Franklin University Business Programs

Franklin University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Columbus, Ohio. The city atmosphere of Columbus makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

Franklin University Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Franklin University.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Public Relations & Advertising Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Best Value Insurance Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#4	Best Value Entrepreneurial Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#8	Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#8	Best Value Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#14	Best Value Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#22	Best Value Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#110	Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#115	Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Public Relations Associate Degree Schools	College Factual
#33	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Accounting	College Factual
#71	Best General Business Administration and Management Associate Degree Schools	College Factual
#73	Best Business Administration & Management Associate Degree Schools	College Factual
#75	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing	College Factual
#199	Best Business, Management & Marketing Colleges for Veterans	College Factual

Where Is Franklin University?

Contact details for Franklin University are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	201 S Grant Ave, Columbus, OH 43215-5399
Phone:	614-797-4700
Website:	www.franklin.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/FranklinUniversity
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/FranklinU

How Do I Get Into Franklin University?

You can apply to Franklin University online at: https://apply.franklin.edu/

As long as you submit the requested materials to Franklin University when applying, you shouldn't have to worry about getting in since the school has an open admissions policy.

Can I Afford Franklin University?

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Franklin University, approximately 77% of students took out student loans averaging $8,135 a year. That adds up to $32,540 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Franklin University is 5.0%. 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.

Franklin University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,008 undergraduate students at Franklin University, with 1,204 being full-time and 2,804 being part-time.

There are also 1,918 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,204 full-time undergraduates at Franklin University, 41% are male and 59% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	26
Black or African American	148
Hispanic or Latino	41
White	712
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	260

Geographic Diversity

Ohio students aren't the only ones who study at Franklin University. At this time, 4 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 50 countries are represented at Franklin University. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Mexico, and Poland.

Online Learning at Franklin University

In 2019-2020, 5,926 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the most popular in Ohio for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Franklin University Rankings

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Franklin University was $9,577 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how Franklin University is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
General Economics	#1	#1
Other Accounting and Related Services	#1	#1
Public Relations	#1	#1
General Organizational Communication	#1	#1
Economics	#4	#1
Other Management Information Systems and Services	#4	#4
Other Marketing	#4	#4
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#4	#4
Insurance	#4	#1
Financial Planning & Services	#4	#4
Insurance	#4	#1
Marketing	#7	#7
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	#15	#15
Entrepreneurship	#16	#16
Entrepreneurial Studies	#16	#16
Operations Management	#16	#13
Interior Design Management	#19	#16
Accounting	#19	#19
Accounting	#19	#19
Human Resource Management	#20	#20
Finance	#24	#21
General Management Information Systems	#31	#31
Management Information Systems	#34	#31
Business Administration & Management	#43	#40
General Business Administration and Management	#72	#66

Online Growth Rankings of Franklin University

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Franklin University was 15.2%. This is the #636 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Franklin University regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Franklin University ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Public Relations	#7
General Organizational Communication	#7
Insurance	#8
Insurance	#8
Other Management Information Systems and Services	#8
Financial Planning & Services	#18
Other Accounting and Related Services	#23
Other Marketing	#28
Economics	#32
General Economics	#32
Operations Management	#38
Public Relations & Advertising	#41
General Management Information Systems	#72
Finance	#75
Interior Design Management	#76
Management Information Systems	#86
Entrepreneurship	#102
Finance & Financial Management	#112
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#120
Entrepreneurial Studies	#139
Marketing	#147
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	#148
Human Resource Management	#179
Accounting	#214
Accounting	#374

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%.

Franklin University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	84	0	296	322	8	710
Accounting	6	0	112	25	0	143
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	0	0	78	41	0	119
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	0	43	20	0	63
Operations Management	0	0	55	0	0	55
Finance	3	0	24	0	0	27
Financial Planning & Services	0	0	17	0	0	17
Other Accounting and Related Services	1	0	15	0	0	16
Interior Design Management	0	0	16	0	0	16
General Organizational Communication	0	0	15	0	0	15
Business Management & Marketing	0	11	0	0	0	11
Insurance	0	0	11	0	0	11
General Management Information Systems	0	0	11	0	0	11
Entrepreneurship	0	6	3	0	0	9
Public Relations	1	0	7	0	0	8
General Economics	0	0	3	0	0	3
Other Marketing	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other Management Information Systems and Services	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	95	17	706	408	8	1,234

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 Tysto under License

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