Willamette University Business Programs

Willamette University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Salem, Oregon. Salem is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

Where Is Willamette University?

Contact details for Willamette are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	900 State St, Salem, OR 97301
Phone:	503-370-6300
Website:	www.willamette.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/Willamette
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/willamette_u

How Do I Get Into Willamette?

You can apply to Willamette online at: https://www.commonapp.org/

Admission Requirements for Willamette

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	recommended
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Willamette?

With an acceptance rate of 80%, Willamette may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 36% of accepted students are men and 64% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 75%, and the acceptance rate for women is 84%.

Can I Afford Willamette University?

The overall average net price of Willamette is $46,133. 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

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Willamette, approximately 54% of students took out student loans averaging $7,947 a year. That adds up to $31,788 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Willamette is 0.8%. 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.

Willamette University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,302 undergraduate students at Willamette, with 1,264 being full-time and 38 being part-time.

There are also 564 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,264 full-time undergraduates at Willamette, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	78
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	196
White	793
International Students	10
Other Races/Ethnicities	166

Geographic Diversity

Oregon students aren't the only ones who study at Willamette University. At this time, 32 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 25 countries are represented at Willamette. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Japan, Saudi Arabia, and China.

Online Learning at Willamette University

Willamette University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	0	86	86
General Economics	52	0	52
TOTAL	52	86	138

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 Cacophony under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.