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Ranks 674th overall and 57th in Pennsylvania

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Demographics – Main Campus and Surrounding Areas

Reported area around or near Scranton, PA 18509-1598

Surrounding communitySmall city (inside urban area, pop. under 100,000)
Total Population13,981 (13,981 urban / N/A rural)
Households5,491 (2.26 people per house)
Families3,059 (3.05 people per family)
Pop. — African American508
Pop. — Asian127
Pop. — Pacific Islander4
Pop. — American Indian / Alaskan Native60
Pop. — White (incl. Hispanic)13,300
Pop. — Other116
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Carnegie Foundation Classification

Master's Colleges and Universities (larger programs)

UndergraduateProfessions plus arts & sciences, some graduate coexistence
GraduateSingle doctoral (other field)
Undergraduate PopulationFull-time four-year, selective, higher transfer-in
EnrollmentMajority undergraduate
Size & SettingSmall four-year, primarily residential

General Characteristics

Highest offeringDoctoral degree
Calendar SystemSemester
Years of college work requiredN/A
Variable TuitionNo

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance LearningYes
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force YesYes / No / Yes
Study AbroadYes
Weekend CollegeNo
Teacher CertificationYes

Student Tuition Costs and Fees

What are the typical tuition costs and fees for attending Marywood University?

Ranks 356th for total cost of attendance

  In District In State Out of State
FT Undergraduate Tuition $23,040 $23,040 $23,040
FT Undergraduate Required Fees $1,050 $1,050 $1,050
PT Undergraduate per Credit Hour $550 $550 $550
FT Graduate Tuition $16,680 $16,680 $16,680
FT Graduate Required Fees $865 $865 $865
PT Graduate per Credit Hour $695 $695 $695
Total Cost of Attendance — On-Campus $36,700 $36,700 $36,700
Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus w/out Family $32,390 $32,390 $32,390
Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus with Family $28,690 $28,690 $28,690

Student Tuition Cost History and Trends

Three year history and trends on the cost of attending

  In District In State Out of State
Published Tuition & Fees $21,490 trend  $24,090 $21,490 trend  $24,090 $21,490 trend  $24,090
  Cost (regardless of residency)
Books & Supplies $900 trend  $900
On-Campus – Room & Board $9,100 trend  $10,410
On-Campus – Other Expenses $1,300 trend  $1,300
Off-Campus w/out Family – Room & Board $5,700 trend  $5,700
Off-Campus w/out Family – Other Expenses $1,600 trend  $1,700
Off-Campus with Family – Room & Board $3,700 trend  $3,700

Admission Details

Application Fee RequiredN/A
Undergraduate Application Fee$30
Graduate Application Fee$30
First Professional Application FeeN/A
Applicants 1,756 (464 male / 1,292 female)
Admitted 1,289 (341 male / 948 female)
Admission rate 73%
First-time Enrollment 393 (109 male / 284 female)
FT Enrollment 385 (104 male / 281 female)
PT Enrollment 8 (5 male / 3 female)
Total Enrollment3,180

Admission Criteria

What criteria does Marywood University use for admissions?

Required = Required, Recommended = Recommended, Neither required nor recommended = Neither required nor recommended
Open AdmissionsNo
Secondary School GPA / Rank / RecordRequired / Recommended / Required
College Prep. CompletionRecommended
RecommendationsRequired
Formal competency demoRecommended
Admission test scoresRequired
TOEFLRequired
Other testsN/A

Admission Credits Accepted

What types of credits does Marywood University accept?

Dual CreditYes
Life ExperienceYes
Advanced Placement (AP)Yes

Athletics - Association Memberships

Sports / Athletic Conference Memberships NCAA
NCAA Basketball Conference Pennsylvania Athletic Conference
NCAA Baseball Conference Pennsylvania Athletic Conference
NCAA Track & Field Conference Pennsylvania Athletic Conference

SAT Test Admission

Ranks 857th for 75pctl scores

Applicants submitting SAT results 96%
Verbal scores (25/75 %ile) 470 / 560
Math scores (25/75 %ile) 470 / 550
Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile) 940 / 1110

Student Services

Remedial ServicesYes
Academic / Career CounselingYes
PT Cost-defraying EmploymentYes
Career PlacementYes
On-Campus Day CareYes
Library FacilityYes

Student Living

First-time Room / Board RequiredNo
Dorm Capacity931
Meals per Week19
Room Fee$5,980
Board Fee$4,430

Student Financial Aid Details

How many students use Financial Aid, and how much do they use?

