- The Inkwell
- Ohio
- The College of Wooster
Wooster, OHTown: distantZIP 44691Founded 1866
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1866
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: arts & sciences focus
- Highest degree
- Bachelor's degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- wooster.edu
OhioPrivate nonprofit
The College of Wooster
The College of Wooster is a private nonprofit college in Wooster, Ohio, with 1,730 undergraduates. It admits 60% of applicants, graduates 71% within six years and costs $26,433 a year after aid.
71%graduate
Admission rate60%
Retention82%
4-year graduation59%
Pell Grant share26%
Federal loans45%
$26,433net price / year
60%admission rate
1353average SAT
71%graduate in 6 years
$62,339median earnings, 10 yrs
$26,530median debt
#671 of 1,704 for earnings#1,314 of 1,739 for lowest net price#362 of 1,738 for graduation rate#360 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
- $78,165tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $64,210
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $64,210
- Average net price
- $26,433national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$15,180
$30,001–48,000$16,672
$48,001–75,000$18,494
$75,001–110,000$27,415
$110,001+$36,530
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 60%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1353
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 630–740
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 590–720
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 27–33
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college60%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college82%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college71%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college26%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 71%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 59%
- First-year retention
- 82%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 74%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $49,457
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $62,339middle 50%: $44,304–$89,989
- Median debt at graduation
- $26,530
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$89,989
Median, The College of Wooster$62,339
Lower quarter$44,304
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
- 1,730
- Part-time
- 0.4%
- Women / men
- 53% / 47%
- Average age at entry
- 19.4
- First-generation students
- 14%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 26%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 10 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 83%
- Average faculty salary
- $8,909 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $17,263
- Endowment, end of year
- $437,822,692
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White61%
Hispanic5.4%
Black9.6%
Asian4.0%
Two or more races3.9%
U.S. nonresident14%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown1.4%
18 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Social sciences19%
Biological & biomedical sciences19%
Computer & information sciences8.7%
Physical sciences6.7%
Psychology6.5%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies6.1%
Visual & performing arts5.8%
Communication & journalism4.1%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 206589. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q1109093.