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 student loan default rate at WLC is 1%, which is significantly lower than the national rate of 10.1%. That's great news for students who are worrying about paying off their student loans.
• The highest award offered at WLC is the master's degree.
• In <nil>, 93% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, WLC bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $51,291 a year. That's about 26% more than their peers at other schools.
• 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.

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
Website:	www.wlc.edu

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	Considered but not required

How Hard Is It To Get Into WLC?

With an acceptance rate of 98%, WLC is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 59% of accepted students are men and 41% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 98%, and the acceptance rate for women is 98%.

Average Test Scores

About 8% 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 510 and 570. Math scores were between 500 and 600.

WLC received ACT scores from 62% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 28. Math scores were between 20 and 27. Composite scores were between 21 and 28.

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 80% of students took out student loans averaging $8,300 a year. That adds up to $33,200 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at WLC is 1.3%. 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 1,031 undergraduate students at WLC, with 938 being full-time and 93 being part-time.

There are also 116 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 938 full-time undergraduates at WLC, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	12
Black or African American	42
Hispanic or Latino	83
White	738
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	57

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 3 bachelor’s degree and 27 master’s degree programs available online at WLC. In 2020-2021, 180 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 30th most popular in Wisconsin for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

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.

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 txnetstars under License

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