College · Private nonprofit · Salem, OH · Rural
Allegheny Wesleyan College
Salem, OH
Religious affiliation
Admit rate—
6-yr median pay$21k
Net price / yr$5k
Undergrad size46
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $5k/yr for a shot at a $21k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of unspecified means this is admit rate not reported for this school.
If you get in
46 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Rural — true campus bubble, nature on the doorstep, plan for a car.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $15k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $5k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$58k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$21k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$37k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.0x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $6.8k
- Room & board
- $4.0k
- Books & supplies
- $800
How students pay for it.
Pell grants50%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans0%
Share taking out federal student loans.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention66%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr46%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$21k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$37k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Rural
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 46
- Location
- Salem, OH
- Region
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges: Associate's Dominant
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Association for Biblical Higher Education
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White87%
- American Indian / Alaska Native9%
- Asian2%
- Two or more races2%
Part-time22%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$24k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 5
What you can study.