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Thiel College Data & Information Overview

3 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
88% Acceptance Rate
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How Well Is Thiel College Ranked?

#1,673 Best Colleges in Nation
#85 Best Colleges in PA
Business Administration & Management Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

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Thiel College was awarded 3 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business administration & management.

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Overall Quality

College Factual ranked Thiel College as #1,673 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list.

Thiel College also holds the #85 spot on the Best Colleges in Pennsylvania ranking.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Thiel College?

88% Acceptance Rate
46% Of Accepted Are Women
18% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

With an acceptance rate of 88%, Thiel College is easier to get into than many other schools. But that doesn't mean you can slack off on your application. Make sure to treat this school like any other when submitting requested materials and documents.

Average Test Scores

About 18% of students accepted to Thiel College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 480 and 595. Math scores were between 485 and 570.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Thiel College  ( 480 to 595 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Thiel College  ( 485 to 570 )
200
800
Thiel College received ACT scores from 15% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 17 and 24.

ACT Composite Scores for Thiel College  ( 17 to 24 )
1
36

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Thiel College Faculty

11 to 1 Student to Faculty
67% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio at Thiel College is an impressive 11 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 Thiel College is 67%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  67 out of 100
0
100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Thiel College

71% Freshmen Retention
42% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

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 Thiel College is 71%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  71 out of 100
0
100

Graduation Rate

Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Thiel College the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 42%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%

On-Time Graduation Rate  42 out of 100
0
100

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Thiel College Undergraduate Student Diversity

736 Full-Time Undergraduates
23.8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
50.3% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 744 undergraduates at Thiel College with 736 being full-time and 8 being part-time.

How Much Does Thiel College Cost?

$22,431 Net Price
98% Take Out Loans
$29,752 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Thiel College is $22,431. 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 Thiel College

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$19,741 $22,075 $21,295 $24,112 $26,198

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 Thiel College, 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 Thiel College, approximately 98% of students took out student loans averaging $7,438 a year. That adds up to $29,752 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Thiel College is 10.3%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

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How Much Money Do Thiel College Graduates Make?

$45,348 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average, bachelor's degree recipients from Thiel College make around $45,348 per year during the early years of their employment. That's great news for Thiel College students since it is 7% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.

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Location of Thiel College

Pennsylvania State
736 Full-Time Undergraduates
Town Campus Setting
Located in Greenville, Pennsylvania, Thiel College is a private not-for-profit institution. The charming, small-town atmosphere of Greenville draws many to the area.

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Contact details for Thiel College are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 75 College Ave, Greenville, PA 16125-2181
Phone: 724-589-2000
Website: https://www.thiel.edu/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thielcollege
Twitter: https://twitter.com/thielcollege

Thiel College Majors

32 Majors With Completions
127 Undergraduate Degrees
8 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 32 majors graduated from Thiel College. Of these students, 127 received undergraduate degrees and 8 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
Business Administration & Management 22 $38,151
General Psychology 13 $15,050
Special Education 8 $42,360
Accounting 8 $48,342
Criminal Justice & Corrections 8 $33,958
Business/Corporate Communications 7 NA
General Biology 7 NA
Sociology 6 $27,615
Information Science 5 NA
Political Science & Government 5 NA

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

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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.

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