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Iowa Wesleyan University Data & Information Overview

82% Acceptance Rate
8% Student Loan Default Rate
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How Well Is Iowa Wesleyan University Ranked?

Business Administration & Management Highest Ranked Major

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Overall Quality

Iowa Wesleyan was not ranked in College Factual's Best Overall Colleges report this year. This may be because not enough data was available.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Iowa Wesleyan?

82% Acceptance Rate
53% Of Accepted Are Women
9% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

The acceptance rate at Iowa Wesleyan University is 82%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that Iowa Wesleyan is a good fit for you.

Average Test Scores

About 9% of students accepted to Iowa Wesleyan submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 410 and 520. Math scores were between 410 and 500.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Iowa Wesleyan University  ( 410 to 520 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Iowa Wesleyan University  ( 410 to 500 )
200
800
Iowa Wesleyan received ACT scores from 22% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 15 and 20.

ACT Composite Scores for Iowa Wesleyan University  ( 15 to 20 )
1
36

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Iowa Wesleyan University Faculty

12 to 1 Student to Faculty
42% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

The student to faculty ratio is often used to measure the number of teaching resources that a college or university offers its students. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1, but at Iowa Wesleyan it is much better at 12 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at Iowa Wesleyan University is 42%. This is lower than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  42 out of 100
0
100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Iowa Wesleyan University

51% Freshmen Retention
26% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Iowa Wesleyan University this rate is 51%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.

Freshmen Retention Rate  51 out of 100
0
100

Graduation Rate

When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at Iowa Wesleyan is 26%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%

On-Time Graduation Rate  26 out of 100
0
100

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Iowa Wesleyan University Undergraduate Student Diversity

624 Full-Time Undergraduates
40.2% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
45.5% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 651 undergraduates at Iowa Wesleyan with 624 being full-time and 27 being part-time.

How Much Does Iowa Wesleyan University Cost?

$31,971 Net Price
92% Take Out Loans
$19,000 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Iowa Wesleyan is $31,971. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group. See the table below for the net price for different income groups.

Net Price by Income Group for Iowa Wesleyan

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$30,695 $31,453 $33,417 $33,367 $33,915

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Iowa Wesleyan, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Iowa Wesleyan, approximately 92% of students took out student loans averaging $4,750 a year. That adds up to $19,000 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Iowa Wesleyan is 8.1%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

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How Much Money Do Iowa Wesleyan Graduates Make?

$45,066 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Iowa Wesleyan with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $45,066 in their early years. That's great news for Iowa Wesleyan students since it is 6% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.

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Location of Iowa Wesleyan University

Iowa State
624 Full-Time Undergraduates
Town Campus Setting
Iowa Wesleyan University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Mount Pleasant, Iowa. The surrounding location of Mount Pleasant is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

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Contact details for Iowa Wesleyan are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 601 N Main Street, Mount Pleasant, IA 52641
Phone: 319-385-8021
Website: https://www.iw.edu/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IowaWesleyan
Twitter: https://twitter.com/IowaWesleyan

Iowa Wesleyan University Majors

16 Majors With Completions
146 Undergraduate Degrees
18 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 16 majors graduated from Iowa Wesleyan University. Of these students, 146 received undergraduate degrees and 18 graduated with a master's or doctor's degree. The following table lists the most popular undergraduate majors along with the average salary graduates from those majors make.

Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
Business Administration & Management 37 $37,362
Criminal Justice & Corrections 24 NA
General Biology 17 NA
General Psychology 14 NA
Human Services 10 NA
Health & Physical Education 8 NA
Teacher Education Grade Specific 8 NA
Nursing 8 $59,581
Teacher Education Subject Specific 7 NA
General Education 7 NA

Learn more about the majors offered at Iowa Wesleyan University along with which ones have the highest average starting salaries.

Online Learning at Iowa Wesleyan

34% Take At Least One Class Online
15% Take All Classes Online

Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.

In 2020-2021, 279 students took at least one online class at Iowa Wesleyan University. This is an increase from the 259 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 279 127
2019-2020 259 88
2018-2019 185 68
2017-2018 201 42
2016-2017 116 11

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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