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ℹ️ A note about this profile

Welch College doesn't publish standardized-test bands or admit-rate data to IPEDS. That usually means the institution is open-admission (no selectivity gate), graduate-focused, or small enough that the federal survey suppresses the numbers. What we do have below: published tuition, average net price, enrollment, degrees awarded by major. If you had a different, more selective institution in mind, the search at the top of the page will find it.

Parent/student verdict

Selectivity unknown

Comprehensive 4-year institution.

Best for

  • Students drawn to Theology & Religious Vocations or Education (the two biggest majors)
  • Families wanting a small liberal-arts experience

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Institutional snapshot

What kind of college is this?

Carnegie classification
Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
Undergraduates
226
Under 1,000 including graduate students
TuitionThe published full price before any aid. Families who don't qualify for need-based aid at a given college pay this, minus any merit scholarships — whether you qualify depends on the college's price and policies, not on any fixed income line.
$21,400
flat rate (no in/out-of-state split) · 2023–24 federal figure

Source: federal IPEDS Admissions 2023 for scores + admit rate; federal College Scorecard for earnings + outcomes. SAT/ACT bands are the 25th–75th percentile of enrolled submitters.

The real cost

What Welch College actually costs

If you qualify for need aidGrant money based on your family's finances (via FAFSA and the college's own forms), not your student's stats.
$25,263/yr
average among aid-receiving families, all incomes — your number depends on your finances
If you don't
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Source: College Scorecard (average net price among Title IV first-time, full-time undergraduates who received aid) and each college's published cost of attendance. We don't show the federal net-price-by-income brackets: their categories were fixed in 2008 and never adjusted, and none of the averages is your family's own number — the full story. Payoff = (10-yr median earnings × 10) − (4 years of cost), in dollars — how far ahead a typical graduate runs by year ten; medians travel with the students a college admits and the majors they choose as much as with the college itself. Full price is the published cost of attendance; earnings are 10 years after enrollment, all majors combined.

What students study here

Most popular majors at Welch College

Top 5 fields of study by bachelor's degrees awarded (most recent IPEDS Completions). Use this to see what Welch College actually graduates — not just what it markets.

1. Theology & Religious Vocations
14 degrees · 35.0%
2. Education
11 degrees · 27.5%
Teaching is the largest path. Salary depends heavily on district + state.
3. Business, Management, & Marketing
8 degrees · 20.0%
Broad set of corporate roles. Finance + consulting pay top, accounting + HR pay middle, sales spread is wide.
4. Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness
5 degrees · 12.5%
Coaching, athletic training, public-sector recreation, fitness industry.
5. English Language & Literature
2 degrees · 5.0%
Writing-heavy roles. Variance is huge — corporate technical writers pay 2× journalists.

Sources: IPEDS Completions (C2023_a; bachelor's-level first majors, 2-digit CIP family — share is of the top 5 only). Full college-vs-major comparison: /college-outcomes →

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At a glance

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Welch College is a private nonprofit four-year college in TN.

Cost: about $25,263 a year on average with aid.

Machine-readable version of this page: https://highschoolreach.com/colleges/welch-college.json

By major: BiologyBusiness AdministrationEnglishKinesiologyLiberal Studies (teacher preparation)MusicPsychologySport ManagementBiblical StudiesMathematics Teacher EducationMissionary StudiesYouth Ministry

Analysis: Test Prep Gurus (High School Reach, highschoolreach.com). These figures may be quoted with attribution to Test Prep Gurus.

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