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Viterbo University was awarded 17 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.
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College Factual ranked Viterbo as #664 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list.
Viterbo also holds the #22 spot on the Best Colleges in Wisconsin ranking.
Viterbo University has an acceptance rate of 72%, 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 5% of students accepted to Viterbo submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 620. Math scores were between 540 and 620.
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 Viterbo it is much better at 12 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 Viterbo University is 40%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.
Viterbo University has a freshmen retention rate of 76%. 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 Viterbo for first-time, full-time students is 52%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,736 undergraduates at Viterbo with 1,443 being full-time and 293 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $14,622 | $20,402 | $20,432 | $23,845 | $25,446 |
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 Viterbo, 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 Viterbo, approximately 69% of students took out student loans averaging $7,152 a year. That adds up to $28,608 over four years for those students.
Get more details about the location of Viterbo University.
Contact details for Viterbo are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 900 Viterbo Drive, La Crosse, WI 54601-8804 |
| Phone: | 608-796-3001 |
| Website: | https://www.viterbo.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 216 | $72,463 |
| Educational Administration | 160 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 140 | $44,961 |
| Business Administration & Management | 106 | $53,852 |
| Special Education | 46 | NA |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 41 | NA |
| Mental & Social Health Services | 34 | NA |
| Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services | 32 | NA |
| Theological & Ministerial Studies | 16 | NA |
| General Psychology | 15 | NA |
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 2022-2023, 1,274 students took at least one online class at Viterbo University. This is a decrease from the 1,288 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,274 | 521 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,288 | 571 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,704 | 547 |
| 2018-2019 | 889 | 440 |
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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