Wisconsin Lutheran College Business Programs

Wisconsin Lutheran College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

Wisconsin Lutheran 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.

Program Level Awards

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#185	Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

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:	wlc.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/wisconsinlutheran
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/InsideWLC

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	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into WLC?

With an acceptance rate of 96%, WLC is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 55% of accepted students are men and 45% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 96%, and the acceptance rate for women is 95%.

Average Test Scores

About 19% 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 490 and 590. Math scores were between 500 and 600.

WLC received ACT scores from 84% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 26. Math scores were between 19 and 26. Composite scores were between 21 and 27.

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

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 WLC, approximately 81% of students took out student loans averaging $7,385 a year. That adds up to $29,540 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at WLC is 3.0%. 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 1,034 undergraduate students at WLC, with 938 being full-time and 96 being part-time.

There are also 132 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 938 full-time undergraduates at WLC, 45% are male and 55% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	11
Black or African American	43
Hispanic or Latino	74
White	757
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	48

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

In 2019-2020, 191 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 21st most popular in Wisconsin for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

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 #1,481 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at WLC regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at WLC ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at WLC.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Interior Design Management	#171

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%.

Wisconsin Lutheran College Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	35	35
Interior Design Management	30	30
Accounting	8	8
Organizational Leadership	0	0
TOTAL	73	73

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.