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Wisconsin Lutheran College was awarded 1 badge in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general business administration and management.
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According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, WLC is ranked #1,230 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality.
WLC also holds the #39 spot on the Best Colleges in Wisconsin ranking.
With an acceptance rate of 94%, Wisconsin Lutheran 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.
About 5% of students accepted to WLC submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 600. Math scores were between 538 and 643.
The student to faculty ratio at WLC is an impressive 12 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.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Wisconsin Lutheran College is 94%. 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 Wisconsin Lutheran 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 WLC for first-time, full-time students is 51%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Wisconsin Lutheran College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,034 undergraduates at WLC with 938 being full-time and 96 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $14,475 | $14,954 | $15,800 | $23,983 | $27,873 |
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 WLC, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At WLC, approximately 72% of students took out student loans averaging $7,288 a year. That adds up to $29,152 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for WLC are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 8800 W Bluemound Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53226-4699 |
| Phone: | 414-443-8800 |
| Website: | www.wlc.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 34 | $52,966 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 27 | $49,485 |
| General Biology | 26 | NA |
| General Psychology | 21 | $39,874 |
| Health & Physical Education | 19 | NA |
| Nursing | 18 | $72,598 |
| Accounting | 12 | NA |
| Finance & Financial Management | 12 | NA |
| Marketing | 12 | NA |
| Communication & Media Studies | 12 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 162 students took at least one online class at Wisconsin Lutheran College. This is a decrease from the 180 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 162 | 60 |
| 2021-2022 | 180 | 90 |
| 2020-2021 | 191 | 93 |
| 2018-2019 | 264 | 128 |
Learn more about online learning at Wisconsin Lutheran College.
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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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