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Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·Mid East·jefferson.edu
6-yr Graduation
69%
-8.0pp vs R2 Research
Total enrollment
8,238
peer median 9,259
Avg net price
$28,928
-$4.1k vs R2 Research
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Thomas Jefferson University is a private research university in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Established in its earliest form in 1824, the university officially combined with Philadelphia University in 2017. The university is named for U.S. Founding Father and president Thomas Jefferson. It is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".

Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

Applied
7,087
7,087 candidates competed
Admitted
5,738
81.0% acceptance rate
Enrolled
697
12.1% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

Overall completion
69%-8.0pp vs R2 Research
4-year graduation
58%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
69%
Full-time retention
82%

Pell equity

8.5pp gap
Pell recipients
63%126 of 199
Non-Pell (all)
71%258 of 361
Subsidized loan, no Pell
68%108 of 159
No Federal Aid
74%150 of 202

Non-Pell students graduate at a 8.5-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

Of 147 Title IV programs, 25 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 121 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
147
Passing
25
17.0% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
1
0.7% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.7%
+0.1pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

147programs
  • Passing25 · 17.0%
  • No Data121 · 82.3%
  • Failing1 · 0.7%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
1
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
1
Safe
24
No data
121

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

26
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
-7.1%
$54,574 vs $58,761
Clinical Counseling and Applied Psychology
Master's Degree · Psychology
+21.7%
$56,450 vs $46,391
Specialized Sales Merchandising and Marketing Operations
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+30.3%
$76,575 vs $58,761
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+31.2%
$77,121 vs $58,761
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
Doctoral Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+45.3%
$85,394 vs $58,761
Public Health
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+53.4%
$90,156 vs $58,761
Health and Medical Administrative Services
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+57.0%
$55,383 vs $35,274
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+57.0%
$55,371 vs $35,274

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

24
Medicine
First Professional Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
189%
$181,998 debt · $96,329 earn
Clinical Counseling and Applied Psychology
Master's Degree · Psychology
152%
$85,888 debt · $56,450 earn
Pharmacy Pharmaceutical Sciences and Administration
Doctoral Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
123%
$177,125 debt · $144,279 earn
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
Doctoral Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
115%
$98,375 debt · $85,394 earn
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
107%
$58,485 debt · $54,574 earn
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
85%
$65,300 debt · $77,121 earn
Allied Health Diagnostic Intervention and Treatment Professions
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
82%
$109,113 debt · $133,096 earn
Public Health
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
55%
$49,597 debt · $90,156 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Middle States Commission on Higher Education

Accredited since 1976Next review Jan 2028

Programmatic accreditations · 24

Action history · 39

  1. Jan 2026Renewal of Accreditation
    Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education · Pharmacy (PHAR) - Professional degree programs
  2. Aug 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMS)
  3. Apr 2025Grant Substantive Change: Other
    Middle States Commission on Higher Education
  4. Apr 2025Probation or Equivalent or a More Severe Status: Probation
    American Occupational Therapy Association, Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education · Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) - Programs leading to an associate degree
  5. Mar 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    Council on Education for Public Health · Public Health Programs (PHPG) - Graduate level program offered outside a school of public health

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$22,537
$30–48k$24,407
$48–75k$24,680
$75–110k$29,734
$110k+$34,889

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$28,928
-$4,134vs R2 Research median $33,062
Federal loans
86.1%
In-state tuition
$47,505
Out-of-state
$47,505

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

In AY 2024–25, 1,651 students received $9.9M in Pell grants, alongside $128.2M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
1,651
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$9.9M
$9,880,672 total
Direct Loans
$128.2M
7,864 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
20
1k
21
1k
22
1k
23
2k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$8.2M
1,929 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$9.1M
2,131 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$57.8M
2,221 loan awards
Parent PLUS$11.5M
432 loan awards
Grad PLUS$41.6M
1,151 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Of 1,921 borrowers who entered repayment, 15 (0.7%) defaulted within three years below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
0.7%
-1.6pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
1,921
Defaulted
15
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
3.3%
2017
3.7%
2018
1.1%
2019
0.7%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Thomas Jefferson

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs99
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

2,453 total completions
01Health Professions
1,73270.6%
02Biological Sciences
1817.4%
03Business
1225.0%
04Architecture
1164.7%
05Psychology
1144.6%
06Communication
502.0%
07Visual/Performing Arts
441.8%
08Engineering Tech
341.4%
09Engineering
331.3%
10Multi/Interdisciplinary
271.1%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