Marywood University Ranks 1523rd for the average student loan amount.

  Average Users % of Attendees
Federal Grant Aid $3,251 92 pie   30%
State & Local Grant Aid $3,298 132 pie   44%
Institutional Grant Aid $10,431 302 pie   100%
Student Loan Aid $5,213 262 pie   87%
Any financial aid type   302 pie   100%

Student Enrollment Demographics

How many students are enrolled at Marywood University?

  Men Women Total
Non Resident Alien
242953
Black Non-Hispanic
225577
Hispanic
165773
Asian / Pacific Islander
123143
American Indian / Alaskan Native
459
White Non-Hispanic
6401,9822,622
Race Unknown
89214303
Total 807 2,373 3,180

Student Graduation Demographics

How many students graduated at Marywood University?

  Men Women Total
Non Resident Alien
2N/A2
Black Non-Hispanic
112
Hispanic
N/A33
Asian / Pacific Islander
N/AN/AN/A
American Indian / Alaskan Native
N/AN/AN/A
White Non-Hispanic
64178242
Race Unknown
268
Total 69 188 257

Most Popular Fields of Study

The top 5 fields of study completed at Marywood University.

  Men Women Total
16 98 114
2 38 40
9 30 39
9 20 29
N/A 26 26

Student Completion / Graduation Demographics

How many students are successful graduates?

  Non Resident Alien Black Non-Hispanic Hispanic Asian / Pacific Islander American Indian / Alaskan Native White Non-Hispanic Race Unknown Total
Accounting 1 3 4
Administration of Special Education
Art History, Criticism and Conservation
Art Teacher Education 6 6
Art Therapy/Therapist 1 18 1 20
Art/Art Studies, General
Arts Management 1 1
Athletic Training/Trainer 2 2
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist 25 1 26
Aviation/Airway Management and Operations 2 2
Biology Teacher Education 1 1
Biology/Biological Sciences, General 5 5
Biotechnology 13 2 15
Business Administration and Management, General 1 10 11
Business/Commerce, General
Ceramic Arts and Ceramics 2 2
Clinical Child Psychology 1 1
Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist 1 1
Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist 4 4
Clinical Psychology 9 9
Commercial and Advertising Art 1 1
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other 9 9
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
Computer/Information Technology Services Administration andManagement, Other 3 3
Counseling Psychology 1 5 6
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services 14 1 15
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration 2 1 3
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies 10 10
Design and Visual Communications, General
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services, Other 5 5
Dietetics/Dietitian (RD) 9 2 11
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia 1 1 8 10
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General 3 3
Early Childhood Education and Teaching
Education, Other 2 2
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Emotional Disturbances 2 2
Educational Leadership and Administration, General 5 5
Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision
Elementary Education and Teaching 1 39 40
English Language and Literature, General 1 23 2 26
English/Language Arts Teacher Education 1 1
Environmental Science 1 1
Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education 6 6
Fashion Merchandising
Fiber, Textile and Weaving Arts
Financial Planning and Services 2 1 4 2 9
Fine/Studio Arts, General
Foreign Language Teacher Education
French Language Teacher Education 2 2
French Language and Literature
Gerontology
Graphic Design 13 1 14
Health Services Administration 1 2 1 4
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General 1 7 1 9
Health and Physical Education, General 8 8
Health/Health Care Administration/Management 1 1
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration 2 2
History, General 2 1 7 10
Hospitality Administration/Management, General 3 3
Illustration 1 9 10
Industrial and Organizational Psychology 1 1 2
Information Science/Studies 1 5 2 8
Interior Design 1 18 19
International Business/Trade/Commerce
Management Information Systems, General 2 2
Marketing/Marketing Management, General 1 9 10
Mathematics Teacher Education 1 1
Mathematics, General
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other 25 25
Music Performance, General 1 1 2
Music Teacher Education 11 1 12
Music Therapy/Therapist 1 1
Music, General 1 1
Nursing Administration (MSN, MS, PhD) 3 3
Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN) 1 2 1 20 1 25
Organizational Communication, General
Painting 7 1 8
Photography 14 2 16
Physician Assistant 1 1 3 22 2 29
Printmaking 1 1
Psychology, General 1 1 32 5 39
Public Administration 7 1 8
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication, Other (NEW) Any instructional program in organizational communication, public relations, and advertising not listed above 1 1 4 6
Reading Teacher Education 5 5
Religion/Religious Studies
Religious/Sacred Music 1 1
School Psychology 1 5 6
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
Sculpture 1 1
Secondary Education and Teaching
Social Science Teacher Education
Social Sciences, General 1 1
Social Sciences, Other 1 2 3
Social Work 4 4 2 1 96 7 114
Spanish Language Teacher Education 1 1
Spanish Language and Literature 1 1
Special Education and Teaching, General 22 2 24
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, Other 1 6 7
Visual and Performing Arts, Other 1 1
Voice and Opera
Total 10 14 18 6 1 631 44 724

