by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
William Jewell College was awarded 2 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general business administration and management.
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William Jewell is ranked #824 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when William Jewell held the #1,043 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 48 colleges in Missouri, William Jewell is ranked at #19.
The acceptance rate at William Jewell College is a competitive 41%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.
About 5% of students accepted to William Jewell submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 560. Math scores were between 510 and 570.
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 William Jewell 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 William Jewell College is 63%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 75% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like William Jewell 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 William Jewell for first-time, full-time students is 62%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 738 undergraduates at William Jewell with 729 being full-time and 9 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $12,537 | $11,244 | $15,876 | $22,317 | $24,922 |
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 William Jewell, 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 William Jewell, approximately 58% of students took out student loans averaging $10,059 a year. That adds up to $40,236 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for William Jewell are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 500 College Hill, Liberty, MO 64068-1896 |
| Phone: | 816-415-5979 |
| Website: | https://www.jewell.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 67 | $68,391 |
| Business Administration & Management | 46 | $44,064 |
| General Psychology | 15 | $31,232 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 12 | NA |
| Civil Engineering | 9 | NA |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 8 | NA |
| Communication & Media Studies | 8 | NA |
| General English Literature | 8 | NA |
| Political Science & Government | 8 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 7 | $50,663 |
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, 238 students took at least one online class at William Jewell College. This is a decrease from the 314 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 238 | 0 |
| 2021-2022 | 314 | 0 |
| 2020-2021 | 373 | 0 |
| 2018-2019 | 138 | 0 |
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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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