BaccalaureatePrivate nonprofit

Webber International University

Babson Park, Florida·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·Southeast·webber.edu
6-yr Graduation
28%
-6.5pp vs Baccalaureate
Total enrollment
878
peer median 1,033
Avg net price
$29,529
+$6.9k vs Baccalaureate
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About

Webber International University is a private, not-for-profit university located in Babson Park, Florida, founded in 1927. The institution offers degrees at the associate's, bachelor's, and master's levels, with a notable focus on business, health professions, and education programs. It serves a diverse student body of approximately 600 students from over 48 countries.

Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

IPEDS
Applied
1,722
1,722 candidates competed
Admitted
1,195
69.4% acceptance rate
Enrolled
281
23.5% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
28%-6.5pp vs Baccalaureate
4-year graduation
12%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
25%
Full-time retention
41%

Pell equity

21.8pp gap
Pell recipients
18%19 of 103
Non-Pell (all)
40%33 of 83
Subsidized loan, no Pell
40%19 of 47
No Federal Aid
39%14 of 36

Non-Pell students graduate at a 21.8-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.

FVT/GE

Of 81 Title IV programs, 4 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 1 fails. 76 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
81
Passing
4
4.9% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
1
1.2% of portfolio
Fail rate
1.2%
+0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

81programs
  • Passing4 · 4.9%
  • No Data76 · 93.8%
  • Failing1 · 1.2%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
1
At Risk
0
Watch
0
Safe
4
No data
76

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.

5
Business Administration Management and Operations
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
-0.9%
$59,543 vs $60,112
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
+28.6%
$44,747 vs $34,808
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness
Bachelor Degree · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies
+41.0%
$49,068 vs $34,808
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Bachelor Degree · Security And Protective Services
+41.4%
$49,224 vs $34,808
Business/Commerce General
Bachelor Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+44.4%
$50,253 vs $34,808

Near the line (±5%)

Programs within five points of the pass line, one cohort year from flipping.

1
Business Administration Management and Operations
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
-0.9%
−$569

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

3
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness
Bachelor Degree · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies
55%
$27,000 debt · $49,068 earn
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Bachelor Degree · Security And Protective Services
52%
$25,500 debt · $49,224 earn
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Bachelor Degree · Education
39%
$17,332 debt · $44,747 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Accredited since 1969Next review Dec 2026

Programmatic accreditations · 2

Action history · 6

  1. Sep 2025Initial Accreditation
    Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels
  2. Dec 2022Removal of Monitoring Status
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  3. Dec 2022Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  4. Dec 2022Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
  5. Jun 2022Heightened Monitoring or Focused Review
    Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$27,801
$30–48k$25,644
$48–75k$29,924
$75–110k$33,574
$110k+$32,673

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$29,529
+$6,943vs Baccalaureate median $22,587
Federal loans
62.9%
In-state tuition
$33,770
Out-of-state
$33,770

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 801 students received $4.5M in Pell grants, alongside $11.9M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
801
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$4.5M
$4,494,108 total
Direct Loans
$11.9M
2,151 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
’20
1k
’21
1k
’22
1k
’23
1k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$3.5M
920 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$2.7M
898 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$469K
36 loan awards
Parent PLUS$5.1M
294 loan awards
Grad PLUS$70K
3 loan awards

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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 498 borrowers who entered repayment, 27 (5.4%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
5.4%
+3.1pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
498
Defaulted
27
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
8.3%
2017
16.1%
2018
13.1%
2019
5.4%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* 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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Webber International

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs20
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

194 total completions
01Business
7237.1%
02Parks/Recreation
6634.0%
03Communication
168.2%
04Security/Protective
157.7%
05Computer Sciences
84.1%
06Health Professions
73.6%
07Psychology
63.1%
08Education
42.1%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
878
12-mo unduplicated
1,054
Undergraduate
979
Graduate
75

Gender split

Men
65%688
Women
35%366

Race / ethnicity composition

White
36.6%
Black
28.8%
Hispanic
15.4%
Non-resident
13.7%
Unknown
2.6%
Asian
1.2%
Two or more
0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.3%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
348
234 M · 114 W
Women athletes
32.8%
Athletic aid
$6.3M
Total student aid
Budget
$10.5M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$3.9M
$2.4M
Recruiting expense
$26K
$8K
Head-coach salaries
$31K
$31K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 14

Football
63 M · —
$1.9M
Lacrosse
31 M · 16 W
$1.0M
Soccer
21 M · 19 W
$1.1M
Bowling
27 M · 6 W
$784K
Volleyball
12 M · 15 W
$779K
Basketball
13 M · 14 W
$740K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
1.08
1 offenses · 930 students

3-year trend

2.462 yrs ago1.771 yr ago1.08Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
5
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
1
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
1

Criminal offenses by type

Burglary
1

By location

1total
  • On campus1

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
0
Stalking
0 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons10
Drugs04
Liquor02

Residence-hall fires

  • Miranda Hall1 fire
    OtherDamage $1,000-$9,999

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

IPEDS
Student-to-faculty
17.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
27

Webber International vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Webber International selected for federal comparison reporting.

IPEDS
GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

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
SubjectWebber International University
28%—878$29,529Baccalaureate
AdventHealth University
37%33.7%1,861$30,135—
Kuyper College
45%69.1%161$15,644Baccalaureate
Lake Superior State University
50%68.0%1,567$12,822Baccalaureate
Oglala Lakota College
9%—1,188$1,895Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions
Pontifical College Josephinum
32%95.8%88$38,460Baccalaureate
Peer group median35%68.6%1,033$22,587

Institutions like Webber International

Explore the federal data for institutions in Webber International's comparison group.

IPEDS

Campuses

The 1 campus that make up Webber International University.

IPEDS

Webber International Institutional Research office

The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

Office
Institutional Effectiveness & Research
Email
info [at] webber.edu
Phone
863-638-2949
Address
1201 North Scenic Highway, Babson Park, FL 33827

The University evaluates success with respect to student achievement consistent with its mission.

Visit IR office page
Team
1 member
  • Edanjarlo Marquez, Ph.D.
    Associate VP for Institutional Effectiveness and Research

Reports & documents (1)

Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.

Grants & funding (1)

Federal grant awards and open funding opportunities awarded to this institution.

USA Spending

Frequently asked questions about Webber International University

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Webber International.

What is the graduation rate at Webber International University?

Webber International University reports a 6-year graduation rate of 28% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Webber International University?

Webber International University reports a total enrollment of 878 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Webber International University?

The average net price at Webber International University is $29,529 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Webber International University?

Webber International University's yield rate is 23.5%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Webber International University located?

Webber International University is located in Babson Park, Florida 33827-0096.

Who runs Institutional Research at Webber International University?

Webber International University's IR work is done by the Institutional Effectiveness & Research.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
U.S. Department of Education
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
U.S. Department of Education
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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