by our College Data Analytics TeamThis overview covers the essential stats on Edgewood College, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more.
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Edgewood College was awarded 2 badges in the 2026 rankings.
Edgewood is ranked #862 out of 3,449 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual’s 2026 Best Colleges list.
Edgewood also holds the #28 spot on the Best Colleges in Wisconsin ranking.
The acceptance rate at Edgewood College is 76%. 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 Edgewood is a good fit for you.
With a student to faculty ratio of 15 to 1, Edgewood College is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it’s a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
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 Edgewood College is 41%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 75% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Edgewood College enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That’s certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Edgewood the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 67%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Edgewood College.
In the current academic year, there are 1,104 undergraduates at Edgewood.
Get more detailed information on the diversity at Edgewood College.
The typical net cost at Edgewood is $16,772. 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 Edgewood
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $20,926 | $21,345 | $20,806 | $26,982 | $29,049 |
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 price for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Edgewood, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Edgewood, approximately 57% of students took out student loans averaging $6,323 a year. That adds up to $25,292 over four years for those students. The student loan default rate is 3.3%. 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. Get more details about paying for Edgewood College.
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor’s degree recipients from Edgewood College make around $59,728 per year during the early years of their employment. This is good news for future Edgewood College graduates since it is 21% more than the average college graduate’s salary of $49,219 per year.
Edgewood College is an private not-for-profit institution situated in Madison, Wisconsin. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life. Get more details about the location of Edgewood College.
Get in touch with Edgewood College are listed below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1000 Edgewood College Drive, Madison, WI 53711-1997 |
| Phone: | 6086634861 |
| Website: | www.edgewood.edu |
| Facebook: | www.facebook.com/edgewoodcollege |
| Twitter: | twitter.com/edgewoodcollege |
In the latest year of available data, students from 19 majors graduated from Edgewood College. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.
| Most Popular Majors | Completions | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Multi-Disciplinary Studies | 520 | NA |
| Nursing | 165 | $76,312 |
| General Education | 39 | $49,398 |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 29 | $41,447 |
| Business & Commerce | 28 | $39,627 |
| General Psychology | 21 | $27,940 |
| Child Development & Family Studies | 20 | NA |
| Educational Administration | 19 | $86,551 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 18 | $40,131 |
| Human Resource Management | 17 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
301 students took at least one online class at Edgewood College.
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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