- The Inkwell
- Ohio
- Baldwin Wallace University
Berea, OHSuburb: largeZIP 44017Founded 1845
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1845
- Motto
- Éducation de qualité avec une touche personnelle
- Carnegie class
- Master's: larger programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.bw.edu
OhioPrivate nonprofit
Baldwin Wallace University
Baldwin Wallace University is a private nonprofit university in Berea, Ohio, with 2,842 undergraduates. It admits 76% of applicants, graduates 68% within six years and costs $27,222 a year after aid.
68%graduate
Admission rate76%
Retention84%
4-year graduation57%
Pell Grant share34%
Federal loans58%
$27,222net price / year
76%admission rate
1194average SAT
68%graduate in 6 years
$59,100median earnings, 10 yrs
$26,000median debt
#833 of 1,704 for earnings#1,356 of 1,739 for lowest net price#421 of 1,738 for graduation rate#728 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $57,526tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $41,386
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $41,386
- Average net price
- $27,222national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$22,177
$30,001–48,000$19,571
$48,001–75,000$21,784
$75,001–110,000$26,121
$110,001+$31,866
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 76%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1194
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 550–650
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 510–640
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 22–29
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college76%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college84%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college68%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college34%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 68%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 57%
- First-year retention
- 84%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 67%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $48,017
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $59,100middle 50%: $41,738–$83,569
- Median debt at graduation
- $26,000
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$83,569
Median, Baldwin Wallace University$59,100
Lower quarter$41,738
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 2,842
- Part-time
- 3.2%
- Women / men
- 54% / 46%
- Average age at entry
- 21.1
- First-generation students
- 32%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 34%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 12 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 55%
- Average faculty salary
- $8,614 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $15,441
- Endowment, end of year
- $179,867,612
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White76%
Hispanic7.9%
Black6.9%
Asian2.1%
Two or more races5.6%
U.S. nonresident0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown0.5%
21 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management21%
Visual & performing arts14%
Health professions10%
Biological & biomedical sciences8.6%
Education8.4%
Psychology6.1%
Computer & information sciences4.9%
Parks, recreation & fitness4.9%
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Same Carnegie class, similar price
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|---|---|---|---|
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 201195. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q1805202.