Hastings College Business Programs

Located in Hastings, Nebraska, Hastings College is a private not-for-profit institution. The location of Hastings is a good match for students who are interested in living in a college town while they pursue their degree.

Where Is Hastings College?

Contact details for Hastings are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	710 N Turner Ave, Hastings, NE 68901
Phone:	402-463-2402
Website:	www.hastings.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/hastings.edu
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/HC_Advantage

How Do I Get Into Hastings?

You can apply to Hastings online at: https://www.hastings.edu/admissions/apply-to-hastings/

Admission Requirements for Hastings

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	recommended

How Hard Is It To Get Into Hastings?

The acceptance rate at Hastings is 66%, which is a sign that the school is fairly selective. While it may not be as hard to get into as other colleges, you should not take admission for granted.

Approximately 42% of accepted students are men and 58% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 65%, and the acceptance rate for women is 67%.

Average Test Scores

About 29% of students accepted to Hastings submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 480 and 590. Math scores were between 480 and 590.

Hastings received ACT scores from 73% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 19 and 26. Math scores were between 18 and 26. Composite scores were between 19 and 26.

Can I Afford Hastings College?

The overall average net price of Hastings is $26,990. 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 Hastings, approximately 74% of students took out student loans averaging $7,268 a year. That adds up to $29,072 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Hastings is 2.9%. 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.

Hastings College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 956 undergraduate students at Hastings, with 948 being full-time and 8 being part-time.

There are also 26 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 948 full-time undergraduates at Hastings, 48% are male and 52% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	5
Black or African American	55
Hispanic or Latino	102
White	678
International Students	30
Other Races/Ethnicities	78

Geographic Diversity

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

Over 19 countries are represented at Hastings. The most popular countries sending students to the school are United Kingdom, Canada, and Brazil.

Online Learning at Hastings College

In 2019-2020, 283 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This is the #1,506 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Hastings regardless of major.

Hastings College Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	32	32
General Business/Commerce	7	7
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	6	6
General Organizational Communication	5	5
Accounting	4	4
Finance	4	4
Health Communication	2	2
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	1	1
Sports Communication	1	1
General Economics	1	1
General Hospitality Administration/Management	0	0
Restaurant/Food Services Management	0	0
International & Intercultural Communication	0	0
Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	0	0
TOTAL	63	63

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.