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.
Nebraska Wesleyan University was awarded 23 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is drama & theater arts.
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NWU landed the #717 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.
NWU is also ranked #8 out of 19 schools in Nebraska.
Nebraska Wesleyan University has an acceptance rate of 82%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 3% of students accepted to NWU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 630. Math scores were between 520 and 660.
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 NWU it is much better at 12 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
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 Nebraska Wesleyan University is 55%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Nebraska Wesleyan 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.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At NWU the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 55%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Nebraska Wesleyan University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,773 undergraduates at NWU with 1,665 being full-time and 108 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $20,225 | $22,970 | $25,748 | $28,831 | $28,816 |
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 NWU, 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 NWU, approximately 64% of students took out student loans averaging $7,711 a year. That adds up to $30,844 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at NWU is 2.5%. 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 NWU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 5000 St Paul Ave, Lincoln, NE 68504-2794 |
| Phone: | 402-466-2371 |
| Website: | https://www.nebrwesleyan.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/NebraskaWesleyan |
| Twitter: | http://www.twitter.com/NEWesleyan |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Biology | 46 | NA |
| Health & Physical Education | 43 | $22,771 |
| General Business/Commerce | 38 | $41,139 |
| Nursing | 32 | $68,045 |
| Drama & Theater Arts | 29 | $23,014 |
| General Psychology | 26 | $28,546 |
| Social Work | 26 | $36,757 |
| Political Science & Government | 17 | NA |
| Public Relations & Advertising | 16 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 13 | 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, 425 students took at least one online class at Nebraska Wesleyan University. This is a decrease from the 701 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 425 | 34 |
| 2019-2020 | 701 | 0 |
| 2018-2019 | 568 | 0 |
| 2017-2018 | 494 | 0 |
| 2016-2017 | 446 | 0 |
Learn more about online learning at Nebraska Wesleyan University.
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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