William Peace University Business Programs

William Peace University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The city atmosphere of Raleigh makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

Where Is William Peace University?

Contact details for WPU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	15 E Peace St, Raleigh, NC 27604-1194
Phone:	919-508-2000
Website:	www.peace.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/wpeaceu
Twitter:	http://www.twitter.com/wpeaceu

How Do I Get Into WPU?

You can apply to WPU online at: https://admissions.peace.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for WPU

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into WPU?

With an acceptance rate of 61%, WPU does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 42% of accepted students are men and 58% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 64%, and the acceptance rate for women is 60%.

Average Test Scores

About 50% of students accepted to WPU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 465 and 575. Math scores were between 480 and 560.

WPU received ACT scores from 51% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 15 and 22. Math scores were between 16 and 23. Composite scores were between 18 and 23.

Can I Afford William Peace University?

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 WPU, approximately 97% of students took out student loans averaging $7,648 a year. That adds up to $30,592 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at WPU is 9.8%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.

William Peace University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 830 undergraduate students at WPU, with 733 being full-time and 97 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 733 full-time undergraduates at WPU, 48% are male and 52% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	15
Black or African American	170
Hispanic or Latino	93
White	389
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	60

Geographic Diversity

North Carolina students aren't the only ones who study at William Peace University. At this time, 11 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 3 countries are represented at WPU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Cameroon, Bahamas, and Congo.

Online Learning at William Peace University

In 2019-2020, 247 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Affordability Rankings of WPU

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at William Peace University was $32,450 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how WPU 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
Other Business, Management & Marketing	#39	#39
Business Management & Marketing	#39	#39

Online Growth Rankings of WPU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at William Peace University was -7.7%. This is the #1,704 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at WPU 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%.

William Peace University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Organizational Leadership	18	18
General Business Administration and Management	16	16
Management Science	7	7
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	6	6
Interior Design Management	5	5
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	2	2
Business Management & Marketing	0	0
TOTAL	54	54

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 Abbylabar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.