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.
Meredith College was awarded 27 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is biological & biomedical sciences.
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Meredith landed the #517 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Meredith held the #666 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Meredith is also ranked #11 out of 93 schools in North Carolina.
Meredith College has an acceptance rate of 70%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for Meredith.
About 15% of students accepted to Meredith submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 560 and 650. Math scores were between 538 and 623.
The student to faculty ratio at Meredith is an impressive 10 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.
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 Meredith College is 99%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 82% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Meredith College enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Meredith for first-time, full-time students is 57%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,521 undergraduates at Meredith with 1,468 being full-time and 53 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $19,426 | $20,462 | $21,440 | $25,364 | $30,653 |
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 Meredith, 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 Meredith, approximately 64% of students took out student loans averaging $8,468 a year. That adds up to $33,872 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Meredith is 4.1%. 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.
Get more details about the location of Meredith College.
Contact details for Meredith are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3800 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC 27607-5298 |
| Phone: | 919-760-8600 |
| Website: | www.meredith.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/MeredithCollege |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/meredithcollege |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Psychology | 48 | NA |
| General Biology | 47 | $33,114 |
| Design & Applied Arts | 30 | $34,843 |
| Health & Physical Education | 20 | NA |
| Public Health | 16 | NA |
| Mathematics | 16 | NA |
| Sociology | 16 | NA |
| Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services | 16 | NA |
| Communication & Media Studies | 15 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 14 | 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, 14 students took at least one online class at Meredith College. This is an increase from the 6 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 14 | 14 |
| 2019-2020 | 6 | 6 |
| 2018-2019 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017-2018 | 46 | 2 |
| 2016-2017 | 23 | 0 |
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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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