Westminster College Utah Overview

Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, Westminster College Utah is a private not-for-profit institution. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is Westminster College Utah Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Westminster College Salt Lake since the student to facuty ratio is 9 to 1.
• The 3% student loan default rate at Westminster College Salt Lake 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 highest award offered at Westminster College Salt Lake is the doctor's degree.
• In 2017-2018, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Westminster College Salt Lake makes roughly $49,800 a year. This is 22% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Westminster College Utah 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.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Westminster College Salt Lake.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#9	Best Value Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#13	Best Value Communication & Journalism Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#13	Best Value Public Health Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#25	Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#40	Best Communication & Journalism Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Westminster College Salt Lake has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#4	Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Speech Communication	College Factual
#6	Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies	College Factual
#9	Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Journalism	College Factual
#15	Best Speech Communication Master’s Degree Schools	College Factual
#40	Highest Paid Communication & Journalism Graduates	College Factual
#116	Best Communication & Media Studies Schools	College Factual

Where Is Westminster College Utah?

Contact details for Westminster College Salt Lake are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1840 South 1300 East, Salt Lake City, UT 84105
Phone:	801-484-7651
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/westminsterslc
Twitter:	http://www.twitter.com/westminsterslc

How Do I Get Into Westminster College Salt Lake?

You can apply to Westminster College Salt Lake online at: https://www.westminstercollege.edu/undergraduate/how-to-apply

Admission Requirements for Westminster College Salt Lake

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	considered but not required
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 Westminster College Salt Lake?

Since Westminster College Salt Lake has an acceptance rate of 87%, 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 39% of accepted students are men and 61% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 87%, and the acceptance rate for women is 88%.

Average Test Scores

About 33% of students accepted to Westminster College Salt Lake submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 550 and 650. Math scores were between 520 and 630.

Westminster College Salt Lake received ACT scores from 64% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 27. Math scores were between 19 and 27. Composite scores were between 22 and 28.

Can I Afford Westminster College Utah?

The overall average net price of Westminster College Salt Lake is $34,631. 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 College Salt Lake, approximately 50% of students took out student loans averaging $7,254 a year. That adds up to $29,016 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Westminster College Salt Lake is 3.2%. 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 Utah Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,426 undergraduate students at Westminster College Salt Lake, with 1,345 being full-time and 81 being part-time.

There are also 423 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,345 full-time undergraduates at Westminster College Salt Lake, 38% are male and 62% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	31
Black or African American	34
Hispanic or Latino	164
White	933
International Students	62
Other Races/Ethnicities	121

Geographic Diversity

Utah students aren't the only ones who study at Westminster College Utah. At this time, 36 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 56 countries are represented at Westminster College Salt Lake. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Norway, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at Westminster College Utah

In 2019-2020, 76 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Westminster College Salt Lake has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 9th most popular in Utah for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Westminster College Salt Lake

The following table shows how Westminster College Salt Lake is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Communication & Media Studies	#57	#54

Online Growth Rankings of Westminster College Salt Lake

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Westminster College Utah was -24.8%. This is the #2,073 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Westminster College Salt Lake 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%.

Westminster College Utah Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Nursing	83	0	38	7	128
Business Administration & Management	24	0	51	0	75
Public Health	21	8	11	0	40
Finance & Financial Management	38	0	0	0	38
Communication & Media Studies	18	0	20	0	38
General Education	2	0	35	0	37
Accounting	14	1	11	0	26
Marketing	23	0	0	0	23
Child Development & Psychology	23	0	0	0	23
General Biology	20	0	0	0	20
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	20	0	0	0	20
Air Transportation	19	0	0	0	19
General English Literature	15	0	0	0	15
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	14	0	0	0	14
Computer Science	14	0	0	0	14
Teacher Education Grade Specific	7	0	6	0	13
Mathematics	12	0	0	0	12
Economics	11	0	0	0	11
Community Organization & Advocacy	0	0	11	0	11
Sociology	10	0	0	0	10
Drama & Theater Arts	10	0	0	0	10
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	9	0	9
Music	8	0	0	0	8
Outdoor Education	6	0	0	0	6
Criminal Justice & Corrections	6	0	0	0	6
Fine & Studio Arts	6	0	0	0	6
International Business	5	0	0	0	5
Natural Resources Conservation	5	0	0	0	5
Chemistry	5	0	0	0	5
Political Science & Government	5	0	0	0	5
Computer Information Systems	4	0	0	0	4
Special Education	4	0	0	0	4
History	4	0	0	0	4
Health & Physical Education	4	0	0	0	4
Physics	4	0	0	0	4
Dance	3	0	0	0	3
Area Studies	2	0	0	0	2
Philosophy	2	0	0	0	2
Arts & Media Management	2	0	0	0	2
Other Education	1	0	0	0	1
English Literature (Other)	1	0	0	0	1
Ethnic Studies	1	0	0	0	1
Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution	1	0	0	0	1
Business/Managerial Economics	0	0	0	0	0
Entrepreneurial Studies	0	0	0	0	0
General Business/Commerce	0	0	0	0	0
Communication & Journalism (Other)	0	0	0	0	0
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	0	0	0	0	0
Educational Assessment	0	0	0	0	0
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	0	0	0
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	0	0	0	0	0
Health Sciences & Services	0	0	0	0	0
Medical Illustration & Informatics	0	0	0	0	0
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0	0	0	0
International Studies	0	0	0	0	0
Medieval Studies	0	0	0	0	0
Multicultural & Diversity Studies	0	0	0	0	0
Geological & Earth Sciences	0	0	0	0	0
General Psychology	0	0	0	0	0
General Social Sciences	0	0	0	0	0
International Relations & National Security	0	0	0	0	0
Urban Studies	0	0	0	0	0
Design & Applied Arts	0	0	0	0	0
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	0	0	0	0	0
Other Visual Art	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	477	9	192	7	685

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.