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Heritage University was awarded 311 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is teacher education.
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Heritage University is ranked #746 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Heritage University held the #1,289 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Heritage University is also ranked #16 out of 51 schools in Washington.
Returning adults and other non-traditional students may appreciate the fact that Heritage University has an open admissions policy. This means that you'll only have to submit basic materials, which may include proof that you completed high school or an equivalent program.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Heritage University it is much better at 9 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
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 Heritage University is 21%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
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 Heritage University is 72%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at Heritage University is 14%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 812 undergraduates at Heritage University with 691 being full-time and 121 being part-time.
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 Heritage University, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 Heritage University, approximately 22% of students took out student loans averaging $2,761 a year. That adds up to $11,044 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Heritage 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.
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Contact details for Heritage University are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3240 Fort Rd, Toppenish, WA 98948 |
| Phone: | 888-272-6190 |
| Website: | www.heritage.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/HeritageUniversity?ref=tn_tnmn |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/HUEagles |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Social Work | 47 | $33,246 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 18 | $45,362 |
| Nursing | 17 | NA |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science | 14 | NA |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 14 | $37,483 |
| General Psychology | 13 | NA |
| Accounting | 12 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 8 | $39,904 |
| General Education | 6 | NA |
| General Biology | 6 | NA |
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, 147 students took at least one online class at Heritage University. This is an increase from the 30 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 147 | 2 |
| 2019-2020 | 30 | 23 |
| 2018-2019 | 34 | 25 |
| 2017-2018 | 56 | 19 |
| 2016-2017 | 62 | 20 |
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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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