 2026-06; peak 74,516 in 2015-11.
Table of the same numbers
Wikipedia article views by month
MonthViews
2026-0626,668
2026-0525,302
2026-0426,190
2026-0323,252
2026-0233,626
2026-0123,724
2025-1222,695
2025-1130,712
2025-1028,792
2025-0933,081
2025-0825,077
2025-0723,586
2025-0621,172
2025-0530,293
2025-0423,904
2025-0331,330
2025-0226,493
2025-0129,531
2024-1226,953
2024-1129,930
2024-1026,949
2024-0936,676
2024-0836,044
2024-0725,026
2024-0623,893
2024-0529,183
2024-0432,740
2024-0332,164
2024-0231,161
2024-0133,903
2023-1226,026
2023-1127,006
2023-1029,571
2023-0940,817
2023-0829,863
2023-0722,994
2023-0621,690
2023-0524,784
2023-0428,734
2023-0334,900
2023-0237,622
2023-0132,267
2022-1226,251
2022-1129,224
2022-1032,243
2022-0931,368
2022-0827,751
2022-0722,769
2022-0622,938
2022-0525,119
2022-0431,227
2022-0328,805
2022-0233,179
2022-0164,804
2021-1226,543
2021-1125,047
2021-1029,275
2021-0926,989
2021-0826,352
2021-0728,286
2021-0621,658
2021-0524,993
2021-0424,403
2021-0326,707
2021-0224,740
2021-0129,101
2020-1227,515
2020-1127,322
2020-1027,233
2020-0923,126
2020-0823,954
2020-0722,493
2020-0623,520
2020-0527,625
2020-0433,551
2020-0330,563
2020-0230,729
2020-0130,926
2019-1236,759
2019-1132,722
2019-1040,284
2019-0935,589
2019-0837,119
2019-0726,617
2019-0624,931
2019-0548,610
2019-0431,153
2019-0341,188
2019-0229,745
2019-0134,793
2018-1244,220
2018-1139,929
2018-1034,709
2018-0938,448
2018-0827,643
2018-0725,053
2018-0622,965
2018-0528,258
2018-0436,917
2018-0331,213
2018-0225,518
2018-0127,889
2017-1230,557
2017-1133,049
2017-1027,385
2017-0936,135
2017-0826,350
2017-0725,174
2017-0625,931
2017-0526,233
2017-0430,666
2017-0330,854
2017-0226,745
2017-0128,098
2016-1243,858
2016-1128,737
2016-1037,288
2016-0929,977
2016-0825,057
2016-0727,773
2016-0629,888
2016-0526,814
2016-0429,209
2016-0339,396
2016-0228,218
2016-0130,735
2015-1240,430
2015-1174,516
2015-1048,158
2015-0937,579
2015-0828,855
2015-0728,553

Source: Wikimedia pageviews.

The portrait wall

Ordered by Wikipedia footprint (language editions).

Show all 14 portraits

Also recorded: Mark Margolis.

Similar schools

These are the nearest neighbors in the same sector. The list is not an ordering.

Sources & caveats

Figures come from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Built 2026-07-17.

not reported
Not reported: suppressed for privacy or never collected. It is not zero, and nothing has been filled in.
Percentiles
A percentile compares this school with others in its own sector (for example, public 4-year schools). It describes position, not quality.
Earnings
Earnings cover students who received federal (Title IV) aid, measured from the year they entered. Students who never received federal aid are not included.
Provenance notes
  • U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
  • Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
  • Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.
  • Wikidata is not an alumni census: a person appears only when volunteer editors record them. Counts measure the archive's memory - access x achievement x documentation - never placement rates or institutional quality.
  • Images are from Wikimedia Commons under free licenses. Render the credit line (artist + license) with every image.

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