College · Private nonprofit · Delaware, OH · Suburb
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware, OH
Religious affiliation
Admit rate56%
6-yr median pay$42k
Net price / yr$21k
Undergrad size1,516
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $21k/yr for a shot at a $42k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 56% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average ACT 25.
If you get in
1,516 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Suburban — a short drive to the nearest city, greener but still connected.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $68k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $21k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$274k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$84k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$190k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback2.0x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $53.9k
- Room & board
- $14.7k
- Books & supplies
- $1,000
How students pay for it.
Pell grants28%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans62%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$27k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $9k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr59%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$42k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$56k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out27%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Suburb
- Control
- Private nonprofit
- Undergrad size
- 1,516
- Location
- Delaware, OH
- Region
- Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Arts & Sciences Focus
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
- Also known as
- OWU
Identity
Religious affiliation
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White71%
- Black10%
- Hispanic6%
- International5%
- Two or more races4%
- Asian2%
- Unknown1%
First-gen students22%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time1%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$66k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 60
What you can study.
- Accounting$87k · 5-yr
- Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness$47k · 5-yr
- African Studiesearnings not reported
- African-American/Black Studiesearnings not reported
- Speech Communication and Rhetoricearnings not reported
- Journalismearnings not reported
- Educationearnings not reported
- Special Education and Teachingearnings not reported
- Adult and Continuing Education and Teachingearnings not reported
- Agricultural Teacher Educationearnings not reported
- Foreign Languages and Literaturesearnings not reported
- French Language and Literatureearnings not reported
- Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Generalearnings not reported
- Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studiesearnings not reported
- Pre-Law Studiesearnings not reported
- English Language and Literatureearnings not reported
- Writingearnings not reported
- General Literatureearnings not reported
- Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studiesearnings not reported
- Biology/Biological Sciencesearnings not reported
- Biochemistryearnings not reported
- Botany/Plant Biologyearnings not reported
- Microbiology, Generalearnings not reported
- Zoology/Animal Biologyearnings not reported
- Geneticsearnings not reported
- Neuroscienceearnings not reported
- Mathematicsearnings not reported
- Medieval and Renaissance Studiesearnings not reported
- International/Globalization Studiesearnings not reported
- Ancient Studies/Civilizationearnings not reported
- Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studiesearnings not reported
- Data Analyticsearnings not reported
- Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Otherearnings not reported
- Philosophyearnings not reported
- Religion/Religious Studiesearnings not reported
- Theology/Theological Studiesearnings not reported
- Astronomyearnings not reported
- Chemistryearnings not reported
- Geology/Earth Scienceearnings not reported
- Physicsearnings not reported
- Psychologyearnings not reported
- Economicsearnings not reported
- Geographyearnings not reported
- Political Science and Governmentearnings not reported
- Sociologyearnings not reported
- Danceearnings not reported
- Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Artsearnings not reported
- Film/Cinema/Media Studiesearnings not reported
- Art/Art Studiesearnings not reported
- Musicearnings not reported
- Visual and Performing Arts, Otherearnings not reported
- Pre-Dentistry Studiesearnings not reported
- Public Healthearnings not reported
- Business Administration and Managementearnings not reported
- Business/Managerial Economicsearnings not reported
- Financeearnings not reported
- International Business/Trade/Commerceearnings not reported
- Computer Scienceearnings not reported
- Historyearnings not reported
- Natural Resources/Conservationearnings not reported