by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege 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.
Monmouth College was awarded 8 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is sports kinesiology and physical education/fitness general.
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Monmouth is ranked #1,055 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Monmouth held the #1,117 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Monmouth College has an acceptance rate of 66%, 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 Monmouth.
About 19% of students accepted to Monmouth submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 540 and 640. Math scores were between 540 and 660.
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 Monmouth it is much better at 9 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
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 Monmouth College is 86%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Monmouth College has a freshmen retention rate of 73%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Monmouth for first-time, full-time students is 54%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 860 undergraduates at Monmouth with 847 being full-time and 13 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $13,733 | $14,440 | $15,788 | $19,276 | $21,995 |
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 Monmouth, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 Monmouth, approximately 76% of students took out student loans averaging $6,744 a year. That adds up to $26,976 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Monmouth is 2.3%. 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.
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Contact details for Monmouth are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 700 E Broadway, Monmouth, IL 61462-1998 |
| Phone: | 309-457-2311 |
| Website: | www.monmouthcollege.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/monmouthcollege |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/monmouth |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 38 | $41,471 |
| Health & Physical Education | 31 | $27,325 |
| General Psychology | 19 | $27,316 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 13 | NA |
| Public Relations & Advertising | 13 | NA |
| Economics | 13 | NA |
| Chemistry | 12 | NA |
| Political Science & Government | 9 | NA |
| Communication & Media Studies | 8 | NA |
| Biopsychology | 8 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 2 students took at least one online class at Monmouth College. This is an increase from the 0 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 2 | 2 |
| 2019-2020 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017-2018 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-2017 | 0 | 0 |
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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