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
Pell and non-Pell students graduate at nearly identical rates, a notably small equity gap.
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 55 Title IV programs, 1 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 54 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing1 · 1.8%
- No Data54 · 98.2%
- 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.
New England Commission of Higher Education
Action history · 2
- Mar 2023Renewal of AccreditationNew England Commission of Higher Education
- Mar 2013Renewal of AccreditationNew England Commission of Higher Education
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, 560 students received $3.4M in Pell grants, alongside $5.0M 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 310 borrowers who entered repayment, 2 (0.6%) defaulted within three years — below 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 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 · 17
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
- On campus11
- Public property2
Includes 8 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
No hate crimes reported.
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
- Butterfield C1 fireElectricalDamage $1,000-$9,999
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Wesleyan vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions 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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectWesleyan University | 93% | — | 4,011 | $30,177 | Baccalaureate |
| 84% | 29.2% | 2,238 | $34,832 | Baccalaureate | |
| 82% | 37.0% | 1,990 | $36,175 | Baccalaureate | |
| 91% | 10.7% | 2,803 | $31,483 | Baccalaureate | |
| 87% | 17.6% | 3,126 | $38,782 | Baccalaureate | |
| 89% | 21.0% | 2,857 | $27,579 | Baccalaureate | |
| Peer group median | 88% | 21.0% | 2,830 | $33,158 |
Institutions like Wesleyan
Explore the federal data for institutions in Wesleyan's comparison group.
- BaccalaureateConnecticut
Trinity College
Grad rate84%Admit rate29.2%Enrollment2,238Net price$34,832View data - BaccalaureateConnecticut
Connecticut College
Grad rate82%Admit rate37.0%Enrollment1,990Net price$36,175View data - BaccalaureateVermont
Middlebury College
Grad rate91%Admit rate10.7%Enrollment2,803Net price$31,483View data - BaccalaureateMassachusetts
College of the Holy Cross
Grad rate87%Admit rate17.6%Enrollment3,126Net price$38,782View data - BaccalaureateMassachusetts
Smith College
Grad rate89%Admit rate21.0%Enrollment2,857Net price$27,579View data
Wesleyan Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Office of Institutional Research conducts research and analyses to support University planning and assist with the development of academic and administrative policies.
Visit IR office page- Kim Speerschneider, PhDDirector of Institutional Research and Data Analytics
Common Data Set
Wesleyan's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Selectivity & Admissions
Admissions funnel
C114,521 applied → 2,096 admitted (14.4%) → 743 enrolled.
Selectivity
C1Highly selective — 14.4% acceptance rate.
Admit rate by gender
C1Admit rate varies by gender.
SAT range (middle 50%)
C9Middle 50% SAT 1310–1505 (median 1430).
ACT range (middle 50%)
C9Middle 50% ACT 30–34 (median 32).
High-school class rank
C10Share of enrolled first-years by HS class-rank band.
Waitlist outcome
C22,754 offered a waitlist spot, 1,557 accepted it, 81 admitted (5.2% of those who stayed on).
What matters in admission
C7Relative importance of each admission factor.
Affordability & Value
Cost of attendance
GTotal sticker cost of attendance is $89,020 (2023-2024).
Sticker vs. net price
G+HSticker $89,020 → about $24,712 net for aided students after the average need-based grant ($64,308); 100% of demonstrated need is met.
Where grant aid comes from
H10% of need-based grant dollars come from the institution itself.
Graduate debt
H4/H528% of graduates borrowed; those who did owed $25,283 on average.
Outcomes & Equity
Graduation & retention
B6-year graduation rate 93%; first-year retention 95%.
Equity: Pell graduation gap
B4Pell-grant recipients graduate 2 pts above the overall rate (96% vs 93%).
Academic Experience
Class-size distribution
I374% of classes have under 20 students; 1% have 50+.
Faculty profile
IKey faculty indicators.
Degrees by discipline
JSTEM-dominant: ~18% of bachelor's degrees are in computing, engineering, math & sciences.
Student Body & Diversity
Undergraduate race/ethnicity
B2Undergraduate enrollment by race/ethnicity.
International students
B210% of undergraduates are international (nonresident).
Undergrad vs graduate
B13,069 undergraduates and 184 graduate students.
Transfer Path
Transfer admissions
D1473 transfer applicants → 95 admitted (20.1%) → 39 enrolled
Source publications
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