Edgewood College Overview

Edgewood College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Madison, Wisconsin. Madison is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Edgewood College Known For?

• The student loan default rate at Edgewood is 3%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• The highest award offered at Edgewood is the doctor's degree.
• For the 2019-2020 academic year, 51% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Edgewood makes roughly $52,544 a year. This is 29% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Edgewood College Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Edgewood has been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#87	Best Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Edgewood.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#6	Best Other Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#33	Best Educational Administration Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#54	Best Education Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#188	Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Edgewood has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#6	Highest Paid Bachelor’s Degree Other Education Graduates	College Factual
#6	Highest Paid Bachelor’s Degree Other Education Graduates	College Factual
#21	Best Other Education Schools	College Factual
#21	Best Other Education Schools	College Factual
#219	Best Nursing Schools	Nursing Degree Search

Where Is Edgewood College?

Contact details for Edgewood are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1000 Edgewood College Drive, Madison, WI 53711-1997
Phone:	608-663-4861
Website:	www.edgewood.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/edgewoodcollege
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/edgewoodcollege

How Do I Get Into Edgewood?

You can apply to Edgewood online at: www.edgewood.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for Edgewood

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	recommended
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Edgewood?

Since Edgewood has an acceptance rate of 91%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 31% of accepted students are men and 69% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 90%, and the acceptance rate for women is 92%.

Can I Afford Edgewood College?

The overall average net price of Edgewood is $34,283. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

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 Edgewood, approximately 69% of students took out student loans averaging $7,724 a year. That adds up to $30,896 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Edgewood is 3.0%. 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.

Edgewood College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,377 undergraduate students at Edgewood, with 1,225 being full-time and 152 being part-time.

There are also 630 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,225 full-time undergraduates at Edgewood, 27% are male and 73% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Edgewood College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	24
Black or African American	44
Hispanic or Latino	123
White	923
International Students	41
Other Races/Ethnicities	70

Geographic Diversity

Wisconsin students aren't the only ones who study at Edgewood College. At this time, 9 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 16 countries are represented at Edgewood. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, China, and Côte d’Ivoire.

Online Learning at Edgewood College

In 2019-2020, 689 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Edgewood has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 34th most popular in Wisconsin for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of Edgewood

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Edgewood College was -4.1%. This is the #1,914 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Edgewood regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Edgewood majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Business, Management & Marketing	16%
Health Professions	5%
Human Resource Management	28%
Nursing	14%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Edgewood ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Edgewood.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Human Resource Management	#327

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Edgewood College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Nursing	114	10	1	125
General Education	0	45	0	45
General Business/Commerce	43	0	0	43
Business Administration & Management	8	30	0	38
General Biology	26	0	0	26
Educational Administration	0	0	26	26
Human Resource Management	25	0	0	25
General Psychology	25	0	0	25
Mental & Social Health Services	0	22	0	22
Other Education	15	0	0	15
Communication & Media Studies	14	0	0	14
Teacher Education Grade Specific	13	0	0	13
Computer Information Systems	12	0	0	12
Teacher Education Subject Specific	11	0	0	11
Accounting	5	5	0	10
Human Development & Family Studies	0	8	0	8
Sustainability Science	0	8	0	8
Political Science & Government	8	0	0	8
Design & Applied Arts	8	0	0	8
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	7	0	0	7
General English Literature	5	0	0	5
Chemistry	5	0	0	5
Economics	5	0	0	5
History	4	0	0	4
Criminal Justice & Corrections	4	0	0	4
Computer Software & Applications	3	0	0	3
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	3	0	0	3
Natural Resources Conservation	3	0	0	3
Sociology	3	0	0	3
Drama & Theater Arts	3	0	0	3
Fine & Studio Arts	3	0	0	3
Romance Languages	2	0	0	2
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	2	0	0	2
Physics	2	0	0	2
Management Information Systems	1	0	0	1
Natural Sciences	1	0	0	1
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	1	0	0	1
General Social Sciences	1	0	0	1
International Relations & National Security	1	0	0	1
Public Relations & Advertising	0	0	0	0
Ethnic Studies	0	0	0	0
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0	0	0
Mathematics	0	0	0	0
Religious Studies	0	0	0	0
Arts & Media Management	0	0	0	0
Music	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	386	128	27	541

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.