Waldorf University
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 5.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 46 Title IV programs, 13 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 33 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing13 · 28.3%
- No Data33 · 71.7%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Higher Learning Commission
Programmatic accreditations · 1
Action history · 1
- Jun 2017Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 1,091 students received $5.4M in Pell grants, alongside $11.7M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 757 borrowers who entered repayment, 12 (1.5%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Waldorf
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 11
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus15
- Public property1
Includes 13 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- Ethnicity1
- National origin1
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
- Rasmusson Hall1 fireCookingDamage $0-$99
- Ormseth Hall2 firesCookingDamage $0-$99
- Ormseth Hall2 firesCookingDamage $0-$99
Data quality: 2 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Waldorf vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Waldorf selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectWaldorf University | 21% | — | 2,225 | $19,693 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs |
| 21% | 98.5% | 2,403 | $33,744 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 39% | — | 2,750 | $23,043 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 100% | — | 1,303 | $16,064 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 9% | — | 801 | $16,482 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| 67% | 7.3% | 1,096 | $20,242 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs | |
| Peer group median | 30% | 52.9% | 1,764 | $19,968 |
Institutions like Waldorf
Explore the federal data for institutions in Waldorf's comparison group.
- Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsCalifornia
DeVry University-California
Grad rate21%Admit rate98.5%Enrollment2,403Net price$33,744View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsFlorida
Florida National University-Main Campus
Grad rate39%Admit rate—Enrollment2,750Net price$23,043View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsFlorida
Strayer University-Florida
Grad rate100%Admit rate—Enrollment1,303Net price$16,064View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsGeorgia
American InterContinental University-Atlanta
Grad rate9%Admit rate—Enrollment801Net price$16,482View data - Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium ProgramsVirginia
Washington University of Science and Technology
Grad rate67%Admit rate7.3%Enrollment1,096Net price$20,242View data
Waldorf Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Institutional Effectiveness & Assessment page at Waldorf University provides contact information, including a phone number and physical address, for the department. No specific office mission, head of office, or additional resources are provided on the page.
Visit IR office page- Sue Burrack, Ph.D.Director of Institutional Effectiveness
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