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Ursinus landed the #850 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.
Out of the 103 colleges in Pennsylvania, Ursinus is ranked at #49.
When it comes to admittance, Ursinus College is somewhat selective. Its acceptance rate is 82%, which means you'll face some strong competition during the admissions process. Do what you can to make your application stand out.
About 36% of students accepted to Ursinus submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 600 and 690. Math scores were between 580 and 690.
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 Ursinus 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.
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 Ursinus College is 75%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 82% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Ursinus 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.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Ursinus for first-time, full-time students is 71%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Ursinus College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,493 undergraduates at Ursinus with 1,484 being full-time and 9 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $24,740 | $26,138 | $29,230 | $29,946 | $34,515 |
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 Ursinus, 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 Ursinus, approximately 70% of students took out student loans averaging $10,636 a year. That adds up to $42,544 over four years for those students.
Get more details about the location of Ursinus College.
Contact details for Ursinus are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 601 E. Main St, Collegeville, PA 19426-1000 |
| Phone: | 610-409-3000 |
| Website: | www.ursinus.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Economics | 46 | $52,496 |
| General Biology | 43 | $38,360 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 39 | $35,420 |
| Physiology & Pathology Sciences | 30 | $26,123 |
| General Psychology | 24 | $29,458 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 17 | $40,294 |
| Chemistry | 17 | NA |
| Neurobiology & Neurosciences | 14 | NA |
| General English Literature | 14 | $24,373 |
| Computer Science | 12 | NA |
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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