Wisconsin Lutheran College Overview

Located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Lutheran College is a private not-for-profit institution. Milwaukee is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Wisconsin Lutheran College Known For?

• The highest award offered at WLC is the master's degree.
• For the 2017-2018 academic year, 90% of the faculty were full-time.
• On average, it takes about 4.3 years for students from WLC to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Wisconsin Lutheran College 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 WLC.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#7	Best Value Teacher Education Grade Specific Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#12	Best Value Educational Administration Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#18	Best Value Education Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#31	Best Value Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#48	Best Value Business, Management & Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards WLC has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#38	Highest Paid Speech Communication Graduates	College Factual
#54	Highest Paid Communication & Media Studies Graduates	College Factual
#98	Highest Paid Communication & Journalism Graduates	College Factual
#143	Highest Paid General Psychology Graduates	College Factual
#143	Highest Paid General Psychology Graduates	College Factual
#162	Highest Paid Psychology Graduates	College Factual

Where Is Wisconsin Lutheran College?

Contact details for WLC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	8800 W Bluemound Rd, Milwaukee, WI 53226-4699
Phone:	414-443-8800
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/wisconsinlutheran
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/InsideWLC

How Do I Get Into WLC?

You can apply to WLC online at: https://admissions.wlc.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for WLC

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into WLC?

WLC has the high acceptance rate of 96%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 55% of accepted students are men and 45% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 96%, and the acceptance rate for women is 95%.

Average Test Scores

About 19% of students accepted to WLC submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 490 and 590. Math scores were between 500 and 600.

WLC received ACT scores from 84% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 26. Math scores were between 19 and 26. Composite scores were between 21 and 27.

Can I Afford Wisconsin Lutheran College?

The overall average net price of WLC is $28,964. 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 WLC, approximately 81% of students took out student loans averaging $7,385 a year. That adds up to $29,540 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at WLC is 5.6%. 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.

Wisconsin Lutheran College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,034 undergraduate students at WLC, with 938 being full-time and 96 being part-time.

There are also 132 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 938 full-time undergraduates at WLC, 45% are male and 55% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Wisconsin Lutheran College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	11
Black or African American	43
Hispanic or Latino	74
White	757
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	48

Geographic Diversity

Wisconsin students aren't the only ones who study at Wisconsin Lutheran College. At this time, 16 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 8 countries are represented at WLC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and Grenada.

Online Learning at Wisconsin Lutheran College

There are 1 bachelor’s degree and 9 master’s degree programs available online at WLC. In 2019-2020, 191 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 36th most popular in Wisconsin for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of WLC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Wisconsin Lutheran College was 1.3%. This is the #1,660 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at WLC regardless of major.

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

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Business Administration & Management	4%
Curriculum & Instruction	57%
Teacher Education Grade Specific	9%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at WLC 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 WLC.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Instructional Media Design	#275
Curriculum & Instruction	#284
Special Education	#385

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%.

Wisconsin Lutheran College Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
Business Administration & Management	75	7	0	82
Teacher Education Grade Specific	20	5	8	33
Educational Administration	0	5	22	27
Nursing	23	0	0	23
General English Literature	15	0	0	15
Health & Physical Education	14	0	0	14
General Biology	12	0	0	12
Communication & Media Studies	10	0	0	10
General Psychology	10	0	0	10
Computer Science	8	0	0	8
Human Services	8	0	0	8
Accounting	7	0	0	7
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	7	7
History	7	0	0	7
Mathematics	6	0	0	6
Fine & Studio Arts	5	0	0	5
Music	5	0	0	5
Communication & Journalism (Other)	4	0	0	4
Teacher Education Subject Specific	4	0	0	4
General Social Sciences	4	0	0	4
Design & Applied Arts	4	0	0	4
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	3	0	0	3
Religious Studies	3	0	0	3
Anthropology	3	0	0	3
Special Education	2	0	0	2
Natural Resources Conservation	2	0	0	2
Physics	2	0	0	2
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	1	0	0	1
Instructional Media Design	0	0	1	1
Romance Languages	1	0	0	1
Chemistry	1	0	0	1
Political Science & Government	1	0	0	1
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	1	0	0	1
Neurobiology & Neurosciences	0	0	0	0
Other Education	0	0	0	0
Allied Health Professions	0	0	0	0
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	0	0	0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	0	0
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	0	0	0
Drama & Theater Arts	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	261	17	38	316

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 txnetstars under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.