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University or college · Private nonprofit

Welch College

Gallatin, TN66 online only

Welch College is a private nonprofit college in Gallatin, TN, with about 323 students on campus.

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Students on campus
323
plus 66 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$25,263
higher than at 72% of 4-year colleges
Graduation rate
53%
lower than at 53% of 4-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$42,198
higher than at 54% of U.S. colleges
In brief

The short version on Welch College

Little price break for lower-income families

Families earning under $30,000 pay about $25,590 a year after grants, only $1,922 less than the $27,512 paid by families over $110,000. What it costs ↓

Welch College is very small

About 323 students attend on campus. With classes this small, a handful of students can move the graduation rate from one year to the next. The students ↓

This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard; at a college this small, rates can swing from year to year.

★ What stands out · What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $37,072 a year

Before any grants

Tuition & fees $21,400Room & board $8,668Books & supplies $1,200Other costs $5,804

After grants, the average family on aid pays $25,263.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$23,219

About $92,876 over 4 years · 37% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Welch College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Welch College is likely test-optional.

Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
53%
within 6 years · Pell students 59%
Come back for year two
61%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$42,198
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$19,500
about $207 a month over 10 years

Debt vs. the paycheck

The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting

7.3%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$207 a month against about $2,849 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

56%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 69% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment

Lower incomeunder $30k
$38k
Middle income$30–75k
$45k
Higher incomeover $75k
$43k
Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Theology 32%Education 17%Business 15%Psychology 11%English 9%Liberal arts 4%Everything else 13%

Bachelor’s programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Bible/Biblical Studies38 graduates a year
—not reported
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods8 graduates a year
—not reported
Business Administration, Management and Operations8 graduates a year
—not reported
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness5 graduates a year
—not reported
Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries5 graduates a year
—not reported
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas3 graduates a year
—not reported
Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology3 graduates a year
—not reported
English Language and Literature, General2 graduates a year
—not reported
Who goes there

The students

226 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 73%Hispanic 12%Black 3%Asian 1%Two or more 3%International 1%

Women and men

Women 48%Men 52%
8 : 1
students per teacher
28%
get Pell grants (lower income)
53%
take federal loans
17%
undergrads 25 or older
25%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Gallatin

5% of Gallatin’s 54,590 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Gallatin pages.

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Straight-line distances from Welch College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.