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Walsh University Data & Information Overview

50 awards Ranking Badges
Fair Price Value for Your Money
80% Acceptance Rate
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How Well Is Walsh University Ranked?

#935 Best Colleges in Nation
#32 Best Colleges in OH
Business/Corporate Communications Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Walsh University was awarded 50 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business/corporate communications.

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Overall Quality

Walsh is ranked #935 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 Walsh held the #943 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Walsh also holds the #32 spot on the Best Colleges in Ohio ranking.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Walsh?

80% Acceptance Rate
53% Of Accepted Are Women
11% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

When it comes to admittance, Walsh University is somewhat selective. Its acceptance rate is 80%, which means you'll face some strong competition during the admissions process. Do what you can to make your application stand out.

Average Test Scores

About 11% of students accepted to Walsh submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 505 and 600. Math scores were between 530 and 620.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Walsh University  ( 505 to 600 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Walsh University  ( 530 to 620 )
200
800
Walsh received ACT scores from 64% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 20 and 26.

ACT Composite Scores for Walsh University  ( 20 to 26 )
1
36

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Walsh University Faculty

14 to 1 Student to Faculty
98% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Walsh University, this ratio is 14 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

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 Walsh University is 98%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  98 out of 100
0
100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Walsh University

71% Freshmen Retention
43% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Walsh University is 71%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  71 out of 100
0
100

Graduation Rate

Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Walsh the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 43%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%

On-Time Graduation Rate  43 out of 100
0
100

Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Walsh University.

Walsh University Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,531 Full-Time Undergraduates
12.1% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
55.0% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,850 undergraduates at Walsh with 1,531 being full-time and 319 being part-time.

How Much Does Walsh University Cost?

$16,276 Net Price
61% Take Out Loans
$34,628 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Walsh is $16,276. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Walsh

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$13,297 $13,457 $16,394 $19,501 $22,068

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 Walsh, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

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 Walsh, approximately 61% of students took out student loans averaging $8,657 a year. That adds up to $34,628 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Walsh is 3.9%. 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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How Much Money Do Walsh Graduates Make?

$52,533 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
The pay for some majors is higher than others, but on average, students who graduate with a bachelor's degree from Walsh make about $52,533 a year during their first few years of employment after graduation. That's great news for Walsh students since it is 24% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.

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See which majors at Walsh University make the most money.

Location of Walsh University

Ohio State
1,531 Full-Time Undergraduates
Suburb Campus Setting
Walsh University is a private not-for-profit institution located in North Canton, Ohio. North Canton is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

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Contact details for Walsh are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 2020 East Maple St, North Canton, OH 44720-3396
Phone: 330-499-7090
Website: https://www.walsh.edu/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/walshu
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WalshUniversity

Walsh University Majors

42 Majors With Completions
595 Undergraduate Degrees
269 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 42 majors graduated from Walsh University. Of these students, 595 received undergraduate degrees and 269 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Writing Studies 113 NA
Nursing 63 $57,782
Business Administration & Management 53 $49,290
General Biology 43 $21,788
Teacher Education Grade Specific 35 $28,154
General Psychology 33 $21,347
Health & Physical Education 31 NA
Accounting 24 $47,636
Sociology 19 $29,246
Computer Science 18 NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Walsh University along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Walsh

79% Take At Least One Class Online
30% Take All Classes Online

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, 1,932 students took at least one online class at Walsh University. This is a decrease from the 2,237 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 1,932 721
2019-2020 2,237 684
2018-2019 1,416 394
2017-2018 842 400
2016-2017 764 126

Learn more about online learning at Walsh University.

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Notes and References

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.

References

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