by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege 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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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%.
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%.
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%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,850 undergraduates at Walsh with 1,531 being full-time and 319 being part-time.
| $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.
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.
Get more details about the location of Walsh University.
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 |
| 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 |
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 |
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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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