Webster University Overview

Webster University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. Saint Louis is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

What Is Webster University Known For?

• The student loan default rate at Webster is 1%, 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.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Webster.
• In <nil>, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Webster makes roughly $48,965 a year. This is 20% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is Webster University?

Contact details for Webster are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	470 E Lockwood Ave., Saint Louis, MO 63119-3194
Phone:	314-968-6900
Website:	www.webster.edu

How Do I Get Into Webster?

You can apply to Webster online at: applywu.webster.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for Webster

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Considered but not required
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Webster?

Webster has an acceptance rate of 59%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 40% of accepted students are men and 60% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 61%, and the acceptance rate for women is 58%.

Average Test Scores

About 5% of students accepted to Webster submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 523 and 640. Math scores were between 510 and 610.

Webster received ACT scores from 34% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 29. Math scores were between 18 and 26. Composite scores were between 20 and 27.

Can I Afford Webster University?

The overall average net price of Webster is $34,711. 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

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 Webster, approximately 55% of students took out student loans averaging $6,523 a year. That adds up to $26,092 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Webster is 1.1%. 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.

Webster University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,346 undergraduate students at Webster, with 1,881 being full-time and 465 being part-time.

There are also 4,433 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,881 full-time undergraduates at Webster, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Webster University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	70
Black or African American	227
Hispanic or Latino	126
White	1,209
International Students	55
Other Races/Ethnicities	194

Geographic Diversity

Missouri students aren't the only ones who study at Webster University. At this time, 32 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 67 countries are represented at Webster. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Uzbekistan.

Online Learning at Webster University

In 2020-2021, 4,160 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 54th most popular in Missouri for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Webster

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Webster University was -7.2%. This is the #1,963 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Webster regardless of major.

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%.

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 Spinkhill under License

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