by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
William Jewell College was awarded 26 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts.
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William Jewell landed the #1,043 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.
William Jewell is also ranked #22 out of 48 schools in Missouri.
If you're applying to William Jewell College you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 47%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
About 5% of students accepted to William Jewell submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 560 and 650. Math scores were between 530 and 620.
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 William Jewell 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 William Jewell College is 55%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
William Jewell College has a freshmen retention rate of 74%. 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 William Jewell the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 53%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 738 undergraduates at William Jewell with 729 being full-time and 9 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $17,696 | $17,820 | $21,625 | $23,992 | $25,933 |
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 William Jewell, 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 William Jewell, approximately 87% of students took out student loans averaging $7,082 a year. That adds up to $28,328 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at William Jewell is 2.9%. 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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Contact details for William Jewell are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 500 College Hill, Liberty, MO 64068-1896 |
| Phone: | 816-415-5979 |
| Website: | https://www.jewell.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/pages/William-Jewell-College/38684586543 |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/williamjewell |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 70 | $57,874 |
| Business Administration & Management | 26 | $40,114 |
| General Psychology | 19 | $27,359 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 18 | $39,825 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 12 | $33,105 |
| Accounting | 12 | NA |
| Business/Managerial Economics | 12 | NA |
| General Biology | 10 | NA |
| General English Literature | 8 | NA |
| Political Science & Government | 7 | 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, 314 students took at least one online class at William Jewell College. This is a decrease from the 373 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 314 | 0 |
| 2019-2020 | 373 | 0 |
| 2018-2019 | 41 | 0 |
| 2017-2018 | 138 | 0 |
| 2016-2017 | 49 | 0 |
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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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