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Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, University of the Sciences is a private not-for-profit institution. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

145 Master's Degrees
245 Doctor's Degrees

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards USciences has earned from around the web.

Rank Ranking Name Source
#10 Best Value Colleges for Health Professions College Factual
#16 Best Colleges for Health Professions College Factual

Where Is University of the Sciences?

Location of University of the Sciences

Contact details for USciences are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 600 South 43Rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4495
Phone: 215-596-8800
Website: www.usciences.edu
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/USciences
Twitter: https://twitter.com/usciences

University of the Sciences Graduate Student Diversity

913 Graduate Students
65% Women
37% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

Gender Diversity

Of the 913 graduate students at USciences, 35% are male and 65% are female.

Gender Diversity at  USciences

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of the Sciences graduate students is as follows.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity of USciences Graduate Students
Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 214
Black or African American 63
Hispanic or Latino 34
White 459
International Students 56
Other Races/Ethnicities 87

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at University of the Sciences. At this time, 19 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 22 countries are represented at USciences. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, India, and South Korea.

Online Learning at University of the Sciences

83 Took All Classes Online
462 Took At Least One Class Online
35.1% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2017-2018, 462 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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This school is the 55th most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2017-2018.

Online Growth Rankings of USciences

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of the Sciences was 35.1%. This is the #399 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at USciences regardless of major.

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

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
English Language & Literature 31%
Writing Studies 31%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at USciences ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at USciences.

Major Growth Rate Rank
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences #2
Writing Studies #7
English Language & Literature #8
Public Health #11
Health Professions #107

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

University of the Sciences Graduate Concentrations

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

Major Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 4 34 145 183
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 45 86 131
Allied Health Professions 0 41 0 41
Writing Studies 6 10 0 16
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 0 2 7 9
Food Science Technology 7 0 0 7
Public Health 0 1 5 6
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 6 0 6
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 3 2 0 5
Public Relations & Advertising 4 0 0 4
Pharmacology & Toxicology 0 3 0 3
Finance & Financial Management 2 0 0 2
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 1 0 1
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 0 0 1 1
Chemistry 0 0 1 1
Biotechnology 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 26 145 245 416

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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