North Carolina Wesleyan University
North Carolina Wesleyan University admitted 80% of applicants. Its average net price after aid was $20,318 a year. Within six years, 45% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 80%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Not required
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $50,704 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $20,318 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $26,413 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $37,856 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 45%
- Students who return for a second year
- 59%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $49,264 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $25,000
Students
- Undergraduates
- 1,214
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 52%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 13 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Business, management and marketing
- 40%
- Health professions
- 13%
- Psychology
- 9%
- Computer and information sciences
- 9%
- Homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting
- 8%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
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- Guilford College NC · 80% admitted
More colleges in North Carolina
- North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC · 42% admitted
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte NC · 80% admitted
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC · 15% admitted
- East Carolina University NC · 89% admitted
- Appalachian State University NC · 90% admitted
- University of North Carolina Wilmington NC · 64% admitted
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro NC · 89% admitted
- North Carolina A & T State University NC · 50% 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.