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.
Methodist University was awarded 17 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health & medical administrative services.
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Methodist landed the #1,245 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 Methodist held the #1,519 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Methodist is also ranked #32 out of 93 schools in North Carolina.
Methodist University has an acceptance rate of 79%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 14% of students accepted to Methodist submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 550 and 620. Math scores were between 560 and 610.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Methodist it is much better at 10 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
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 Methodist University is 66%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Methodist University this rate is 62%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At Methodist this rate is 28%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,426 undergraduates at Methodist with 1,296 being full-time and 130 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $29,278 | $28,705 | $32,729 | $36,293 | $36,534 |
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 Methodist, 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 Methodist, approximately 71% of students took out student loans averaging $8,111 a year. That adds up to $32,444 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Methodist is 12.0%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for Methodist are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 5400 Ramsey St, Fayetteville, NC 28311-1420 |
| Phone: | 910-630-7000 |
| Website: | www.methodist.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/MethodistUniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/Methodist_News |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 78 | $36,332 |
| Health & Physical Education | 35 | $23,170 |
| Marketing | 17 | NA |
| Fire Protection | 16 | $26,240 |
| Accounting | 16 | NA |
| Social Work | 15 | NA |
| Nursing | 14 | $58,217 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 14 | $28,117 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 12 | NA |
| Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) | 10 | NA |
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, 737 students took at least one online class at Methodist University. This is an increase from the 235 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 737 | 177 |
| 2019-2020 | 235 | 43 |
| 2018-2019 | 205 | 45 |
| 2017-2018 | 180 | 44 |
| 2016-2017 | 182 | 40 |
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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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