by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
Muskingum University was awarded 14 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health sciences & services.
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Muskingum landed the #1,129 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. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Muskingum held the #1,355 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Muskingum is also ranked #42 out of 96 schools in Ohio.
With an acceptance rate of 86%, Muskingum has a fairly liberal admissions policy. However, don't just assume you'll get in! Put together a good application and make sure you include all requested documents and materials.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Muskingum University, this ratio is 13 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Muskingum University is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
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 Muskingum University is 68%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Muskingum the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 39%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Muskingum University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,549 undergraduates at Muskingum with 1,350 being full-time and 199 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $14,692 | $14,746 | $17,187 | $20,744 | $23,110 |
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 Muskingum, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Muskingum, approximately 97% of students took out student loans averaging $7,219 a year. That adds up to $28,876 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Muskingum is 6.2%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
See which majors at Muskingum University make the most money.
Get more details about the location of Muskingum University.
Contact details for Muskingum are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 10 College Drive, New Concord, OH 43762-1837 |
| Phone: | 740-826-8211 |
| Website: | www.muskingum.edu/ |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/MusWithAK |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 45 | $59,931 |
| Health Sciences & Services | 42 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 25 | $38,175 |
| General Psychology | 25 | $27,844 |
| General Biology | 19 | $28,682 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 17 | $32,358 |
| Accounting | 15 | $43,476 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 14 | $28,838 |
| Health & Physical Education | 13 | $25,727 |
| Marketing | 11 | $38,619 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 760 students took at least one online class at Muskingum University. This is a decrease from the 925 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 760 | 618 |
| 2019-2020 | 925 | 485 |
| 2018-2019 | 581 | 448 |
| 2017-2018 | 559 | 394 |
| 2016-2017 | 607 | 439 |
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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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