Graduate School Tuition at Widener University

Widener University is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Chester, PA. It offers 84 graduate programs - 56 Master's, 19 Doctorate, 8 Post-bachelor's, and 1 Post-master's. The 2024 average tuition & fees of graduate programs is $27,105 for all graduate students. A total of 2,861 students is enrolled in graduate schools out of total 5,416 students at Widener.
Widener offers online graduate programs and 948 out of 2,861 graduate students have enrolled online exclusively.
The Master's Business/Commerce program has the highest salary ($69,600) after graduation and the Doctorate Art Therapy/Therapist program is reported as the second highest-earning program with a $69,200 average salary.
Widener have a law school and you can discover its admission and tuition information at Widener Law Commonwealth. In addition, you can find Widener's health profession programs at health professions information page.
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Graduate Program Overview

Widener University is a four-years, private (not-for-profit) school located in Chester, Pennsylvania. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.
For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $27,105. It offers eighty-four (84) graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.
Graduate Programs Key Facts
School NameWidener University
Typefour-years, private (not-for-profit)
AddressOne University Place, Chester, PA
Graduate School Students3,109 students
948 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)$27,105
Student to Faculty11:1 (9.09%)
Number of Offered Graduate ProgramsTotal 84 Graduate Programs
56 Master's, 19 Doctorate, 9 Post graduate certificates

2024 Graduate Program Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at Widener University with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs.
The tuition & fees is $27,105 for all students.The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $1,019.
2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
Amounts
Tuition$26,755
Fees$350
Cost per Credit$1,019
Books & Supplies$1,408
Room & Board$15,530 (On-Campus) / $8,766 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses$1,890 (On-Campus) / $2,574 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total$45,933
Off-Campus Total$39,853
Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2019-2024)
2019-20202020-20212021-20222022-20232023-2024
Tuition & Fees$24,130$24,810$25,416$26,150$27,105

Graduate Programs By Area of Study

Widener University offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 84 major areas - 56 Master's (1 online programs), 19 Doctorate , 8 Post-Bachelor', 1 Post-Master'.
652 students have been conferred Master's degree and 464 students have received Doctorate degree last year. The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.
Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
Master'sDoctoratePost-Bachelor'sPost-Master's
Total65246413
Men1331801-
Women519284-3
Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.
what is Business program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (other) NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Taxation9 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Management Science3 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Tourism and Travel Services Management NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Financial Planning and Services NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Accounting NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Organizational Leadership18 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Business Administration and Management59 NOT OFFERED 1 NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Business/Commerce7ONLINE NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing $69,600 - -
what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Nursing PracticeNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Emergency Room/Trauma Nursing NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Public Health/Community Nurse/Nursing NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Nursing ScienceNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing36 NOT OFFERED 3
Salary After Completing - - -
Adult Health Nurse/Nursing NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Nursing Administration NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Nursing Education8 NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Physical Therapy/TherapistNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Occupational Therapy/TherapistNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Public Health Education and Promotion60 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Medical/Health Management and Clinical Assistant/Specialist7 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Health/Health Care Administration/Management20 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Human Services program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Social Work288 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing $45,500 - -
Public Administration8 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration5 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Psychology program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Clinical Psychology31 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - $46,300 -
what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other) NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Gerontology5 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Legal Studies program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Legal Assistant/Paralegal NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Health Law2 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law19 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence7 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
LawNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Engineering Technology program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Engineering/Industrial Management4 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Engineering program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Mechanical Engineering3 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Electrical and Electronics Engineering1 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Computer Engineering NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Civil Engineering6 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
EngineeringNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Education program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Education (other)1 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing $39,400 - -
Social Studies Teacher Education NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Reading Teacher Education2 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education2 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
English/Language Arts Teacher EducationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Early Childhood Education and Teaching6 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Secondary Education and Teaching11 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Elementary Education and Teaching NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching6 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
College Student Counseling and Personnel Services NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services8 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Special Education and Teaching NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Secondary School Administration/Principalship2 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Higher Education/Higher Education AdministrationNOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Educational Leadership and Administration1 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Education NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Computer and Information Sciences program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Information Science/Studies NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
what is Engineering program?
ProgramMaster'sDoctoratePost-BSPost-MS
Chemical Engineering2 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering5 NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED NOT OFFERED
Salary After Completing - - -

Graduate Student Population

Total 5,875 students enrolled in Widener University including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status. In graduate schools, 3,109 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees.
By gender, it has 874 male and 2,235 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 1,754 full-time and 1,355 part-time students in graduate schools.
It offers online degree programs and 948 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 278 students are taking some online graduate courses.
Graduate Students Gender Distribution
TotalFull-timePart-time
Total3,1091,754 1,355
Men Students874631 243
Women Students2,2351,123 1,112
By race/ethnicity 1,775 White, 515 Black, and 89 Asian students are attending at Widener University. The detailed graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.
Graduate Students Race Distribution
TotalMenWomen
Total3,109 8742,235
American Indian or Native American5 14
Asian28 61515
Black515 118397
Hispanic207 53154
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders2 11
White1,775 5411,234
Tow or More Races70 1852
Race Unknown366 74292
25 students are younger than 22 and 472 students are older than 65. The school has 1,708 students aged between 22 and 30 and 656 students aged 30 to 40.
Graduate Students Age Distribution
Total3,109
21 & Under25
22-24856
25-29852
30-34419
35-39237
40 & Over472
Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field.
At Widener, 948 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 278 students are enrolled in some online courses.
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment2,861
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses948
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses278
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses1,635
Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses948
Pennsylvania Resident533
Other State In U.S.401
Outside of U.S.14
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