Westminster College Pennsylvania Overview

Located in New Wilmington, Pennsylvania, Westminster College Pennsylvania is a private not-for-profit institution. The charming, small-town atmosphere of New Wilmington draws many to the area.

What Is Westminster College Pennsylvania Known For?

• The 2% student loan default rate at Westminster New Wilmington is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• The master's degree is the highest award offered at Westminster New Wilmington.
• In <nil>, 58% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Westminster New Wilmington makes roughly $53,244 a year. This is 31% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• It takes the average Westminster New Wilmington student 4.2 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is Westminster College Pennsylvania?

Contact details for Westminster New Wilmington are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	319 South Market Street, New Wilmington, PA 16172
Phone:	724-946-8761
Website:	www.westminster.edu

How Do I Get Into Westminster New Wilmington?

You can apply to Westminster New Wilmington online at: admissions.westminster.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for Westminster New Wilmington

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Required
Recommendations	Recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Westminster New Wilmington?

With an acceptance rate of 82%, Westminster New Wilmington may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 48% of accepted students are men and 52% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 80%, and the acceptance rate for women is 84%.

Average Test Scores

About 31% of students accepted to Westminster New Wilmington submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 643. Math scores were between 520 and 615.

Westminster New Wilmington received ACT scores from 10% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 27. Math scores were between 20 and 26. Composite scores were between 20 and 26.

Can I Afford Westminster College Pennsylvania?

The overall average net price of Westminster New Wilmington is $23,937. 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

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 Westminster New Wilmington, approximately 80% of students took out student loans averaging $10,103 a year. That adds up to $40,412 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Westminster New Wilmington is 1.9%. 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.

Westminster College Pennsylvania Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,163 undergraduate students at Westminster New Wilmington, with 1,064 being full-time and 99 being part-time.

There are also 62 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,064 full-time undergraduates at Westminster New Wilmington, 48% are male and 52% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	8
Black or African American	72
Hispanic or Latino	30
White	824
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	128

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Westminster College Pennsylvania. At this time, 18 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 6 countries are represented at Westminster New Wilmington. The most popular countries sending students to the school are South Korea, Nigeria, and Kyrgyzstan.

Online Learning at Westminster College Pennsylvania

In 2020-2021, 180 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 89th most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Westminster New Wilmington

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Westminster College Pennsylvania was 688.2%. This is the #127 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Westminster New Wilmington 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 Westminster College, Fulton MO under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.