Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University admitted 17% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1415–1540 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $23,014 a year. Within six years, 90% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 17%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1415–1540
- ACT middle 50%
- 33–35
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $92,964 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $23,014 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $3,557 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $73,128 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 90%
- Students who return for a second year
- 95%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $86,811 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $14,000
Students
- Undergraduates
- 3,067
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 14%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 8 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Social sciences
- 26%
- Psychology
- 14%
- Visual and performing arts
- 11%
- Area, ethnic, cultural and gender studies
- 10%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 7%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- University of Virginia-Main Campus VA · 17% admitted
- Northeastern University Oakland CA · 17% admitted
- Boston College MA · 16% admitted
- Grinnell College IA · 14% admitted
- Babson College MA · 17% admitted
- Webb Institute NY · 14% admitted
More colleges in Connecticut
- University of Connecticut CT · 52% admitted
- Central Connecticut State University CT · 73% admitted
- Sacred Heart University CT · 65% admitted
- Yale University CT · 3.9% admitted
- Quinnipiac University CT · 72% admitted
- Southern Connecticut State University CT · 92% admitted
- Fairfield University CT · 33% admitted
- University of New Haven CT · 60% 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.