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Western New England University

Springfield, Massachusetts·Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above·New England·wne.edu
6-yr Graduation
64%
+1.5pp vs Doctoral/Professional
Total enrollment
3,674
peer median 3,137
Avg net price
$27,290
-$1.2k vs Doctoral/Professional
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Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

IPEDS
Applied
7,567
7,567 candidates competed
Admitted
6,317
83.5% acceptance rate
Enrolled
790
12.5% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
64%+1.5pp vs Doctoral/Professional
4-year graduation
57%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
64%
Full-time retention
74%

Pell equity

20.1pp gap
Pell recipients
50%112 of 225
Non-Pell (all)
70%364 of 519
Subsidized loan, no Pell
67%230 of 342
No Federal Aid
76%134 of 177

Non-Pell students graduate at a 20.1-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.

FVT/GE

Of 74 Title IV programs, 20 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 54 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
74
Passing
20
27.0% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

74programs
  • Passing20 · 27.0%
  • No Data54 · 73.0%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
0
Watch
0
Safe
20
No data
54

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.

20
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Subject Areas
Master's Degree · Education
+39.8%
$64,875 vs $46,391
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness
Bachelor Degree · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies
+41.0%
$55,629 vs $39,449
Law
Doctoral Degree · Legal Professions And Studies
+46.1%
$79,692 vs $54,534
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+46.2%
$57,681 vs $39,449
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Bachelor Degree · Security And Protective Services
+53.3%
$60,486 vs $39,449
Business Administration Management and Operations
Master's Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+58.0%
$105,702 vs $66,899
Biology General
Bachelor Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
+59.4%
$62,871 vs $39,449
Clinical Counseling and Applied Psychology
Master's Degree · Psychology
+60.3%
$77,984 vs $48,653

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

16
Law
Doctoral Degree · Legal Professions And Studies
135%
$107,232 debt · $79,692 earn
Pharmacy Pharmaceutical Sciences and Administration
Doctoral Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
118%
$168,458 debt · $142,875 earn
Pharmacy Pharmaceutical Sciences and Administration
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
108%
$147,307 debt · $136,486 earn
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness
Bachelor Degree · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies
49%
$27,000 debt · $55,629 earn
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
45%
$26,000 debt · $57,681 earn
Criminal Justice and Corrections
Bachelor Degree · Security And Protective Services
45%
$27,000 debt · $60,486 earn
Biology General
Bachelor Degree · Biological And Biomedical Sciences
43%
$27,000 debt · $62,871 earn
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
Bachelor Degree · Engineering
31%
$27,000 debt · $87,838 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

New England Commission of Higher Education

Accredited since 1965Next review Dec 2032

Programmatic accreditations · 5

Action history · 12

  1. Dec 2024Grant Substantive Change: Other
    American Occupational Therapy Association, Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education · Occupational Therapy (OTD) - Programs leading to a Doctoral Degree
  2. Mar 2024Grant Substantive Change: Other
    American Occupational Therapy Association, Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education · Occupational Therapy (OTD) - Programs leading to a Doctoral Degree
  3. Sep 2022Renewal of Accreditation
    New England Commission of Higher Education
  4. Feb 2022Removal of Monitoring Status
    American Bar Association, Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar · Law (LAW) - Professional schools
  5. Nov 2021Probation or Equivalent or More Severe Status: Monitoring
    American Bar Association, Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar · Law (LAW) - Professional schools

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$20,726
$30–48k$22,471
$48–75k$25,205
$75–110k$28,660
$110k+$29,794

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price (private)
$27,290
-$1,164vs Doctoral/Professional median $28,454
Federal loans
77.9%
In-state tuition
$47,820
Out-of-state
$47,820

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 850 students received $5.0M in Pell grants, alongside $33.9M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
850
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$5.0M
$4,966,199 total
Direct Loans
$33.9M
3,828 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
’20
1k
’21
1k
’22
1k
’23
1k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$4.8M
1,158 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$6.2M
1,638 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$11.1M
495 loan awards
Parent PLUS$5.2M
271 loan awards
Grad PLUS$6.5M
266 loan awards

