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Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College was awarded 10 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is music therapy.
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SMWC landed the #1,569 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 SMWC held the #1,726 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 42 colleges in Indiana, SMWC is ranked at #39.
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When it comes to admittance, Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College is somewhat selective. Its acceptance rate is 70%, which means you'll face some strong competition during the admissions process. Do what you can to make your application stand out.
About 35% of students accepted to SMWC submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 490 and 580. Math scores were between 485 and 540.
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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 SMWC it is much better at 10 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
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 Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College is 30%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College 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 SMWC the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 46%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 761 undergraduates at SMWC with 606 being full-time and 155 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10,384 | $11,678 | $16,315 | $22,327 | $20,962 |
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 SMWC, 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 SMWC, approximately 73% of students took out student loans averaging $7,065 a year. That adds up to $28,260 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at SMWC is 7.3%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for SMWC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1 St Mary Of Woods Coll, Saint Mary of the Woods, IN 47876-1099 |
| Phone: | 812-535-5151 |
| Website: | www.smwc.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/smwcollege |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/smwc |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 34 | $61,173 |
| Special Education | 29 | $34,325 |
| General Psychology | 27 | $22,351 |
| Business Administration & Management | 23 | $39,336 |
| Human Services | 16 | NA |
| Human Resource Management | 8 | NA |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 7 | NA |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 6 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 6 | NA |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 6 | 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, 496 students took at least one online class at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. This is a decrease from the 767 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 496 | 311 |
| 2019-2020 | 767 | 602 |
| 2018-2019 | 347 | 340 |
| 2017-2018 | 383 | 248 |
| 2016-2017 | 259 | 259 |
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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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