Widener University
Chester, Pennsylvania
- Private nonprofit
- Suburb
- 2,951 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 71%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $26,151per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 68%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $76,78210 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Engineering students can do up to a year of optional co-op work experience and still graduate in four years.
Source: Mechanical Engineering Major (BS) Degree | Widener University
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 71%About 7 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1080–1290Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- Not reportedSource: College Scorecard
Where you'd stand
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Sources: College Scorecard. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $26,151full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $73,168sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $58,280Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 68%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 78%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $76,78210 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $26,000federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 2,951Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 44%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 30%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- Robert Morris University Moon Township, PA — admits 90%
- Eastern University Saint Davids, PA — admits 91%
- Wilkes University Wilkes-Barre, PA — admits 91%
- Point Park University Pittsburgh, PA — admits 97%
Also worth a look
- Gannon University Erie, PA — admits 74%
- Messiah University Mechanicsburg, PA — admits 79%
- Muhlenberg College Allentown, PA — admits 72%
- Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia, PA — admits 81%
- Mercyhurst University Erie, PA — admits 81%
- York College of Pennsylvania York, PA — admits 74%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Widener University, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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