by our College Data Analytics Team
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Sewanee - The University of the South was awarded 176 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is english language & literature.
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Sewanee landed the #207 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 puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation.
Out of the 45 colleges in Tennessee, Sewanee is ranked at #4.
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If you're applying to Sewanee - The University of the South you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 60%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
About 25% of students accepted to Sewanee submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 610 and 700. Math scores were between 590 and 690.
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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 Sewanee 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.
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 Sewanee - The University of the South is 85%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Sewanee - The University of the South has a freshmen retention rate of 90%. 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 Sewanee the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 72%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,716 undergraduates at Sewanee with 1,689 being full-time and 27 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $23,567 | $23,671 | $28,660 | $30,325 | $39,437 |
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 Sewanee, 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 Sewanee, approximately 74% of students took out student loans averaging $5,329 a year. That adds up to $21,316 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Sewanee 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.
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Contact details for Sewanee are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 735 University Avenue, Sewanee, TN 37383-1000 |
| Phone: | 931-598-1000 |
| Website: | www.sewanee.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://facebook.com/sewanee |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/univofthesouth |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Psychology | 56 | $31,230 |
| Economics | 52 | $50,532 |
| Political Science & Government | 45 | $38,235 |
| General English Literature | 41 | $27,028 |
| General Biology | 36 | NA |
| History | 28 | NA |
| International Studies | 25 | NA |
| Natural Resources Conservation | 22 | NA |
| Romance Languages | 17 | NA |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 13 | NA |
This is a decrease from the 1,511 students who took online classes the previous year.
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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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