Fall total
8,238
12-mo unduplicated
9,514
Undergraduate
4,189
Graduate
5,325

Gender split

Men
26%2,513
Women
74%7,001

Race / ethnicity composition

White
43.5%
Black
16.7%
Asian
16.0%
Hispanic
14.1%
Two or more
5.7%
Non-resident
1.9%
Unknown
1.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

Athletes
291
120 M · 171 W
Women athletes
58.8%
Athletic aid
$4.1M
Total student aid
Budget
$7.6M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$1.8M
$2.3M
Recruiting expense
$28K
$30K
Head-coach salaries
$41K
$36K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 11

Soccer
30 M · 40 W
$1.4M
Baseball
39 M ·
$674K
Track and Field (Outdoor)
19 M · 18 W
$92K
Basketball
14 M · 15 W
$1.6M
Rowing
· 25 W
$417K
Cross Country
10 M · 11 W
$370K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
3.97
33 offenses · 8,315 students

3-year trend

3.262 yrs ago2.051 yr ago3.97Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
77
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
5
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
2

Criminal offenses by type

Robbery
9
Aggravated assault
8
Burglary
5
Fondling
5
Motor vehicle theft
5
Arson
1

By location

33total
  • On campus27
  • Public property6

Includes 1 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

1
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
1
Stalking
2 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons50
Drugs09
Liquor044

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
12.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
338

Thomas Jefferson vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Thomas Jefferson selected for federal comparison reporting.

GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectThomas Jefferson University
69%8,238$28,928R2 Research
75%62.0%12,321$41,943R2 Research
62%88.4%6,272$22,212R2 Research
81%67.8%35,873$15,564R2 Research
82%65.4%9,760$46,555R2 Research
1,771R2 Research
49%64.2%4,252$37,702R2 Research
77%39.5%3,925$28,714R2 Research
75%77.4%3,348$30,305R2 Research
83%79.8%8,581$31,568R2 Research
68%75.9%21,210$30,902R2 Research
77%83.6%8,234$37,730R2 Research
62%57.7%8,992$35,639R2 Research
82%59.3%16,150$44,338R2 Research
70%41.3%14,890$50,539R2 Research
75%54.9%8,834$18,425R2 Research
88%25.9%7,692$36,931R2 Research
4,210R2 Research
55%86.2%16,689$33,062R2 Research
79%45.1%10,179$48,381R2 Research
75%81.6%17,384$36,079R2 Research
83%81.3%11,746$31,487R2 Research
70%68.9%9,196$23,847R2 Research
63%73.2%20,910$30,371R2 Research
71%66.9%17,098$34,906R2 Research
80%75.0%17,059$24,398R2 Research
69%73.3%9,571$31,446R2 Research
84%63.3%12,116$40,892R2 Research
87%47.6%8,469$41,346R2 Research
4,401R2 Research
85%44.5%12,938$36,660R2 Research
79%82.8%5,243$29,561R2 Research
69%63.5%9,068$58,741R2 Research
80%65.4%10,506$29,533R2 Research
70%91.6%6,573$38,107R2 Research
84%52.4%9,714$30,365R2 Research
72%61.5%3,914$15,000R2 Research
92%27.0%10,041$43,756R2 Research
89%21.7%9,322$28,719R2 Research
90%60.2%7,584$43,071R2 Research
Peer group median77%64.8%9,259$33,062

Institutions like Thomas Jefferson

Explore the federal data for institutions in Thomas Jefferson's comparison group.

Thomas Jefferson Institutional Research office

The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

Office
Office of Institutional Research & Planning
Email
IRP [at] jefferson.edu
Phone
215-951-7122
Address
Gutman Library 212, School House Lane & Henry Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19144-5497

The Office of Institutional Research & Planning website provides consistent trend information regarding several key performance measures for Thomas Jefferson University.

Visit IR office page
Team
1 member
  • Mark A. Palladino
    Director of Institutional Research & Planning

Common Data Set

Thomas Jefferson's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.

Source publications

Reports & documents (1)

Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.

Frequently asked questions about Thomas Jefferson University

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Thomas Jefferson.

What is the graduation rate at Thomas Jefferson University?

Thomas Jefferson University reports a 6-year graduation rate of 69% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Thomas Jefferson University?

Thomas Jefferson University reports a total enrollment of 8,238 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Thomas Jefferson University?

The average net price at Thomas Jefferson University is $28,928 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Thomas Jefferson University?

Thomas Jefferson University's yield rate is 12.1%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Thomas Jefferson University located?

Thomas Jefferson University is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107.

Who runs Institutional Research at Thomas Jefferson University?

Thomas Jefferson University's IR work is done by the Office of Institutional Research & Planning.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.

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