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.
Waldorf University was awarded 192 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting.
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Waldorf is ranked #505 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Waldorf held the #871 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 40 colleges in Iowa, Waldorf is ranked at #13.
The acceptance rate at Waldorf University is 72%. 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 Waldorf is a good fit for you.
The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At Waldorf University, this rate is 24 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
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 Waldorf University is 31%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 46% tells us that most first-year, full-time students don't stick around for a second year at Waldorf University. Students may have a variety of reasons for this, such as only intending to attend a school for one year while they brush up on certain subjects.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at Waldorf is 22%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Waldorf University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,523 undergraduates at Waldorf with 1,578 being full-time and 945 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $19,729 | $18,472 | $22,077 | $20,287 | $22,640 |
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 Waldorf, 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 Waldorf, approximately 83% of students took out student loans averaging $5,857 a year. That adds up to $23,428 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Waldorf is 8.1%. 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 Waldorf are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 106 S Sixth St, Forest City, IA 50436-1713 |
| Phone: | 641-585-2450 |
| Website: | www.waldorf.edu/ |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/WaldorfCollege |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Business/Commerce | 120 | $44,915 |
| Homeland Security | 75 | $54,510 |
| Human Resource Management | 72 | $58,151 |
| Fire Protection | 70 | $74,071 |
| Quality Control Technology | 48 | $65,975 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 40 | $52,459 |
| General Psychology | 31 | $31,432 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 31 | $50,817 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 16 | $30,024 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 14 | $41,470 |
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, 1,867 students took at least one online class at Waldorf University. This is a decrease from the 2,343 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,867 | 1,867 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,343 | 2,343 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,469 | 2,469 |
| 2017-2018 | 2,551 | 2,515 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,949 | 1,883 |
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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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