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.
Wittenberg University was awarded 1 badge in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general business/commerce.
Explore the best ranked schools for the programs you are most interested in.
Wittenberg landed the #1,295 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Wittenberg held the #1,354 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 91 colleges in Ohio, Wittenberg is ranked at #49.
Wittenberg University has an acceptance rate of 94%, so it is easier to gain admission to this school than some others. Still, the admissions staff will examine your application closely to make sure you're a good fit for Wittenberg.
About 8% of students accepted to Wittenberg submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 535 and 680. Math scores were between 515 and 690.
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 Wittenberg 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 Wittenberg University is 71%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Wittenberg University has a freshmen retention rate of 75%. 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.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Wittenberg for first-time, full-time students is 58%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Wittenberg University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,445 undergraduates at Wittenberg with 1,388 being full-time and 57 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $17,264 | $17,530 | $19,614 | $23,028 | $26,217 |
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 Wittenberg, 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 Wittenberg, approximately 95% of students took out student loans averaging $7,399 a year. That adds up to $29,596 over four years for those students.
See which majors at Wittenberg University make the most money.
Get more details about the location of Wittenberg University.
Contact details for Wittenberg are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | Ward St At N Wittenberg Ave, Springfield, OH 45504 |
| Phone: | 937-327-6231 |
| Website: | www.wittenberg.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Health & Physical Education | 38 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 36 | $36,752 |
| General Biology | 28 | $38,072 |
| Marketing | 26 | $48,832 |
| General Business/Commerce | 23 | NA |
| Communication & Media Studies | 22 | $36,715 |
| Nursing | 21 | NA |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods | 18 | NA |
| General Psychology | 18 | NA |
| General English Literature | 14 | 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 2022-2023, 46 students took at least one online class at Wittenberg University. This is a decrease from the 108 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 46 | 14 |
| 2021-2022 | 108 | 0 |
| 2020-2021 | 691 | 0 |
| 2018-2019 | 5 | 0 |
If you’re considering Wittenberg University, here are some more schools you may be interested in knowing more about.
Curious on how these schools stack up against Wittenberg? Pit them head to head with College Combat, our free interactive tool that lets you compare college on the features that matter most to you!
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
More about our data sources and methodologies.