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Worcester State University was awarded 437 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is secondary education.
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College Factual ranked Worcester State as #839 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Worcester State held the #1,110 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Worcester State also holds the #40 spot on the Best Colleges in Massachusetts ranking.
With an acceptance rate of 89%, Worcester State has a fairly liberal admissions policy. However, don't just assume you'll get in! Put together a good application and make sure you include all requested documents and materials.
About 13% of students accepted to Worcester State submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 600. Math scores were between 520 and 593.
With a student to faculty ratio of 14 to 1, Worcester State University is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
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 Worcester State University is 51%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
Worcester State University has a freshmen retention rate of 73%. 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 Worcester State for first-time, full-time students is 41%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,958 undergraduates at Worcester State with 3,871 being full-time and 1,087 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $12,551 | $14,181 | $16,479 | $18,685 | $20,181 |
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 Worcester State, 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 Worcester State, approximately 59% of students took out student loans averaging $6,757 a year. That adds up to $27,028 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Worcester State is 4.4%. 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 Worcester State are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 486 Chandler St, Worcester, MA 01602-2597 |
| Phone: | 508-929-8000 |
| Website: | https://www.worcester.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/UnionUniversity/ |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/UnionUniversity |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 176 | $39,699 |
| General Psychology | 167 | $33,633 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 88 | $37,556 |
| General Biology | 81 | $39,515 |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 70 | $35,724 |
| Nursing | 70 | $67,399 |
| Economics | 66 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 66 | $34,440 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 62 | $38,549 |
| Sociology | 52 | $28,306 |
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, 3,051 students took at least one online class at Worcester State University. This is a decrease from the 5,170 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 3,051 | 748 |
| 2019-2020 | 5,170 | 1,403 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,855 | 181 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,972 | 355 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,845 | 421 |
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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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