- The Inkwell
- Tennessee
- Welch College
Gallatin, TNSuburb: largeZIP 37066Founded 1942
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1942
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate: diverse fields
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1989
- Website
- www.welch.edu
TennesseeReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Welch College
Welch College is a private nonprofit college in Gallatin, Tennessee, with 226 undergraduates. It graduates 55% within six years and costs $17,090 a year after aid.
55%graduate
Retention61%
4-year graduation35%
Pell Grant share31%
Federal loans23%
$17,090net price / year
openadmissions
—average SAT
55%graduate in 6 years
$44,636median earnings, 10 yrs
$17,547median debt
#1,459 of 1,704 for earnings#640 of 1,739 for lowest net price#855 of 1,738 for graduation rate
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
- $35,995tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $22,042
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $22,042
- Average net price
- $17,090national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$11,000
$30,001–48,000$17,254
$48,001–75,000$13,483
$75,001–110,000$21,697
$110,001+$27,495
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- open admissionsnational median 77%
- Average SAT
- —
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- —
- SAT math, middle 50%
- —
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Retention · this college61%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college55%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college31%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 55%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 35%
- First-year retention
- 61%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 47%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $38,167
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $44,636middle 50%: $31,245–$62,691
- Median debt at graduation
- $17,547
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$62,691
Median, Welch College$44,636
Lower quarter$31,245
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
- 226
- Part-time
- 25%
- Women / men
- 48% / 52%
- Average age at entry
- 20.6
- First-generation students
- —
- Pell Grant recipients
- 31%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 8 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 50%
- Average faculty salary
- $4,449 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $6,852
- Endowment, end of year
- $4,567,288
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White73%
Hispanic12%
Black3.1%
Asian1.3%
Two or more races3.1%
U.S. nonresident1.3%
Unknown5.8%
10 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Theology & religious vocations32%
Education17%
Business & management15%
Psychology11%
English language & literature8.5%
Liberal arts & humanities4.3%
Biological & biomedical sciences4.3%
Parks, recreation & fitness4.3%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 220206. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q7980543.