by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
William Peace University was awarded 9 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business administration & management.
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According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, WPU is ranked #2,024 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This is an improvement over the previous year, when WPU held the #2,026 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
WPU is also ranked #84 out of 93 schools in North Carolina.
The acceptance rate at William Peace University is a competitive 52%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.
About 15% of students accepted to WPU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 538 and 605. Math scores were between 540 and 625.
The student to faculty ratio at WPU is an impressive 11 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.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at William Peace University is 37%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 77% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like William Peace University 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 is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At WPU this rate is 31%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at William Peace University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 830 undergraduates at WPU with 733 being full-time and 97 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $21,506 | $22,846 | $25,298 | $27,329 | $31,151 |
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 WPU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At WPU, approximately 61% of students took out student loans averaging $8,021 a year. That adds up to $32,084 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at WPU is 9.8%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.
See which majors at William Peace University make the most money.
Get more details about the location of William Peace University.
Contact details for WPU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 15 E Peace St, Raleigh, NC 27604-1194 |
| Phone: | 919-508-2000 |
| Website: | www.peace.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/wpeaceu |
| Twitter: | http://www.twitter.com/wpeaceu |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 39 | $41,454 |
| Design & Applied Arts | 23 | $26,498 |
| Criminology | 22 | $29,782 |
| Health & Physical Education | 18 | NA |
| Nursing | 14 | NA |
| General Biology | 13 | $32,101 |
| General Psychology | 12 | $24,558 |
| Drama & Theater Arts | 11 | NA |
| Special Education | 10 | NA |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 7 | NA |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 222 students took at least one online class at William Peace University. This is a decrease from the 247 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 222 | 99 |
| 2019-2020 | 247 | 102 |
| 2018-2019 | 170 | 96 |
| 2017-2018 | 134 | 87 |
| 2016-2017 | 165 | 108 |
Learn more about online learning at William Peace University.
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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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