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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 1,000 borrowers who entered repayment, 17 (1.7%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
1.7%
-0.6pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
1,000
Defaulted
17
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
3.3%
2017
4.8%
2018
3.2%
2019
1.7%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* 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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Western New England

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs66
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

911 total completions
01Engineering
20222.2%
02Business
18620.4%
03Health Professions
12613.8%
04Legal Professions
10912.0%
05Psychology
10111.1%
06Security/Protective
586.4%
07Computer Sciences
485.3%
08Parks/Recreation
404.4%
09Engineering Tech
222.4%
10Biological Sciences
192.1%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
3,674
12-mo unduplicated
3,956
Undergraduate
2,766
Graduate
1,190

Gender split

Men
53%2,112
Women
47%1,844

Race / ethnicity composition

White
65.7%
Hispanic
12.1%
Unknown
7.2%
Black
5.8%
Two or more
3.6%
Asian
3.1%
Non-resident
2.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.0%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
639
399 M · 240 W
Women athletes
37.6%
Athletic aid
$0
Total student aid
Budget
$5.3M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$0
$0
Recruiting expense
$15K
$15K
Head-coach salaries
$47K
$42K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 15

Football
120 M · —
$561K
Soccer
37 M · 37 W
$317K
Lacrosse
48 M · 25 W
$455K
Wrestling
42 M · 30 W
$363K
Track and Field (Outdoor)
41 M · 22 W
$75K
Ice Hockey
30 M · 23 W
$491K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.84
3 offenses · 3,574 students

3-year trend

1.382 yrs ago0.871 yr ago0.84Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
11
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
12
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
2
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
3

Criminal offenses by type

Rape
2
Fondling
1

By location

3total
  • On campus3

Includes 3 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

1
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
0
Stalking
1 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

  • Sexual orientation1

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons23
Drugs03
Liquor073

Residence-hall fires

  • Gateway Village1 fire
    CookingDamage $100-$999

Data quality: 4 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

IPEDS
Student-to-faculty
12.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
240

Western New England vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Western New England selected for federal comparison reporting.

IPEDS
GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

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
SubjectWestern New England University
64%—3,674$27,290Doctoral/Professional
Lesley University
58%96.9%2,557$31,152Doctoral/Professional
Springfield College
74%71.9%2,599$30,587Doctoral/Professional
American International College
46%99.6%2,037$23,274Doctoral/Professional
Simmons University
72%70.0%4,666$25,265Doctoral/Professional
Suffolk University
61%82.3%6,356$29,618Doctoral/Professional
Peer group median63%82.3%3,137$28,454

Institutions like Western New England

Explore the federal data for institutions in Western New England's comparison group.

IPEDS

Western New England Institutional Research office

The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

Office
Office of Institutional Research
Reports to Office of the Provost
Email
learn [at] wne.edu
Phone
413-782-1654
Address
D’Amour Library, 110, 1215 Wilbraham Road, Springfield, MA 01119

The role of the Office of Institutional Research (OIR) is to analytically support the planning, academic, administrative, and assessment functions of the University with timely, accurate, and forward-looking information.

Visit IR office page
Team
1 member
  • Brian Matve
    Director of Institutional Research

Common Data Set

Western New England's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.

Acceptance rate
83.5%
Accessible
Yield
12.5%
of admitted students enroll
Total enrollment
3,674
2,616 UG · 1,058 grad
6-yr graduation rate
64%
First-year retention
74%
Student–faculty ratio
12 to 1
Est. net price (aided)
$33,814
after avg need-based grant
01

Selectivity & Admissions

Admissions funnel

C1
Applied
7,567
Admitted
6,317
Enrolled
790

7,567 applied → 6,317 admitted (83.5%) → 790 enrolled.

Selectivity

C1
Acceptance rate
83.5%

Accessible — 83.5% acceptance rate.

Admit rate by gender

C1
men81.9%
women85.1%

Admit rate varies by gender.

SAT range (middle 50%)

C9
25th
1100
Median
1190
75th
1270

Middle 50% SAT 1100–1270 (median 1190).

