Widener University

Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 4,500,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)
Sunshine Hours 2,540 (45%)
Days Without Precipitation 248 (53%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 2,832
Men / Women 40% / 60%
From State 69%
From Region 29%
Athletes 520 (18.7%)

Racial/Ethnic

White 51%
Black 29%
Hispanic 10%
Asian 4%
International 2%
Mixed 1%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
College of Arts and Sciences 156 42% 60% 6% 18% 8% 1% $69,295 41 +0.40 50 98%
Computer Science 17 — 88% 47% 18% 18% 12% 6% $115,112 44 -0.29 97 94% — — — —
Informatics 2 — 100% 50% 50% 0% 0% 0% $63,036 2 -1.71 33 100% — — — —
Chemistry 3 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $72,199 60 +0.06 57 — — — — —
Physics — — — — — — — — $79,115 37 -0.32 70 — — — — —
Biochemistry 2 — 100% 50% 0% 50% 0% 0% $76,326 70 +0.43 66 — — — — —
Biology 33 — 42% 70% 6% 12% 0% 3% $75,771 91 +1.08 64 100% — — — —
Environmental Science 1 — 100% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $60,710 65 +0.26 27 — — — — —
Creative Writing 2 — 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $56,154 73 +0.46 16 — — — — —
English 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $56,314 73 +0.48 16 — — — — —
History 3 — 100% 67% 0% 0% 0% 0% $58,674 70 +0.17 22 — — — — —
Liberal Arts 6 — 50% 50% 0% 33% 0% 0% $59,309 70 +0.19 23 — — — — —
Spanish — — — — — — — — $60,610 63 +0.23 26 — — — — —
Women's Studies 1 — 0% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $59,467 69 +0.40 23 — — — — —
Anthropology — — — — — — — — $60,512 74 +0.33 26 — — — — —
Broadcast Journalism 3 — 33% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $51,840 10 -1.17 9 95% — — — —
Communication 5 — 60% 80% 0% 0% 20% 0% $43,876 2 -1.68 3 89% — — — —
International Relations 1 — 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% $61,332 22 -0.60 28 — — — — —
Photojournalism 1 — 100% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $56,249 26 -0.68 16 — — — — —
Political Science 4 — 50% 50% 0% 25% 0% 0% $50,558 2 -1.59 8 100% — — — —
Psychology 53 — 21% 66% 4% 15% 11% 0% $59,248 77 +0.63 23 99% — — — —
Sociology 4 — 25% 0% 0% 75% 25% 0% $68,085 91 +1.02 46 95% — — — —
Studio Art — — — — — — — — $48,135 59 +0.14 5 — — — — —
Criminal Justice 9 — 22% 56% 0% 22% 11% 0% $69,824 93 +1.37 51 97% — — — —
Legal Assistant/Paralegal 5 — 40% 40% 20% 20% 20% 0% $60,233 56 +0.05 25 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Business Administration 111 68% 68% 5% 13% 5% 3% $76,493 63 -0.42 66 96%
Accounting 19 — 68% 63% 11% 5% 5% 5% $83,628 46 -0.22 77 97% — — — —
Business 15 — 73% 73% 0% 20% 7% 0% $66,882 29 -0.56 43 98% — — — —
Business Administration 26 — 81% 69% 8% 15% 0% 0% $72,503 50 -0.27 58 96% — — — —
Business Statistics 9 — 44% 56% 0% 0% 22% 22% $84,142 34 -0.47 77 — — — — —
Finance 16 — 88% 81% 6% 6% 0% 0% $87,844 39 -0.39 81 96% — — — —
Hospitality Administration — — — — — — — — $60,878 56 +0.03 27 100% — — — —
International Business 2 — 50% 50% 0% 50% 0% 0% $82,039 62 -0.07 75 — — — — —
Managerial Economics 4 — 50% 75% 0% 25% 0% 0% $84,209 33 -0.52 78 — — — — —
Marketing 13 — 62% 46% 8% 15% 15% 0% $64,797 13 -0.99 38 — — — — —
Organizational Leadership 7 — 29% 86% 0% 14% 0% 0% $72,503 41 -0.25 58 96% — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Engineering 88 80% 67% 3% 9% 8% 6% $92,880 91 -0.91 86 98%
Biomedical Engineering 10 — 20% 60% 10% 0% 10% 10% $87,365 17 -0.97 81 96% — — — —
Chemical Engineering 8 — 75% 88% 0% 0% 0% 0% $85,635 2 -2.04 79 96% — — — —
Civil Engineering 13 — 85% 92% 0% 0% 0% 0% $87,194 19 -0.73 81 100% — — — —
Electrical Engineering 14 — 93% 57% 0% 7% 21% 7% $109,386 40 -0.36 95 100% — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 27 — 81% 63% 4% 19% 4% 7% $93,275 21 -0.75 86 98% — — — —
Robotics Engineering 16 — 100% 56% 6% 12% 12% 6% $89,462 6 -1.22 83 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Human Service Professions 22 14% 77% 5% 14% 5% 0% $60,397 11 +0.92 26 96%
Social Work 9 — 11% 56% 11% 22% 11% 0% $63,018 97 +1.16 33 100% — — — —
Early Childhood Education 8 — 0% 88% 0% 12% 0% 0% $57,906 88 +0.84 20 92% — — — —
English Education 3 — 33% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $59,606 75 +0.58 24 — — — — —
History Teacher Education 2 — 50% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $59,763 79 +0.70 24 — — — — —
Mathematics Teacher Education — — — — — — — — $60,780 76 +0.29 27 — — — — —
⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
School of Nursing 186 8% 65% 4% 20% 7% 1% $99,415 94 +0.86 90 99% 4.2%
Diagnostic Medical Sonography 3 — 0% 33% 0% 67% 0% 0% $79,351 61 +0.01 71 — — — — —
Nursing 162 — 9% 67% 4% 19% 6% 1% $100,213 81 +0.79 90 99% 4.1% — — —
Health Care Management 21 — 5% 52% 0% 29% 19% 0% $96,134 97 +1.53 88 100% 4.8% — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $59,533
ROI Percentile 77th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 78%
4-Year Graduation Rate 61%
6-Year Graduation Rate 68%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Health Sciences 29.3% 165 8% 66% 4% 19% 5% 1% $99,834 97 +0.78 90 99% 4.1%
Business & Economics 23.4% 132 58% 65% 5% 15% 8% 2% $79,618 52 -0.11 71 97% 4.8%
Engineering 15.6% 88 80% 67% 3% 9% 8% 6% $92,880 9 -0.91 86 98% —
Social Sciences 14.2% 80 25% 61% 4% 19% 11% 0% $58,429 49 +0.36 21 98% —
Life & Natural Sciences 6.2% 35 46% 69% 6% 14% 0% 3% $75,803 88 +1.04 65 100% —
Computer Science 3.4% 19 89% 47% 21% 16% 11% 5% $109,630 49 -0.44 95 95% —
Professional 2.5% 14 29% 50% 7% 21% 14% 0% $66,399 48 +0.90 42 97% —
Education 2.3% 13 15% 92% 0% 8% 0% 0% $58,584 79 +0.76 21 92% —
Humanities 2.3% 13 46% 54% 0% 31% 0% 0% $58,459 70 +0.26 21 — —
Physical Sciences & Math 0.5% 3 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $72,199 32 +0.06 57 — —
Agriculture & Food Science 0.2% 1 100% 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% $60,710 52 +0.26 27 — —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Engineering $0.3M #340 34% — — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math $0.0M #603 90% — — — — —
Computer Science $0 #525 — — — — — —
Education — — — — 22 #189 — —
Humanities & Social Sciences — — — — 10 #233 — —
Health Sciences — — — — 6 #175 35 —
Agriculture & Food Science — — — — — — — —
Business & Economics — — — — — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences — — — — — — — —
Total $0.3M #592 38% — 38 #290 35 —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D3