Faculty Compensation / Salaries

Marywood University Ranks 865th for the average full-time faculty salary.

Tenure system Yes
Average FT Salary $62,857 ($63,567 male / $62,180 female)
Number of FT Faculty 121 (59 male / 62 female)
Number of PT Faculty 187
FT Faculty Ratio 0.6 : 1
Total Benefits $2,044,786
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Marywood University Summary

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The Marywood University Arboretum (115 acres) is an arboretum across the campus of Marywood University, 2300 Adams Avenue, Scranton, Pennsylvania. The campus was declared an arboretum in 1975 in honor of Sister Maria Laurence Maher, then Professor of Biological Sciences, and received its official designation as such in 1997.

Marywood University Academics

Marywood University is unique in its study options. For one thing, the university has a Accelerated Program, Cross-Registration, Distance Learning, Double Major, Dual Enrollment of High School Students, ESL, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, ROTC, Air Force, ROTC, Army, Semester At Sea, Student-Designed Major, Study Abroad and Teacher Certification. In addition, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Adult (re-entering) student services, Alcohol/Substance Abuse Counseling, Campus Ministries/Chaplain, Career Counseling, Economically Disadvantaged Student Services, Employment Service, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Minority Student Services, On-Campus Daycare, Personal Counseling, Placement Service and Women’s Services can help. The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed. There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Extensive Undergraduate Evening or Early Morning Classes, Learning Center, Pre-Admission Summer Program, Reduced Course Load, Remedial Instruction, Study Skills Assistance, Tutoring and Writing Center.

The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at Marywood University.

Psychology:
Psychology – General
Foreign Language and Literature:
French, Spanish
History:
History – General
Education:
Art Teacher Education, Biology Teacher Education, Drama/Dance Teacher Education, ESL Teacher Education, Early Childhood Education, Early Childhood Special Education, Education – General, Education of Deaf/Hearing Impaired, Education of Speech Impaired, Elementary Education, English Teacher Education, Family/Consumer Sciences – Education, Foreign Language Teacher Education, French Teacher Education, Health Teacher Education, Mathematics Education, Music Teacher Education, Physical Education, Science Teacher Education, Secondary Education, Spanish Language Teacher Education, Special Education, multiple levels
English Language and Literature:
English, English Language & Literature – General
Business, Management, & Marketing:
Accounting, Business Administration/Management, Business Communications, Fashion Merchandising, Financial Planning, Hospitality Administration/Management, International Business, Management Science, Marketing Management, Merchandising, Sales and Distribution
Communications & Journalism:
Advertising, Broadcast Journalism, Digital Communications/Multimedia, Organizational Communication, Public Relations
Security and Protective Services:
Criminal Justice Studies, Law Enforcement Administration
Biological and Biomedical Sciences:
Biology, Biotechnology, Ecology, Systematic Biology
Parks, Recreation, and Fitness:
Exercise Sciences, Health/Physical Fitness, recreation & fitness – general
Popular majors:
one hundred percent law, twenty-three percent health professions, twenty-one percent education, fifteen percent visual and performing arts, six percent psychology, five percent communications per journalism, five percent english
School of Visual and Performing Arts:
Art – General, Art History/Criticism/Conservation, Arts – General, Arts Management, Ceramics, Design/Visual Communications, Directing/Theatrical Production, Drama/Theater Arts, Fine/Studio Arts, Graphic Design, Music – General, Music – General Performance, Music – Voice/Opera, Music Pedagogy, Photography, Theatre Arts Management
Health and Clinical Sciences:
Art Therapy, Athletic Training/Sports Medicine, Clinical Laboratory Science, Clinical Nutrition, Communication Disorders, Health Facilities Administration, Health Services – General, Medical Dietetics, Mental Health Counseling, Music Therapy, Nursing (RN), Prenursing, Speech-Language Pathology, Substance Abuse Counseling
Mathematics:
Mathematics – General
Social Sciences:
Criminology, Social Sciences – General, Sociology
Philosphy and Religion:
Religion/Religious Studies
Public Administration and Service:
Community Organization/Advocacy, Public Administration, Social Work
Computer Science:
Computer/Information Sciences – General

The cost per credit hour (overall) was $643 Cost & Savings Calculator Financial Aid International students eligible for non-need-based aid last fall. Besides, for international students, the application fee is 30.

Marywood University Admissions

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This school requires an application fee consisting of thirty dollars regular application fee, thirty dollars out-of-state application fee, thirty dollars online application fee and point zero . Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 77% and Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 73%. Remember that this can change at any time. Transfer student are not ignored. For instance, there were three hundred and twenty-nine total number of transfer students who applied and two hundred and thirty total number of transfer students who were admitted.

SAT and ACT score reports are due the 31st of August and the SAT subject section score due date was not reported. Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, make sure to check with the university about the specific date for this year. For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 15th of February. The regular application due date was not reported.

Marywood University Financial Aid

Financial aid forms are FAFSA and Institution’s own financial aid form. Similarly, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics, Art and Minority Status. If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics, Alumni Affiliation, Art, Leadership, Minority Status, Music/Drama and ROTC. Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school.

Marywood University Students

The university is a Private, University, Four-year, Roman Catholic Church, Coed, where 77 percent of the applicants were admitted, Regionally accredited and College Board member. Marywood University offers Associate, Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degrees. The school’s size is approximately one thousand, eight hundred and seven degree-seeking undergrads, three hundred and eight first-time degree-seeking freshmen and one thousand, two hundred and ninety-seven graduate enrollment. Furthermore, the student body consists of sixty-nine percent in-state students, thirty-one percent out-of-state students, two percent part-time students, seventy-seven percent women, twenty-three percent men, less than one percent american indian per alaskan native, one percent asian per pacific islander, one percent black per non-hispanic, one percent hispanic, eighty-four percent white per non-hispanic, one percent non-resident alien, eleven percent race per ethnicity unreported, sixteen percent in top 10th of graduating class, forty-one percent in top quarter of graduating class, seventy-eight percent in top half of graduating class, twenty-seven percent had h.s. gpa of 3.75 and higher, twenty percent had h.s. gpa between 3.5 and 3.74, six percent had h.s. gpa between 3.25 and 3.49, twenty-four percent had h.s. gpa between 3.0 and 3.24, twenty percent had h.s. gpa between 2.5 and 2.99 and three percent had h.s. gpa between 2.0 and 2.49. Besides, it is part of an Suburban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Residential campus.

This school features the Suburban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Residential campus. Again, the university has many unique facilites such as arboretum, art galleries, assistive technology lab, science multimedia laboratory, interactive voice laboratory, music computer laboratory, nursing laboratory, video conferencing facility, speech and hearing clinic, healthy families center, early childhood center. Students should note the housing policies: First-Year Students Guaranteed On-Campus Housing, sixty-nine percent of first-year students live in college housing, sixty-two percent of all undergraduates live in college housing, Coed Housing, Men’s Housing, Women’s Housing, Apartments For Single Students, Special Housing For Disabled Students, Special Housing For International Students, one-SEP deadline for housing deposit, three hundred dollars amount of housing deposit, point zero , and First-time first-year students allowed to have car. Certainly, the school is located 110 miles from Philadelphia, 120 miles from New York City.

Marywood University Athletics

The following sports can be found here:

  • Men’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Intramural Baseball
  • Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Basketball
  • Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate and Women’s Intercollegiate Cross_country
  • Men’s Intramural Football
  • Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club and Women’s Club Golf
  • Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club and Women’s Club Racquetball
  • Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Soccer
  • Women’s NCAA Division III, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Softball
  • Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Table_tennis
  • Men’s Club and Women’s Club Track_and_field
  • Women’s NCAA Division III, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Volleyball
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5 months ago

i fell in love with marywood the first visit i went there. its a very home like atmosphere and everyone was really healpful and nice. its a beautiful campus and i like the small town feel.