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Welch College Data & Information Overview

9% Student Loan Default Rate
This overview covers the essential stats on Welch College, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more.
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How Well Is Welch College Ranked?

2024 Rankings

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Overall Quality

Welch was not ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Overall Colleges report. This could be for a number of reasons, including lack of data.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Welch?

Open Admissions Policy

Acceptance Rate

As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into Welch College since the school has an open admissions policy. Still, be sure to submit any requested materials and that your application is completed in full.

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Welch College Faculty

8 to 1 Student to Faculty
49% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at Welch is an impressive 8 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.

The full-time faculty percentage at Welch College is 49%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  49 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Welch College

72% Freshmen Retention
37% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Welch College is 72%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  72 out of 100
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Graduation Rate

When it comes to finishing their studies on time, those seeking a bachelor's degree from Welch have a four-year graduation rate of 37%. This is comparable to the national average of 33.3%

On-Time Graduation Rate  37 out of 100
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Welch College Undergraduate Student Diversity

219 Full-Time Undergraduates
15.5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
55.3% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 335 undergraduates at Welch with 219 being full-time and 116 being part-time.

How Much Does Welch College Cost?

$21,448 Net Price
38% Take Out Loans
$35,144 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Welch is $21,448. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Welch

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$18,690 $16,505 $20,647 $25,197 $25,160

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Welch, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Welch, approximately 38% of students took out student loans averaging $8,786 a year. That adds up to $35,144 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Welch is 9.3%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

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How Much Money Do Welch Graduates Make?

$38,815 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from Welch make around $38,815 per year during the early years of their employment. This is in the same neighborhood of the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year. However, certain majors may produce higher-paying graduates.

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See which majors at Welch College make the most money.

Location of Welch College

Tennessee State
219 Full-Time Undergraduates
Rural Campus Setting
Located in Gallatin, Tennessee, Welch College is a private not-for-profit institution. The rural area surrounding the school is great for students who prefer living in a country setting.

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Contact details for Welch are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 1045 Bison Trail, Gallatin, TN 37066-8460
Phone: 615-675-5255
Website: www.welch.edu/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/WelchCollege
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/welchcollege

Welch College Majors

21 Majors With Completions
71 Undergraduate Degrees
13 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 21 majors graduated from Welch College. Of these students, 71 received undergraduate degrees and 13 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
General Psychology 11 NA
Biblical Studies 9 NA
Teacher Education Grade Specific 9 NA
Business Administration & Management 8 NA
General English Literature 3 NA
Missionary Studies 3 NA
General Biology 2 NA
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 2 NA
History 2 NA
Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries 2 NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Welch College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Welch

15% Take At Least One Class Online
7% Take All Classes Online

Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.

In 2020-2021, 51 students took at least one online class at Welch College. This is a decrease from the 52 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 51 24
2019-2020 52 31
2018-2019 37 31
2017-2018 32 29
2016-2017 53 46

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*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.

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