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Located in Willmar, Minnesota, Ridgewater College is a public institution. Willmar is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

Where Is Ridgewater College?

Contact details for Ridgewater College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2101 15Th Ave Nw, Willmar, MN 56201
Phone:	800-722-1151
Website:	www.ridgewater.edu

Can I Afford Ridgewater College?

During the <nil> academic year, part-time students at Ridgewater College paid $182 per credit hour, whether they were in-state or out-of-state. The costs for full-time students are given in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$5,473	$5,473
Fees	$641	$641
Books and Supplies	$1,200	$1,200

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Ridgewater College, approximately 31% of students took out student loans averaging $5,178 a year. That adds up to $20,712 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Ridgewater College is 3.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Ridgewater College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,846 undergraduate students at Ridgewater College, with 1,578 being full-time and 1,268 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,578 full-time undergraduates at Ridgewater College, 44% are male and 56% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Ridgewater College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	26
Black or African American	66
Hispanic or Latino	152
White	1,245
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	85

Over 8 countries are represented at Ridgewater College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Mexico, Nigeria, and Finland.

Online Learning at Ridgewater College

In 2020-2021, 2,042 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Ridgewater College has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 9th most popular in Minnesota for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Ridgewater College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Ridgewater College was 10.0%. This is the #1,224 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Ridgewater College regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.