Hastings College Overview
Located in Hastings, Nebraska, Hastings College is a private not-for-profit institution. The surrounding location of Hastings is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.
What Is Hastings College Known For?
- Although it may not be available for every major, the master's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Hastings.
- 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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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 |
Website: | www.hastings.edu |
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 48% of accepted students are men and 52% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 67%, and the acceptance rate for women is 70%.
Average Test Scores
About 11% 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 570. Math scores were between 490 and 580.
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
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Hastings, approximately 75% of students took out student loans averaging $7,311 a year. That adds up to $29,244 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Hastings is 6.3%. 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 32 graduate students at the school.
Gender Diversity
Of the 950 full-time undergraduates at Hastings, 50% are male and 50% 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 | 4 |
Black or African American | 46 |
Hispanic or Latino | 94 |
White | 730 |
International Students | 35 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 41 |
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.

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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