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.
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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.
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 |
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#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 | |
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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? |
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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?
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.
Can I Afford Westminster College Utah?
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 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 |
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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
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 |
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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.
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.
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