ACT range (middle 50%)

C9
25th
21
Median
25
75th
28

Middle 50% ACT 21–28 (median 25).

High-school class rank

C10
Top tenth18%
Top quarter48%
Top half80%
Bottom half20%
Bottom quarter6%

Share of enrolled first-years by HS class-rank band.

What matters in admission

C7
Very Important1
Rigor of secondary school record
Important2
Academic GPACharacter/personal qualities
Considered13
Class rankStandardized test scoresApplication EssayRecommendation(s)InterviewExtracurricular activitiesTalent/abilityFirst generationAlumni/ae relationGeographical residenceVolunteer workWork experienceLevel of applicant’s interest
Not Considered2
State residencyReligious affiliation/commitment

Relative importance of each admission factor.

02

Affordability & Value

Cost of attendance

G
Total$66,580
Tuition
$46,26069%
Fees
$3,2305%
Room & board
$16,06024%
Books
$1,0302%

Total sticker cost of attendance is $66,580 (2025-2026).

Sticker vs. net price

G+H
Sticker COA
$66,580
Net (aided)
$33,814
Avg need grant
$32,766

Sticker $66,580 → about $33,814 net for aided students after the average need-based grant ($32,766); 81% of demonstrated need is met.

Where grant aid comes from

H1
Institutional72.6%
Federal7.9%
Student loans from all sources6.9%
Parent Loans5.3%
State3.0%
Federal Work-Study3.0%
External sources1.3%

73% of need-based grant dollars come from the institution itself.

Graduate debt

H4/H5
Grads with debt
79%
Avg debt
$45,605

79% of graduates borrowed; those who did owed $45,605 on average.

03

Outcomes & Equity

Graduation & retention

B
6-yr grad rate
64%
Retention
74%

6-year graduation rate 64%; first-year retention 74%.

Equity: Pell graduation gap

B4
All students64%
Pell recipients50%

Pell-grant recipients graduate 14 pts below the overall rate (50% vs 64%).

04

Academic Experience

Class-size distribution

I3
2-9 students84
10-19 students213
20-29 students231
30-39 students21
40-49 students2
50-99 students2
100+ students1

54% of classes have under 20 students; 1% have 50+.

Faculty profile

I
Student–faculty ratio
12 to 1
Faculty with terminal degree
74%
Women faculty
47%

Key faculty indicators.

Degrees by discipline

J
Business/marketing29.72%
Engineering14.02%
Health professions and related programs9.91%
Engineering technologies8.97%
Psychology7.29%
Homeland Security, law enforcement, firefighting, and protective services5.79%
Parks and recreation5.23%
Computer and information sciences5.05%

STEM-dominant: ~33% of bachelor's degrees are in computing, engineering, math & sciences.

05

Student Body & Diversity

Undergraduate race/ethnicity

B2
White65.7%
Hispanic/Latino12.1%
Race and/or ethnicity unknown7.2%
Black or African American5.8%
Two or more races3.6%
Asian3.1%
Nonresidents2.3%
American Indian or Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander0.0%

Undergraduate enrollment by race/ethnicity.

International students

B2
International UG
60
Share
2%

2% of undergraduates are international (nonresident).

Undergrad vs graduate

B1
Undergraduate
2,61671%
Graduate
1,05829%

2,616 undergraduates and 1,058 graduate students.

06

Transfer Path

Transfer admissions

D1
Applied
437
Admitted
258
Enrolled
99

437 transfer applicants → 258 admitted (59.1%) → 99 enrolled — more selective than first-year admission.

Source publications

Frequently asked questions about Western New England University

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Western New England.

What is the graduation rate at Western New England University?

Western New England University reports a 6-year graduation rate of 64% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Western New England University?

Western New England University reports a total enrollment of 3,674 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Western New England University?

The average net price at Western New England University is $27,290 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Western New England University?

Western New England University's yield rate is 12.5%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Western New England University located?

Western New England University is located in Springfield, Massachusetts 01119-2684.

Who runs Institutional Research at Western New England University?

Western New England University's IR work is done by the Office of Institutional Research, which reports to Office of the Provost.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
U.S. Department of Education
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
U.S. Department of Education
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
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