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Hesston Students/Student Profile (Fall 2024)

2024 Hesston College state enrollment map

Home countries of International students

Albania
5
Italy
3
Australia
1
Japan
15
Bahamas
4
Lithuania
1
Bangladesh
1
Myanmar
1
Botswana
1
Peru
1
Cayman Islands 1 South Africa
3
Colombia
2
Spain
4
Dominican Republic
1
Sri Lanka
1
Eswatini
1
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
1
Ethiopia
2
Sweden
1
Honduras
2
United Kingdom
4
India
1
Vietnam
2
Indonesia
2
Zimbabwe
1

Other statistics

Total Enrollment:
372 students
Kansas:
34.4%
Other U.S. states and territories:
48.9%
International:
16.7%
Mennonite Students:
6.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native Students:
1.3%
Asian Students:
1.9%
Black or African American Students:
8.9%
Hispanic Students:
20.7%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Students:
0.3%
Nonresident Alien Students:
17.2%
Other Students:
0.8%
Two or More Races:
5.1%
White Students:
43.8%
Student-Faculty ratio:
12 to 1
On-campus (residential) students:
84.1%
Women:
52%
Men:
48%
Average High School GPA (new students):
3.37
Average ACT score (new students):
19.1
Average SAT score (new students):
1000

Classrooms, technology, student support and academic policies

Costs and financial aid

Cost to attend Hesston College
Textbook costs
Financial aid resources
Code of Conduct for Hesston College Financial Aid

Loan default rate – Hesston College’s loan default rate for the 2021 three-year cohort (the most recent available cohort) is 0%

Campus life, safety and security

Policies, procedures and notifications

Student Outcomes

  • Graduation rate
  • Retention rate – Retention rates for the U.S. Department of Education, as reported through IPEDS, measure the percentage of first-time, full-time students who are seeking bachelor’s degrees who return to the institution to continue their studies the following fall. The retention rate for those entering Hesston College in the fall of 2018 was 85 percent.Hesston College also measures retention rates for both the new student cohort and all students together, regardless of enrollment status or degree sought, from one fall to the following fall. The retention rates for those groups over the past three years are reported here.
    Retention New Student Cohort All Students
    Fall 2023 to Fall 2024 63% 62.93%
    Fall 2022 to Fall 2023 67.4% 69.7%
    Fall 2021 to Fall 2022 67.4% 70.1%
  • Engineering enrollment and graduation data
    Academic Year Program Enrollment Bachelor’s Degrees Conferred
    2022-23 12 n/a
    2023-24 14 n/a
    2024-25 31 TBD
  • Nursing – NCLEX-RN pass rate
    2022 2023 2024
    1st time pass rate 89.47% 96.97% 94.44%
    All attempts (1st time and repeats) 97.37% 100% 97.22% (pending)
  • Nursing – BSN program completion rate
    • 2022: 85.42%
    • 2023: 86.11%
    • 2024: 87.5% (pending)

Formula Used: Number of graduates divided by all potential graduates for a given graduating class over a 150% timeframe (excluding students who withdraw for personal reasons).

  • Nursing – job placement rate
    • 2022: 100% for May 2022 BSN graduates
    • 2023: 100% for May 2023 BSN graduates
    • 2024: 100% for May 2024 BSN graduates

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