Illinois Wesleyan University
Illinois Wesleyan University admitted 39% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1120–1340 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $27,863 a year. Within six years, 73% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 39%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1120–1340
- ACT middle 50%
- 25–30
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $73,189 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $27,863 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $18,589 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $59,430 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 73%
- Students who return for a second year
- 80%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $76,193 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $26,000
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,582
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 33%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 12 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Business, management and marketing
- 29%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 14%
- Health professions
- 11%
- Psychology
- 8%
- Education
- 7%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- University of South Florida FL · 43% admitted
- Howard University DC · 41% admitted
- Southwestern University TX · 43% admitted
- University of Central Florida FL · 40% admitted
- William Jewell College MO · 38% admitted
- Texas Christian University TX · 45% admitted
More colleges in Illinois
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL · 42% admitted
- University of Illinois Chicago IL · 77% admitted
- Illinois State University IL · 88% admitted
- DePaul University IL · 76% admitted
- Chamberlain University-Illinois IL · 83% admitted
- Loyola University Chicago IL · 82% admitted
- Northern Illinois University IL · 70% admitted
- Northwestern University IL · 7.7% 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.