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 107 $598K $527K $71K
Track & Field (indoor) 50 $112K $108K $4K
Track & Field (outdoor) 50 $112K $108K $4K
Lacrosse 42 $121K $124K -$2K
Soccer 40 $215K $171K $43K
Baseball 37 $184K $181K $2K
Basketball 19 $193K $193K -$524
Swimming 19 $99K $95K $3K
Cross Country 17 $53K $51K $1K
Volleyball 16 $99K $92K $7K
Total 329 $1.8M $1.7M $134K
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (indoor) 35 $82K $79K $3K
Track & Field (outdoor) 35 $82K $79K $3K
Lacrosse 29 $171K $160K $11K
Field Hockey 28 $145K $120K $25K
Soccer 27 $126K $115K $10K
Swimming 24 $109K $105K $4K
Volleyball 18 $184K $157K $27K
Softball 17 $154K $138K $15K
Basketball 15 $193K $183K $9K
Cross Country 8 $33K $32K $720
Total 191 $1.3M $1.2M $110K
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 107 $598K $527K $71K
Track & Field (indoor) 85 $195K $187K $7K
Track & Field (outdoor) 85 $195K $187K $7K
Lacrosse 71 $293K $284K $8K
Soccer 67 $341K $287K $53K
Swimming 43 $208K $201K $7K
Baseball 37 $184K $181K $2K
Basketball 34 $386K $377K $8K
Volleyball 34 $284K $249K $34K
Field Hockey 28 $145K $120K $25K
Cross Country 25 $86K $83K $2K
Softball 17 $154K $138K $15K
Total 520 $5.4M $5.0M $328K

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 85%
Yield (non-ED) 14%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 85% 85% 85%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional