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Meredith College Data & Information Overview

27 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
70% Acceptance Rate
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How Well Is Meredith College Ranked?

#517 Best Colleges in Nation
#11 Best Colleges in NC
Biological & Biomedical Sciences Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

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Meredith College was awarded 27 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is biological & biomedical sciences.

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Overall Quality

Meredith landed the #517 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 Meredith held the #666 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Meredith is also ranked #11 out of 93 schools in North Carolina.

See all of the rankings for Meredith College.

Is It Hard to Get Into Meredith?

70% Acceptance Rate
100% Of Accepted Are Women
15% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

Meredith College has an acceptance rate of 70%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for Meredith.

Average Test Scores

About 15% of students accepted to Meredith submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 560 and 650. Math scores were between 538 and 623.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Meredith College  ( 560 to 650 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Meredith College  ( 538 to 623 )
200
800
Meredith received ACT scores from 29% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 23 and 29.

ACT Composite Scores for Meredith College  ( 23 to 29 )
1
36

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Meredith College Faculty

10 to 1 Student to Faculty
99% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at Meredith is an impressive 10 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

In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at Meredith College is 99%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  99 out of 100
0
100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Meredith College

82% Freshmen Retention
57% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate of 82% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Meredith 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.

Freshmen Retention Rate  82 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 Meredith for first-time, full-time students is 57%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.

On-Time Graduation Rate  57 out of 100
0
100

Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Meredith College.

Meredith College Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,468 Full-Time Undergraduates
28.1% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
100.0% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,521 undergraduates at Meredith with 1,468 being full-time and 53 being part-time.

How Much Does Meredith College Cost?

$24,362 Net Price
64% Take Out Loans
$33,872 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Meredith is $24,362. 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 Meredith

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$19,426 $20,462 $21,440 $25,364 $30,653

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

Student Loan Debt

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 Meredith, approximately 64% of students took out student loans averaging $8,468 a year. That adds up to $33,872 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Meredith is 4.1%. 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 Meredith Graduates Make?

$43,646 Avg Salary of Grads
Average Earnings Boost
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from Meredith make around $43,646 per year during the early years of their employment. This is right on par with the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year. Also, graduates in your major field may make more.

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See which majors at Meredith College make the most money.

Location of Meredith College

North Carolina State
1,468 Full-Time Undergraduates
Large City Campus Setting
Meredith College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Raleigh, North Carolina. The city atmosphere of Raleigh makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

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Contact details for Meredith are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 3800 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC 27607-5298
Phone: 919-760-8600
Website: www.meredith.edu/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MeredithCollege
Twitter: https://twitter.com/meredithcollege

Meredith College Majors

42 Majors With Completions
394 Undergraduate Degrees
74 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 42 majors graduated from Meredith College. Of these students, 394 received undergraduate degrees and 74 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
General Psychology 48 NA
General Biology 47 $33,114
Design & Applied Arts 30 $34,843
Health & Physical Education 20 NA
Public Health 16 NA
Mathematics 16 NA
Sociology 16 NA
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 16 NA
Communication & Media Studies 15 NA
Business Administration & Management 14 NA

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

Online Learning at Meredith

1% Take At Least One Class Online
1% Take All Classes Online

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.

In 2020-2021, 14 students took at least one online class at Meredith College. This is an increase from the 6 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 14 14
2019-2020 6 6
2018-2019 3 3
2017-2018 46 2
2016-2017 23 0

Learn more about online learning at Meredith College.

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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.

References

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