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Located in Towson, Maryland, Towson University is a public institution. The location of Towson is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

Where Is Towson University?

Contact details for Towson are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	8000 York Rd, Towson, MD 21252-0001
Phone:	410-704-2000
Website:	www.towson.edu

Can I Afford Towson?

For the <nil> academic year, part-time Towson students paid $310 per credit hour if they lived in-state. Out-of-state students paid $978 per credit hour. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$7,238	$23,240
Fees	$3,580	$3,580
Books and Supplies	$960	$960
On Campus Room and Board	$13,642	$13,642
On Campus Other Expenses	$3,300	$3,300

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 Towson, approximately 44% of students took out student loans averaging $6,607 a year. That adds up to $26,428 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Towson is 1.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Towson University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 17,907 undergraduate students at Towson, with 15,526 being full-time and 2,381 being part-time.

There are also 2,949 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 15,526 full-time undergraduates at Towson, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	1,002
Black or African American	4,532
Hispanic or Latino	1,520
White	7,212
International Students	223
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,037

Geographic Diversity

Maryland students aren't the only ones who study at Towson University. At this time, 27 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 87 countries are represented at Towson. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, China, and South Korea.

Online Learning at Towson University

There are 3 bachelor’s degree and 12 master’s degree programs available online at Towson. In 2020-2021, 7,975 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 3rd most popular in Maryland for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Towson

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Towson University was 819.3%. This is the #79 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Towson regardless of major.

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%.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Amouzone under License

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