College · Private nonprofit · Rocky Mount, NC · City
North Carolina Wesleyan University
Rocky Mount, NC
Religious affiliation
Admit rate80%
6-yr median pay$39k
Net price / yr$17k
Undergrad size1,214
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $17k/yr for a shot at a $39k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 80% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average ACT 18.
If you get in
1,214 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
City campus — public transit, off-campus food, weekends happen nearby.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $50k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $17k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$200k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$70k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$130k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.8x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $35.7k
- Room & board
- $13.3k
- Books & supplies
- $400
How students pay for it.
Pell grants50%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans64%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$25k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $13k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention62%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr42%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$39k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$46k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out35%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- City
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 1,214
- Location
- Rocky Mount, NC
- Region
- Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Black36%
- Unknown21%
- White20%
- International14%
- Two or more races4%
- Hispanic3%
- American Indian / Alaska Native1%
First-gen students47%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time15%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$25k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 28
What you can study.