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Warren Wilson College Data & Information Overview

77% Acceptance Rate
8% Student Loan Default Rate
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How Well Is Warren Wilson College Ranked?

Biochemistry Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

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Overall Quality

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Is It Hard to Get Into Warren Wilson?

77% Acceptance Rate
65% Of Accepted Are Women
0% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

Warren Wilson College has an acceptance rate of 77%, 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.

Average Test Scores

Warren Wilson received ACT scores from 28% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 24 and 30.

ACT Composite Scores for Warren Wilson College  ( 24 to 30 )
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36

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Warren Wilson College Faculty

9 to 1 Student to Faculty
61% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

At Warren Wilson, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 9 to 1. That's much better than the national average of 15 to 1. This indicates that many classes will probably be small, and students will have ample opportunites to work closely with their professors and classmates.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

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 Warren Wilson College is 61%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  61 out of 100
0
100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Warren Wilson College

66% Freshmen Retention
36% 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 Warren Wilson College is 66%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  66 out of 100
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100

Graduation Rate

The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At Warren Wilson this rate is 36%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.

On-Time Graduation Rate  36 out of 100
0
100

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Warren Wilson College Undergraduate Student Diversity

619 Full-Time Undergraduates
18.3% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
68.2% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 625 undergraduates at Warren Wilson with 619 being full-time and 6 being part-time.

How Much Does Warren Wilson College Cost?

$24,696 Net Price
71% Take Out Loans
$22,552 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Warren Wilson is $24,696. 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 Warren Wilson

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$20,623 $23,317 $22,525 $26,363 $33,253

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 Warren Wilson, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

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 Warren Wilson, approximately 71% of students took out student loans averaging $5,638 a year. That adds up to $22,552 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Warren Wilson is 7.6%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

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How Much Money Do Warren Wilson Graduates Make?

$30,703 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Warren Wilson with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $30,703 in their early years. This is about 28% less that the average pay for college graduates overall. However, graduates with your major may make more.

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Location of Warren Wilson College

North Carolina State
619 Full-Time Undergraduates
Suburb Campus Setting
Warren Wilson College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Swannanoa, North Carolina. Swannanoa is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

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Contact details for Warren Wilson are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 701 Warren Wilson Rd, Swannanoa, NC 28778-2099
Phone: 828-771-2000
Website: https://www.warren-wilson.edu/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/warrenwilsoncollege
Twitter: https://twitter.com/WWCasheville

Warren Wilson College Majors

20 Majors With Completions
108 Undergraduate Degrees
35 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 20 majors graduated from Warren Wilson College. Of these students, 108 received undergraduate degrees and 35 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
Natural Resources Conservation 28 $20,465
Social Work 16 NA
General Biology 9 $17,717
General Psychology 9 $18,188
Writing Studies 8 NA
Sociology 6 NA
History 6 NA
International Studies 6 NA
Other Social Sciences 4 NA
General English Literature 4 NA

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

Online Learning at Warren Wilson

17% Take At Least One Class Online
10% Take All Classes Online

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, 138 students took at least one online class at Warren Wilson College. This is a decrease from the 495 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 138 80
2019-2020 495 168
2018-2019 3 0
2017-2018 0 0
2016-2017 0 0

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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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