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Nazareth College was awarded 94 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is art therapy.
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Nazareth is ranked #1,360 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list.
Nazareth also holds the #83 spot on the Best Colleges in New York ranking.
Because it has a high acceptance rate of 86%, some consider Nazareth to be a safety school. But don't just assume that admittance is in the bag. Make sure to spend enough time on your application so that it is in tip-top shape.
The student to faculty ratio at Nazareth is an impressive 9 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.
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 Nazareth College is 42%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 80% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Nazareth 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 Nazareth for first-time, full-time students is 61%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Nazareth College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,147 undergraduates at Nazareth with 2,063 being full-time and 84 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $21,434 | $24,679 | $30,646 | $32,727 | $34,285 |
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 Nazareth, 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 Nazareth, approximately 75% of students took out student loans averaging $10,070 a year. That adds up to $40,280 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Nazareth is 2.0%. 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.
Get more details about the location of Nazareth College.
Contact details for Nazareth are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 4245 East Ave, Rochester, NY 14618-3790 |
| Phone: | 585-389-2525 |
| Website: | https://www2.naz.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/NazarethCollege |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/nazarethcollege |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Psychology | 59 | $29,684 |
| Other Health Professions | 46 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 41 | NA |
| Nursing | 41 | $62,573 |
| Business Administration & Management | 39 | $35,358 |
| Communication Sciences | 38 | $27,256 |
| Special Education | 31 | NA |
| Public Health | 28 | NA |
| General Biology | 27 | $24,028 |
| Health/Medical Prep Programs | 25 | 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, 702 students took at least one online class at Nazareth College. This is an increase from the 464 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 702 | 9 |
| 2019-2020 | 464 | 174 |
| 2018-2019 | 655 | 68 |
| 2017-2018 | 628 | 27 |
| 2016-2017 | 673 | 40 |
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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