Public · Philadelphia, PA

Temple University

Q: What is Temple University’s acceptance rate?

Temple University admits 80.4% of applicants (2025 data).

Q: Does Temple University require the SAT or ACT?

Temple University’s testing policy is optional.

Q: How much does Temple University cost after financial aid?

The average net price is $23,058 a year (2025). That is the sticker price minus grants and scholarships, averaged across students who receive aid. Your own price depends on your family’s finances.

Q: What is Temple University’s graduation rate?

74% of students finish within six years.

Get to know the college, from admissions and cost to life on campus.

80.4%acceptance rate

Overview

80%

Acceptance rate

$28,198

Net price per year

3,986

Freshman class

Urban

Philadelphia, PA

temple.edu

Website

Temple calls itself Philadelphia's public university, founded as a night school in 1884, and that still shapes it: 600+ programs, R1 status, a main campus in North Philadelphia. Its Rome campus, opened 1966 near the Spanish Steps, is one of the oldest American study-abroad programs in Italy. The tradeoff students weigh honestly: the campus sits in a neighborhood with real crime concerns, and how safe you feel varies by who you ask.

About Temple University

Type: Public Research University
Setting: Urban
Undergraduates: 20,970

Admissions

Acceptance rate

80%

of 39,754 applicants

Application deadline

Nov 1

Early Decision/Early Action: Yes
Accepts Common App: —

Cost

Net price

$28,198 per year

Average after grants, down from $28,198

What families pay, by incomeBars run to the $41,338 full cost

Tuition and aid

Full cost of attendance: $41,338per year
In-state tuition: $23,011
Out-of-state tuition: $38,958
Average family income: $78,931
Students with a school grant: 86%
Average school grant: $8,925
Average federal debt: $24,250at graduation
Need-blind: —
Meets full need: No
Merit scholarships: Yes
CSS Profile: —
International aid: —

Academics

Students per faculty

12:1

Majors offered: 98
Freshmen who return: 83%
Notable: 1966the year Temple Rome opened, among Italy's oldest American study-abroad programs

Students

Freshman class

3,986 students

20,970 undergraduates in all

Who studies here

White40%

Hispanic11%

Asian15%

Black20%

Two or more races5%

International4%

Other or not reported5%

Campus life

Setting: Urban
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Live on campus: —
Student organizations: —
Varsity sports: —

WHAT STUDENTS SAY

A real city campus, and a real safety conversation

Temple's Main Campus sits in North Philadelphia, and Temple's own independent student paper, The Temple News, doesn't dodge what that means: a survey of roughly 470 students found only 8% felt very safe on campus, about 45% felt safe, and the paper has run both investigative pieces on campus crime and opinion pieces arguing that fear of the surrounding neighborhood is overstated and unevenly applied. What consistently balances it out in aggregate student sentiment: food trucks and a strong club scene on Main Campus, the free Owl Loop shuttle and SEPTA connecting students to the rest of Philadelphia, and a campus culture students describe as tight-knit despite the wider city around it.

Summarized by Spike from what students write: The Temple News.