Winthrop University Overview

Winthrop University is a public institution situated in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Rock Hill is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Winthrop University Known For?

• The post-master's certificate is the highest award offered at Winthrop.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 62% of the faculty were full-time.

Winthrop University 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 Winthrop.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#8	Most Popular Other Philosophy & Religious Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#10	Most Popular Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#102	Most Popular Teacher Education Subject Specific Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#176	Most Popular Chemistry Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#179	Most Popular Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#206	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Where Is Winthrop University?

Contact details for Winthrop are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	701 Oakland Ave, Rock Hill, SC 29733
Phone:	803-323-2211
Website:	www.winthrop.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/Winthrop.University
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/winthropu

How Do I Get Into Winthrop?

You can apply to Winthrop online at: https://www.winthrop.edu/apply-now.aspx

Admission Requirements for Winthrop

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	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Winthrop?

Winthrop has an acceptance rate of 73%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 28% of accepted students are men and 72% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 69%, and the acceptance rate for women is 75%.

Average Test Scores

About 28% of students accepted to Winthrop submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 620. Math scores were between 480 and 580.

Winthrop received ACT scores from 72% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 19 and 25.

Can I Afford Winthrop University?

The overall average net price of Winthrop is $30,521. 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

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Winthrop, approximately 72% of students took out student loans averaging $7,511 a year. That adds up to $30,044 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Winthrop is 5.7%. 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.

Winthrop University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,764 undergraduate students at Winthrop, with 4,236 being full-time and 528 being part-time.

There are also 1,101 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,236 full-time undergraduates at Winthrop, 31% are male and 69% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	55
Black or African American	1,318
Hispanic or Latino	259
White	2,341
International Students	64
Other Races/Ethnicities	199

Geographic Diversity

South Carolina students aren't the only ones who study at Winthrop University. At this time, 26 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 47 countries are represented at Winthrop. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, China, and Australia.

Online Learning at Winthrop University

In 2017-2018, 2,152 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 23rd most popular in South Carolina for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2017-2018.

Online Growth Rankings of Winthrop

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Winthrop University was 81.3%. This is the #380 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Winthrop regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Winthrop majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Education	3%
Public Administration & Social Service	10%
Social Work	10%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Winthrop ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Winthrop.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Instructional Media Design	#9
Special Education	#15
Teacher Education Grade Specific	#21
Education	#67

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%.

Winthrop University Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	196	0	46	242
Social Work	58	0	51	109
Health & Physical Education	83	0	15	98
Teacher Education Grade Specific	72	0	23	95
Teacher Education Subject Specific	55	0	24	79
General Biology	57	0	11	68
General Psychology	68	0	0	68
General English Literature	36	0	11	47
Food, Nutrition & Related Services	20	0	18	38
History	29	0	5	34
Communication & Media Studies	33	0	0	33
Educational Administration	0	0	33	33
Fine & Studio Arts	30	0	2	32
Student Counseling	0	4	26	30
Public Relations & Advertising	28	0	0	28
Political Science & Government	28	0	0	28
Sociology	28	0	0	28
Special Education	13	0	13	26
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	12	13	25
Chemistry	23	0	0	23
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	0	21	0	21
Drama & Theater Arts	21	0	0	21
Design & Applied Arts	18	0	0	18
Computer Information Systems	14	0	0	14
Allied Health Professions	14	0	0	14
Mathematics	14	0	0	14
Music	11	0	1	12
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	11	0	0	11
Economics	11	0	0	11
Natural Resources Conservation	10	0	0	10
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	8	0	0	8
Other Philosophy & Religious Studies	8	0	0	8
Dance	7	0	0	7
Arts & Media Management	0	0	6	6
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	4	4
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0	3	3
Instructional Media Design	0	0	0	0
Human Development & Family Studies	0	0	0	0
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	0	0	0
Gerontology	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1,004	37	305	1,346

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 Bill Fitzpatrick under License

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