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Wofford College Data & Information Overview

18 awards Ranking Badges
Great Price Value for Your Money
52% Acceptance Rate
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How Well Is Wofford College Ranked?

#315 Best Colleges in Nation
#4 Best Colleges in SC
Business, Management & Marketing Highest Ranked Major
Quality Badge

2024 Rankings

College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.

Wofford College was awarded 18 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business, management & marketing.

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Overall Quality

College Factual ranked Wofford as #315 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Wofford held the #370 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.

Wofford also holds the #4 spot on the Best Colleges in South Carolina ranking.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Wofford?

52% Acceptance Rate
56% Of Accepted Are Women
29% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

If you're applying to Wofford College you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 52%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.

Average Test Scores

About 29% of students accepted to Wofford submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 600 and 665. Math scores were between 585 and 665.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Wofford College  ( 600 to 665 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Wofford College  ( 585 to 665 )
200
800
Wofford received ACT scores from 28% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 27 and 32.

ACT Composite Scores for Wofford College  ( 27 to 32 )
1
36

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Wofford College Faculty

11 to 1 Student to Faculty
86% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

At Wofford, the student to faculty ratio is an excellent 11 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

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 Wofford College is 86%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  86 out of 100
0
100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Wofford College

88% Freshmen Retention
82% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

Wofford College has a freshmen retention rate of 88%. 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.

Freshmen Retention Rate  88 out of 100
0
100

Graduation Rate

Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Wofford the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 82%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%

On-Time Graduation Rate  82 out of 100
0
100

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Wofford College Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,753 Full-Time Undergraduates
17.6% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
53.4% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,764 undergraduates at Wofford with 1,753 being full-time and 11 being part-time.

How Much Does Wofford College Cost?

$27,988 Net Price
45% Take Out Loans
$34,056 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Wofford is $27,988. 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 Wofford

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$20,359 $21,893 $24,762 $29,194 $32,611

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 Wofford, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

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 Wofford, approximately 45% of students took out student loans averaging $8,514 a year. That adds up to $34,056 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Wofford is 0.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

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How Much Money Do Wofford Graduates Make?

$67,530 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Wofford with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $67,530 in their early years. That's great news for Wofford students since it is 59% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.

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Location of Wofford College

South Carolina State
1,753 Full-Time Undergraduates
Small City Campus Setting
Located in Spartanburg, South Carolina, Wofford College is a private not-for-profit institution. The city atmosphere of Spartanburg makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

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Contact details for Wofford are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 429 N Church St, Spartanburg, SC 29303-3663
Phone: 864-597-4000
Website: www.wofford.edu/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/woffordcollege
Twitter: https://twitter.com/woffordcollege

Wofford College Majors

29 Majors With Completions
493 Undergraduate Degrees
Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
General Biology 79 $20,359
Finance & Financial Management 51 $48,463
Romance Languages 39 $32,197
Accounting 38 $39,901
Political Science & Government 32 $28,241
Business/Managerial Economics 30 $43,696
General Psychology 27 $27,373
General English Literature 26 $27,266
Sociology & Anthropology 23 NA
Chemistry 16 $34,920

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

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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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