by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Mars Hill University was awarded 2 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general special education.
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Mars Hill is ranked #1,910 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 Mars Hill held the #1,945 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 93 colleges in North Carolina, Mars Hill is ranked at #77.
The acceptance rate at Mars Hill University is 80%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that Mars Hill is a good fit for you.
At Mars Hill, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 9 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Mars Hill University is 99%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Mars Hill University has a freshmen retention rate of 74%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
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 Mars Hill is 21%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,019 undergraduates at Mars Hill with 963 being full-time and 56 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $16,601 | $17,980 | $19,638 | $22,417 | $24,281 |
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 Mars Hill, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 Mars Hill, approximately 74% of students took out student loans averaging $8,304 a year. That adds up to $33,216 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Mars Hill is 10.9%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Contact details for Mars Hill are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 100 Athletic St, Mars Hill, NC 28754 |
| Phone: | 866-642-4968 |
| Website: | www.mhu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/MarsHillUniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/marshillu |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 24 | $25,836 |
| Social Work | 22 | $31,048 |
| Nursing | 16 | $58,645 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 15 | $33,795 |
| General Biology | 14 | NA |
| General Psychology | 11 | NA |
| Health Sciences & Services | 10 | NA |
| Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies | 9 | NA |
| Zoology | 8 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 8 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 430 students took at least one online class at Mars Hill University. This is a decrease from the 626 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 430 | 53 |
| 2019-2020 | 626 | 45 |
| 2018-2019 | 114 | 5 |
| 2017-2018 | 47 | 3 |
| 2016-2017 | 78 | 3 |
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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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