by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Illinois Wesleyan University was awarded 3 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general business/commerce.
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Illinois Wesleyan is ranked #514 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list.
Out of the 85 colleges in Illinois, Illinois Wesleyan is ranked at #18.
If you're applying to Illinois Wesleyan University you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 42%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
About 45% of students accepted to Illinois Wesleyan submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 560 and 660. Math scores were between 560 and 670.
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 Illinois Wesleyan it is much better at 11 to 1. That's good news for students who want to interact more on a personal level with their teachers.
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 Illinois Wesleyan University is 57%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 82% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Illinois Wesleyan University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Illinois Wesleyan the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 78%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,636 undergraduates at Illinois Wesleyan with 1,622 being full-time and 14 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $16,117 | $16,551 | $21,500 | $27,163 | $33,535 |
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 Illinois Wesleyan, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 Illinois Wesleyan, approximately 69% of students took out student loans averaging $8,859 a year. That adds up to $35,436 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Illinois Wesleyan are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1312 N Park St, