Dakota Wesleyan University
Dakota Wesleyan University admitted 73% of applicants. Its average net price after aid was $24,039 a year. Within six years, 54% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 73%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Not required
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $45,259 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $24,039 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $24,500 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $34,540 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 54%
- Students who return for a second year
- 75%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $57,757 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $26,859
Students
- Undergraduates
- 670
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 27%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 12 to 1
- Campus setting
- Town
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Business, management and marketing
- 29%
- Health professions
- 24%
- Education
- 19%
- Homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting
- 8%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 5%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Indiana University-Northwest IN · 73% admitted
- Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health NE · 73% admitted
- Central Connecticut State University CT · 73% admitted
- Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College LA · 73% admitted
- Lynn University FL · 74% admitted
- Pratt Institute-Main NY · 73% admitted
More colleges in South Dakota
- South Dakota State University SD · 98% admitted
- University of South Dakota SD · 99% admitted
- Dakota State University SD · 88% admitted
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology SD · 80% admitted
- Augustana University SD · 68% admitted
- Black Hills State University SD · 96% admitted
- Northern State University SD · 93% admitted
- University of Sioux Falls SD · 83% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.