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Wilkes University
Wilkes-Barre, PA · Private (nonprofit) · 1,985 students · mostly bachelor degrees
214th-cheapest of 264 Pennsylvania colleges by net price.
Official site →Net price / year
$27,743
after grant aid
Sticker cost / year
$56,765
Graduation rate
63%
Admission rate
91%
Median graduate earnings
$63,454
~10 yrs after entry
Median student debt
$26,000
Average SAT
1136
Median ACT
24
Pell grant recipients
34%
3-yr loan default rate
0%
Fields of study
71 programsClinical Nurse Leader · Doctoral Degree4 grads/yr$145,853Pharmaceutical Marketing and Management · First Professional Degree66 grads/yr$137,560Clinical Nurse Leader · Master's Degree229 grads/yr$127,350Clinical Nurse Leader · Graduate/Professional Certificate$118,833Educational Leadership and Administration, General · Master's Degree47 grads/yr$104,444Business Administration and Management, General · Master's Degree46 grads/yr$95,365Clinical Nurse Leader · Bachelor's Degree138 grads/yr$92,034Engineering, General · Bachelor's Degree$86,308Mechanical Engineering · Bachelor's Degree31 grads/yr$79,326Accounting · Bachelor's Degree9 grads/yr$75,468Finance, General · Bachelor's Degree13 grads/yr$72,961Marketing/Marketing Management, General · Bachelor's Degree10 grads/yr$71,501Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering · Bachelor's Degree12 grads/yr$70,039Education, General · Master's Degree$68,953Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Master's Degree29 grads/yr$65,331Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education · Master's Degree191 grads/yr$59,548Sociology, General · Bachelor's Degree7 grads/yr$58,006Biology/Biological Sciences, General · Bachelor's Degree16 grads/yr$57,332Business Administration and Management, General · Bachelor's Degree45 grads/yr$57,020Waldorf/Steiner Teacher Education · Bachelor's Degree15 grads/yr$52,234Psychology, General · Bachelor's Degree30 grads/yr$48,033Writing, General · Master's Degree38 grads/yr$37,334
Earnings shown where the Department of Education reports them; programs with too few graduates are suppressed.
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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard (most recent cohorts). Net price is for students receiving federal aid; earnings are a past cohort measured years after entry, not a guarantee.