Widener University Commonwealth Law School

Widener University Commonwealth Law School is a postgraduate Law School based in Harrisburg, PA. ^[1]

The parent University, Widener University is a private university in Chester, Pennsylvania. It was established in 1821 and was known as the Pennsylvania Military College until 1972. ^[2]The University enrolls around 3,500 undergraduate students across six colleges and schools. While Widener University's main campus is in Chester, Pennsylvania, the university has three campuses: The Chester, PA campus which hosts undergraduate and the majority of graduate programs, the Delaware Law School in Wilmington, Delaware, and the Widener Commonwealth Law School located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Widener University is a private institution that was founded in 1821. It has a total Graduate Enrollment of 2,799, and undergraduate enrollment of 2,811 (fall 2023), and the campus size is 108 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Widener University's ranking in the 2025 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, #266. Its tuition and fees are $55,730. It had an acceptance rate of 84%, a 4-year graduation rate of 56%, a 12:1 student/faculty ratio, and 63% of classes with fewer than 20 students.^[3]

The Bibliometric rank was 305. Bibliometrics is the statistical analyses of publications and citations for the purpose of measuring faculty research impact. Total papers published 2019-2023 was 604, and has 11 citations per publication. Publication share in the Top 25% of Journals by CiteScore was 47%, and its Publication share in the Top 5% of Journals by CiteScore was 6%.

https://www.widener.edu/academics/graduate-studies

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