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Viterbo University was awarded 298 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is reading teacher education.
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Viterbo landed the #521 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 Viterbo held the #667 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 46 colleges in Wisconsin, Viterbo is ranked at #18.
The acceptance rate at Viterbo University is 77%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that Viterbo is a good fit for you.
About 3% of students accepted to Viterbo submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 630. Math scores were between 410 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 Viterbo it is much better at 11 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 Viterbo University is 41%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 74% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Viterbo 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.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Viterbo the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 41%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Viterbo University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,736 undergraduates at Viterbo with 1,443 being full-time and 293 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $13,699 | $14,905 | $18,070 | $19,559 | $25,553 |
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 Viterbo, 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 Viterbo, approximately 66% of students took out student loans averaging $7,829 a year. That adds up to $31,316 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Viterbo is 2.6%. 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 Viterbo are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 900 Viterbo Drive, La Crosse, WI 54601-8804 |
| Phone: | 608-796-3001 |
| Website: | www.viterbo.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/ViterboUniversity/photos/a.389771243211.169184.45542183211/10152529820938212/?type=1 |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/Viterbo_Univ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 180 | $63,012 |
| Business Administration & Management | 33 | $43,205 |
| Accounting | 23 | $45,641 |
| Social Work | 18 | NA |
| Marketing | 16 | NA |
| Drama & Theater Arts | 15 | NA |
| Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services | 15 | $47,085 |
| General Psychology | 13 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 13 | $39,093 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 11 | 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, 1,288 students took at least one online class at Viterbo University. This is a decrease from the 1,704 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,288 | 571 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,704 | 547 |
| 2018-2019 | 809 | 349 |
| 2017-2018 | 889 | 440 |
| 2016-2017 | 691 | 320 |
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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