by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Gardner - Webb University landed the #649 spot in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking out of a pool of 1149 colleges and universities that were eligible for this year's ranking.
In addition, Gardner - Webb took the #12 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and Gardner - Webb took the #487 spot on the list.
Gardner - Webb also ranked #14 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in North Carolina.
The total graduate student population at Gardner - Webb is made up of 70.6% women and 29.4% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
Of all the graduate students at Gardner - Webb, around 38.7% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 0.1% of graduate students hail from another country. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $10,080 | $10,080 |
| Fees | $50 | $50 |
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their master's degree at Gardner - Webb is $66,683. That's about 14% higher than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
Graduate students earning a doctorate degree from Gardner - Webb enter careers with an average starting salary of $76,352. That's pretty good comparatively. In fact, it is 1% higher than the national average of $75,260.
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Contact details for Gardner - Webb are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | Main St, Boiling Springs, NC 28017-0997 |
| Phone: | 704-406-2361 |
| Website: | www.gardner-webb.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/gardnerwebb |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/thegardnerwebb |
In 2020-2021, 29.4% of the graduate students at Gardner - Webb University took at least one class online. For that same period, 18.8% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 15 |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 33 |
| Educational Administration | 36 |
| Nursing | 11 |
| Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries | 2 |
| Theological & Ministerial Studies | 1 |
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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