Wartburg College Business Programs

Wartburg College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Waverly, Iowa. Waverly is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

Wartburg 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.

Wartburg has been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#149	Best Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Wartburg.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#27	Best Business & Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#91	Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#156	Highest Paid Accounting Graduates	College Factual
#191	Best Schools	Course Advisor
#192	Highest Paid Accounting Graduates	College Factual

Where Is Wartburg College?

Contact details for Wartburg are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	100 Wartburg Blvd., Waverly, IA 50677-0903
Phone:	319-352-8200
Website:	www.wartburg.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/wartburgcollege
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/WartburgCollege

How Do I Get Into Wartburg?

You can apply to Wartburg online at: www.wartburg.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for Wartburg

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Wartburg?

Wartburg has an acceptance rate of 72%, 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 42% of accepted students are men and 58% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 68%, and the acceptance rate for women is 75%.

Average Test Scores

About 16% of students accepted to Wartburg submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 480 and 600. Math scores were between 490 and 600.

Wartburg received ACT scores from 84% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 18 and 24. Math scores were between 18 and 26. Composite scores were between 19 and 25.

Can I Afford Wartburg College?

The overall average net price of Wartburg is $27,674. 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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Wartburg, approximately 68% of students took out student loans averaging $8,742 a year. That adds up to $34,968 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Wartburg is 3.9%. 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.

Wartburg College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,562 undergraduate students at Wartburg, with 1,523 being full-time and 39 being part-time.

There are also 1 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,523 full-time undergraduates at Wartburg, 47% are male and 53% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	11
Black or African American	69
Hispanic or Latino	73
White	1,200
International Students	105
Other Races/Ethnicities	65

Geographic Diversity

Iowa students aren't the only ones who study at Wartburg College. At this time, 18 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 65 countries are represented at Wartburg. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Swaziland, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe.

Online Learning at Wartburg College

In 2019-2020, 1,035 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 17th most popular in Iowa for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Growth Rankings of Wartburg

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Wartburg College was 1,375.0%. This is the #58 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Wartburg 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%.

Wartburg College Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
General Business/Commerce	60	60
Accounting	14	14
Actuarial Science	4	4
General Economics	2	2
TOTAL	80	80

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 Me under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.