Hastings College Overview
Hastings College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Hastings, Nebraska. The surrounding location of Hastings is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.
What Is Hastings College Known For?
- The highest award offered at Hastings is the master's degree.
- For the 2017-2018 academic year, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
- Students who graduate from Hastings with a bachelor's degree make about $44,400 a year. That's 9% more than those who graduate from other schools.
- It takes the average Hastings student 4.2 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.
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Hastings College Rankings
Hastings is ranked #417 out of 2,587 schools in the nation for overall quality on our 2022 Best Colleges list.
Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.
Program Level Awards
These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Hastings.
Rank | Ranking Name | Share |
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#64 | Best Value Teacher Education Subject Specific Master’s Degree Schools | Tweet It - Post It |
#154 | Best Value Education Master’s Degree Schools | Tweet It - Post It |
Awards From Around the Web
The following table lists some notable awards Hastings has earned from around the web.
Rank | Ranking Name | Source |
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#2 | Best History Education Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans | College Factual |
#2 | Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education | College Factual |
#32 | Best Value Colleges for English & Language Arts Education | College Factual |
#41 | Best Value Colleges for Physical Education Teaching & Coaching | College Factual |
#49 | Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Teacher Education Subject Specific | College Factual |
#131 | Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Education | College Factual |
Where Is Hastings College?

Contact details for Hastings are given below.
Contact Details | |
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Address: | 710 N Turner Ave, Hastings, NE 68901 |
Phone: | 402-463-2402 |
Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/hastings.edu |
Twitter: | https://twitter.com/HC_Advantage |
How Do I Get Into Hastings?
You can apply to Hastings online at: https://www.hastings.edu/admissions/apply-to-hastings/
Admission Requirements for Hastings
Submission | Required? |
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High School GPA | required |
High School Rank | neither required nor recommended |
High School Transcript | required |
College Prep Program | recommended |
Recommendations | neither required nor recommended |
SAT or ACT Scores | required |
TOEFL | recommended |
How Hard Is It To Get Into Hastings?
Approximately 42% of accepted students are men and 58% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 65%, and the acceptance rate for women is 67%.
Average Test Scores
About 29% of students accepted to Hastings submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 480 and 590. Math scores were between 480 and 590.
Can I Afford Hastings College?
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 Hastings, approximately 74% of students took out student loans averaging $7,268 a year. That adds up to $29,072 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Hastings is 8.1%. 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.
Hastings College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are also 26 graduate students at the school.
Gender Diversity
Of the 948 full-time undergraduates at Hastings, 48% are male and 52% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity
The racial-ethnic breakdown of Hastings College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity | Number of Grads |
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Asian | 5 |
Black or African American | 55 |
Hispanic or Latino | 102 |
White | 678 |
International Students | 30 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 78 |
Geographic Diversity
Nebraska students aren't the only ones who study at Hastings College. At this time, 16 states are represented by the student population at the school.
Over 19 countries are represented at Hastings. The most popular countries sending students to the school are United Kingdom, Canada, and Brazil.
Online Learning at Hastings College
The following chart shows how the online learning population at Hastings has changed over the last few years.

This is the #1,689 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Hastings regardless of major.
Hastings College Undergraduate Concentrations
The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.
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
- Image Credit: By Ammodramus under License
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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