Wilkes University Teaching Programs

Wilkes University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Wilkes-Barre is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

Where Is Wilkes University?

Contact details for Wilkes are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	84 West South Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766
Phone:	570-408-5000
Website:	www.wilkes.edu

How Do I Get Into Wilkes?

You can apply to Wilkes online at: https://www.wilkes.edu/admissions/apply-undergraduate.aspx

Admission Requirements for Wilkes

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	1
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	3

How Hard Is It To Get Into Wilkes?

With an acceptance rate of 94%, Wilkes is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 50% of accepted students are men and 50% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 93%, and the acceptance rate for women is 96%.

Average Test Scores

About 35% of students accepted to Wilkes submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 540 and 630. Math scores were between 520 and 630.

Wilkes received ACT scores from 3% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 25. Math scores were between 19 and 0. Composite scores were between 21 and 26.

Can I Afford Wilkes University?

The overall average net price of Wilkes is $39,215. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Wilkes, approximately 84% of students took out student loans averaging $11,703 a year. That adds up to $46,812 over four years for those students.

Wilkes University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,232 undergraduate students at Wilkes, with 2,007 being full-time and 225 being part-time.

There are also 3,044 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,007 full-time undergraduates at Wilkes, 46% are male and 54% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Wilkes University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	56
Black or African American	107
Hispanic or Latino	194
White	1,446
International Students	117
Other Races/Ethnicities	87

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Wilkes University. At this time, 17 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 23 countries are represented at Wilkes. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and India.

Online Learning at Wilkes University

In 2022-2023, 4,170 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Wilkes has changed over the last few years.

This school is the most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Wilkes majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Educational/Instructional Technology	5%
International School Administration/Leadership	9%
Online Educator/Online Teaching	11%
Other Education	37%
Reading Teacher Education	33%
Social Studies Education	75%

Wilkes University Teaching Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Educational/Instructional Technology	0	128	0	128
Other Teacher Education & Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	0	121	0	121
Elementary & Middle School Administration/Principalship	0	52	0	52
Other Education	0	38	0	38
Reading Teacher Education	0	33	0	33
General Educational Leadership & Administration	0	0	24	24
Online Educator/Online Teaching	0	19	0	19
Elementary Education	18	0	0	18
International School Administration/Leadership	0	5	6	11
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	0	9	0	9
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching	8	0	0	8
English & Language Arts Education	0	6	0	6
Mathematics Education	0	6	0	6
Science Education	0	5	0	5
Social Studies Education	0	4	0	4
Secondary Education	3	0	0	3
General Special Education	0	2	0	2
TOTAL	29	428	30	487

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Jrmski under License

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