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ACT
21/27
SAT
948/1166
Estimated Cost
$51,878
Financial Aid
$34,529
Students
1,000 - 4,999
About Wartburg College
Wartburg College is a four-year liberal arts college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America located in Waverly, Iowa. Wartburg West is in Denver, Colorado.
As of 2012, the most popular programs of study at Wartburg were (in order): business, biology, elementary education, and speech communication/rhetoric. Wartburg's social work program is the oldest undergraduate program of its kind in Iowa. Wartburg is the only private college in Iowa offering a music therapy major. The college has a 74% acceptance rate. It maintains an 89 percent medical school placement rate and a 100 percent placement rate in other fields of medicine.
Wartburg College Rankings
Prepler rankings are based on rigorous and in-depth analysis of key statistics from the U.S. Department of Education.
2024 Best Colleges in America
#817 of 6828
2024 Best Colleges in Iowa
#16 of 88
2024 Top Religious Colleges in Iowa
#11 of 29
Most Popular Majors
Out of 21 majors categories at Wartburg College, the 5 most popular are listed below.
Graduation Rate
Graduation rate of college is a strong indicator of success of the college’s students in attaining their educational goals. Prepler defines graduation rate as the percentage of first-time, full-time students who graduated from Wartburg College within four or six years.