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Marietta College Data & Information Overview

39 awards Ranking Badges
Fair Price Value for Your Money
83% Acceptance Rate
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How Well Is Marietta College Ranked?

#940 Best Colleges in Nation
#33 Best Colleges in OH
Health Professions Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Marietta College was awarded 39 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.

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Overall Quality

Marietta landed the #940 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.

Marietta also holds the #33 spot on the Best Colleges in Ohio ranking.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Marietta?

83% Acceptance Rate
51% Of Accepted Are Women
16% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

The acceptance rate at Marietta College is 83%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that Marietta is a good fit for you.

Average Test Scores

About 16% of students accepted to Marietta submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 490 and 600. Math scores were between 460 and 590.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Marietta College  ( 490 to 600 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Marietta College  ( 460 to 590 )
200
800
Marietta received ACT scores from 66% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 18 and 24.

ACT Composite Scores for Marietta College  ( 18 to 24 )
1
36

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Marietta College Faculty

8 to 1 Student to Faculty
100% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at Marietta is an impressive 8 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

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 Marietta College is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  100 out of 100
0
100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Marietta College

67% Freshmen Retention
52% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Marietta College is 67%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  67 out of 100
0
100

Graduation Rate

The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Marietta for first-time, full-time students is 52%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.

On-Time Graduation Rate  52 out of 100
0
100

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Marietta College Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,110 Full-Time Undergraduates
12.2% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
47.3% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,168 undergraduates at Marietta with 1,110 being full-time and 58 being part-time.

How Much Does Marietta College Cost?

$19,826 Net Price
75% Take Out Loans
$28,460 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Marietta is $19,826. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Marietta

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$14,833 $15,092 $17,821 $20,394 $25,298

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 Marietta, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

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 Marietta, approximately 75% of students took out student loans averaging $7,115 a year. That adds up to $28,460 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Marietta is 5.4%. 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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How Much Money Do Marietta Graduates Make?

$48,155 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Marietta with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $48,155 in their early years. This is good news for future Marietta graduates since it is 13% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.

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Location of Marietta College

Ohio State
1,110 Full-Time Undergraduates
Town Campus Setting
Located in Marietta, Ohio, Marietta College is a private not-for-profit institution. Marietta is a great place for students who enjoy small town life.

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Contact details for Marietta are given below.

Contact Details
Address: Irvine Bldg, Marietta, OH 45750
Phone: 800-331-7896
Website: https://www.marietta.edu/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MariettaCollege
Twitter: https://twitter.com/MariettaCollege

Marietta College Majors

40 Majors With Completions
191 Undergraduate Degrees
35 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 40 majors graduated from Marietta College. Of these students, 191 received undergraduate degrees and 35 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Petroleum Engineering 35 $76,751
Marketing 16 NA
Special Education 11 NA
Business Administration & Management 10 NA
Finance & Financial Management 10 NA
Health & Physical Education 9 NA
Health Sciences & Services 9 NA
Political Science & Government 7 NA
General Psychology 7 NA
Economics 6 NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Marietta College along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

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Notes and References

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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