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.
Winthrop University was awarded 74 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is instructional media design.
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Winthrop is ranked #1,191 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list.
Winthrop also holds the #13 spot on the Best Colleges in South Carolina ranking.
The acceptance rate at Winthrop University is a competitive 64%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.
About 43% of students accepted to Winthrop submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 620. Math scores were between 490 and 575.
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 Winthrop it is much better at 12 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
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 Winthrop University is 61%. 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 Winthrop University is 68%, 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 Winthrop the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 44%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,406 undergraduates at Winthrop with 3,992 being full-time and 414 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $17,011 | $18,258 | $19,051 | $21,884 | $21,651 |
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 Winthrop, 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 Winthrop, approximately 69% of students took out student loans averaging $7,563 a year. That adds up to $30,252 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Winthrop is 6.5%. 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 Winthrop are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 701 Oakland Ave, Rock Hill, SC 29733 |
| Phone: | 803-323-2211 |
| Website: | www.winthrop.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/Winthrop.University |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/winthropu |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 186 | $36,918 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 86 | $33,913 |
| General Psychology | 82 | $23,678 |
| General Biology | 81 | $26,484 |
| Social Work | 41 | $23,088 |
| General English Literature | 39 | $26,653 |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 36 | NA |
| Drama & Theater Arts | 33 | $22,404 |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 32 | $18,975 |
| Sociology | 29 | $22,639 |
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, 3,726 students took at least one online class at Winthrop University. This is a decrease from the 5,201 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 3,726 | 757 |
| 2019-2020 | 5,201 | 1,509 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,397 | 353 |
| 2017-2018 | 2,152 | 159 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,982 | 74 |
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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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