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Wilkes University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

140 Undergraduate Degrees
317 Graduate Degrees
$39,215 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
94% Acceptance Rate

Where Is Wilkes University?

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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?

94% Acceptance Rate
50% Of Accepted Are Women
35% Submit SAT Scores
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.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Wilkes University  ( 540 to 630 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Wilkes University  ( 520 to 630 )
200
800
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.

ACT English Scores for Wilkes University  ( 20 to 25 )
1
36
ACT Composite Scores for Wilkes University  ( 21 to 26 )
1
36

Can I Afford Wilkes University?

$39,215 Net Price
83% Take Out Loans
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 83% of students took out student loans averaging $10,131 a year. That adds up to $40,524 over four years for those students.

Wilkes University Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,996 Full-Time Undergraduates
50% Women
19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 2,243 undergraduate students at Wilkes, with 1,996 being full-time and 247 being part-time.

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There are also 2,538 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,996 full-time undergraduates at Wilkes, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 49
Black or African American 104
Hispanic or Latino 161
White 1,465
International Students 114
Other Races/Ethnicities 103

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.

Wilkes University Healthcare Concentrations

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

Major Bachelor’s Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Registered Nursing 138 229 4 371
Pharmacy 0 0 66 66
Nursing Practice 0 0 18 18
Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology 2 0 0 2
TOTAL 140 229 88 457

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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