Tennessee Wesleyan University
Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 14.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 57 Title IV programs, 7 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 50 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing7 · 12.3%
- No Data50 · 87.7%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Programmatic accreditations · 1
Action history · 13
- Feb 2024Grant Substantive Change: OtherSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Jan 2024Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Sep 2023Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- May 2023Grant Substantive Change: ProgramSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
- Dec 2021Renewal of AccreditationSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Colleges
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 477 students received $2.9M in Pell grants, alongside $6.8M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 274 borrowers who entered repayment, 7 (2.5%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Tennessee Wesleyan
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 10
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Tennessee Wesleyan vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Tennessee Wesleyan selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectTennessee Wesleyan University | 48% | — | 1,198 | $14,836 | Baccalaureate |
| 32% | 99.2% | 659 | $7,099 | Baccalaureate | |
| 61% | — | 389 | $25,263 | Baccalaureate | |
| 34% | 79.9% | 1,184 | $27,426 | Baccalaureate | |
| 48% | 69.2% | 962 | $27,061 | Baccalaureate | |
| 44% | 61.5% | 1,233 | $24,425 | Baccalaureate | |
| Peer group median | 46% | 74.5% | 1,073 | $24,844 |
Institutions like Tennessee Wesleyan
Explore the federal data for institutions in Tennessee Wesleyan's comparison group.
- BaccalaureateTennessee
Le Moyne-Owen College
Grad rate32%Admit rate99.2%Enrollment659Net price$7,099View data - BaccalaureateTennessee
Welch College
Grad rate61%Admit rate—Enrollment389Net price$25,263View data - BaccalaureateNorth Carolina
Johnson & Wales University-Charlotte
Grad rate34%Admit rate79.9%Enrollment1,184Net price$27,426View data - BaccalaureateNorth Carolina
Montreat College
Grad rate48%Admit rate69.2%Enrollment962Net price$27,061View data - BaccalaureateGeorgia
Reinhardt University
Grad rate44%Admit rate61.5%Enrollment1,233Net price$24,425View data
Tennessee Wesleyan Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The page provides information about Tennessee Wesleyan University's student achievement goals and performance indicators aimed at measuring retention, graduation rates, and post-graduation success. It includes links to multiple years of Student Achievement Reports and provides contact information for the Institutional Effectiveness & Research office.
Visit IR office page- Stephanie SmallenVice President for Institutional Effectiveness and Research
Common Data Set
Tennessee Wesleyan's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Affordability & Value
Cost of attendance
GTotal sticker cost of attendance is $37,890 (2021-2022).
Sticker vs. net price
G+HSticker $37,890 → about $29,683 net for aided students after the average need-based grant ($8,207); 81% of demonstrated need is met.
Where grant aid comes from
H10% of need-based grant dollars come from the institution itself.
Graduate debt
H4/H597% of graduates borrowed; those who did owed $26,157 on average.
Outcomes & Equity
Graduation & retention
B6-year graduation rate 47%; first-year retention 68%.
Equity: Pell graduation gap
B4Pell-grant recipients graduate 2 pts below the overall rate (45% vs 47%).
Academic Experience
Class-size distribution
I380% of classes have under 20 students; 0% have 50+.
Faculty profile
IKey faculty indicators.
Degrees by discipline
JSTEM-dominant: ~3% of bachelor's degrees are in computing, engineering, math & sciences.
Student Body & Diversity
Undergraduate race/ethnicity
B2Undergraduate enrollment by race/ethnicity.
International students
B27% of undergraduates are international (nonresident).
Undergrad vs graduate
B1988 undergraduates and 107 graduate students.
Source publications
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