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2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Ridgewater College is $6,109 for academic year 2022-2023. The amount is the average costs over all degree programs and the vocational program tuition may be lower than the average cost.
Ridgewater College offers the alternative tuition plans .
77% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $5,836 (exclude student loans).
| Tuition & Fees | $6,109 |
|---|---|
| Average Financial Amount | $5,836 |
Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers
Ridgewater College offers 67 vocational programs for Less than 1-Year Certificate, 1-2 Years Certificate, and 2-4 Years Certificate programs. The following table lists number of programs by offered type and online availability along with number of completers.
Last year, 891 students have completed their career programs.
| Award Level | Total Number of Programs | Available Online Class | Number of Completers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Less than 1 Year Certificate | 22 | 10 | 48 |
| 2 Years Certificate | 28 | 9 | 118 |
| 4 Years Certificate | 17 | 2 | 121 |
| Total | 67 | 21 | 891 |
Programs by Award Level
The following table summarizes the number of completers by program and award level.
- 48 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
- 118 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
- 121 students have earned/completed 2-4 Years Certificate program.
- 604 students have earned/completed Associate's program.
| Program | Available Online | Number of Completers | Average Earning after graduation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture [+] | ✔ (1 completers) | 3 completers | - |
| Agricultural Economics | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Animal/Livestock Husbandry and Production | ✔ | 1 | - |
| Agronomy and Crop Science | ✕ | 2 | - |
| Computer and Information Sciences [+] | ✕ | 0 completers | - |
| Network and System Administration/Administrator | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Personal and Culinary Services [+] | ✕ | 6 completers | - |
| Aesthetician/Esthetician and Skin Care Specialist | ✕ | 6 | - |
| Nail Technician/Specialist and Manicurist | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Education [+] | ✔ (2 completers) | 13 completers | - |
| Education | ✔ | 0 | - |
| Early Childhood Education and Teaching | ✔ | 10 | - |
| Physical Education Teaching and Coaching | ✕ | 3 | - |
| Engineering Technology [+] | ✔ (1 completers) | 5 completers | - |
| Automation Engineer Technology/Technician | ✕ | 1 | - |
| CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician | ✔ | 4 | - |
| Legal Studies [+] | ✔ (1 completers) | 0 completers | $22,900 |
| Legal Administrative Assistant/Secretary | ✔ | 0 | - |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+] | ✕ | 10 completers | - |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies | ✕ | 10 | - |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies [+] | ✔ (1 completers) | 2 completers | - |
| International/Global Studies | ✔ | 2 | - |
| Precision Production Trades [+] | ✕ | 2 completers | - |
| Welding Technology/Welder | ✕ | 2 | - |
| Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) Machinist Technology/CNC Machinist | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Visual and Performing Arts [+] | ✕ | 0 completers | - |
| Commercial Photography | ✕ | 0 | - |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+] | ✔ (2 completers) | 6 completers | - |
| Phlebotomy Technician/Phlebotomist | ✕ | 6 | - |
| Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy | ✔ | 0 | - |
| Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide | ✔ | 0 | - |
| Business [+] | ✔ | 1 completers | - |
| Business/Office Automation/Technology/Data Entry | ✔ | 1 | - |
| Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies | ✔ | 0 | - |
| Total | 48 |
Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation
Total 2,904 students are attending at Ridgewater College. There are 93 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 65 part-time faculty teaching for the school.
The students to faculty ratio is 19 to 1 (5.26%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 187 (full-time) and 124 (part-time).
The graduation rate of Ridgewater College is 45% and transfer-out rate is 11%. The retention rate is 62% at the school.
| Student Population | 2,904 |
|---|---|
| Graduation Rate | 45% |
| Number of Faculty | 158 |
| Student to Faculty Ratio | 19 to 1 |
Student Population at Ridgewater
For the academic year 2021-2022, total 2,846 students enrolled into Ridgewater College. By gender, 1,066 male and 1,780 female students are attending the school.
The following table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for Ridgewater College.
| Total | Male | Female | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2,846 | 1,066 | 1,780 |
| Full-time | 1,578 | 696 | 882 |
| Part-tme | 1,268 | 370 | 898 |
There are 2,202 White (77.37%), 120 Black/African American (4.22%), 293 Hispanic (10.30%), 46 Asian (1.62%), and 471 students with other races attending Ridgewater College. 9 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.
| Total | Male | Female | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2,846 | 1,066 | 1,780 |
| American Indian/Native American | 12 | 4 | 8 |
| Asian | 46 | 15 | 31 |
| Black/African American | 120 | 56 | 64 |
| Hispanic | 293 | 99 | 194 |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| White | 2,202 | 831 | 1,371 |
| Two More | 91 | 31 | 60 |
| Un-Known | 66 | 23 | 43 |
| Non-resident Alien | 9 | 6 | 3 |
Ridgewater College offers the distance learning opportunities (online classes) for career programs.
1,095 students (38.48% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 947 students (33.27% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Ridgewater College.
| Number of Students | |
|---|---|
| Total | 2,846 |
| Enrolled Online Exclusively | 1,095 |
| Enrolled Some Online Courses | 947 |
| Not in Online Courses | 804 |
By age range, at Ridgewater College, 667 students are aged 20 to 24 (23.44% of total students), 1,438 students are aged below 20 (50.53%), 67 students are aged above 50 (4.64%).
| Total | Male | Female | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 2,846 | 1,066 | 1,780 |
| Under 18 | 543 | 174 | 369 |
| Age 18-19 | 895 | 421 | 474 |
| Age 20-21 | 411 | 169 | 242 |
| Age 22-24 | 256 | 90 | 166 |
| Age 25-29 | 265 | 79 | 186 |
| Age 30-34 | 175 | 39 | 136 |
| Age 35-39 | 126 | 36 | 90 |
| Age 40-49 | 103 | 37 | 66 |
| Age 50-64 | 66 | 17 | 49 |
| Over 64 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Age Un-Known | 5 | 4 | 1 |
Directory and Accreditation Information
Ridgewater College is accredited by Higher Learning Commission (1/1/1996 - Current[Estimated Date]).
The following list shows the contact and directory information of Ridgewater College.