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Hesston Students/Student Profile (Fall 2023)

2023 Hesston College enrollment by state

Home countries of International students

Albania
3
Indonesia
3
Australia
2
Japan
16
Bahamas
2
Kosovo
1
Canada
2
Myanmar
1
Dominican Republic
6
Paraguay
1
Eswatini 1 South Africa
2
Ethiopia
2
Spain
1
Honduras
3
Sweden
1
India
1
Zimbabwe
1

Other statistics

Total Enrollment:
308 students
Kansas:
43.5%
Other U.S. states and territories:
40.3%
International:
16.2%
Mennonite Students:
12.0%
American Indian or Alaska Native Students:
0.6%
Asian Students:
1.3%
Black or African American Students:
8.4%
Hispanic Students:
15.9%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Students:
0.3%
Nonresident Alien Students:
16.6%
Other Students:
1.0%
Two or More Races:
5.5%
White Students:
50.3%
Student-Faculty ratio:
9 to 1
On-campus (residential) students:
72.7%
Women:
54.2%
Men:
45.8%
Average High School GPA:
3.337
Average ACT score:
20.29
Average SAT score:
1020

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 2019 three-year cohort (the most recent available cohort) is 1.9%

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 2021 to Fall 2022 66.9%
    Fall 2020 to Fall 2021 63.7%
    Fall 2019 to Fall 2020 70.9% 69.6%
    Fall 2018 to Fall 2019 75.7% 70.7%
    Fall 2017 to Fall 2018 72.6% 75.9%
  • Nursing – NCLEX pass rate
    2021 2022 2023
    1st time pass rate 89.1% 89.47% 96.97%
    All attempts (1st time and repeats) 100% 97.37% (pending) 100%
  • Nursing – BSN program completion rate
    • 2020: 86.0%
    • 2021: 88.0%
    • 2022: 85.42%

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
    • 2020: 100% for May 2020 BSN graduates
    • 2021: 100% for May 2021 BSN graduates
    • 2022: 100% for May 2022 BSN graduates
    • 2023: 100% for May 2023 BSN graduates

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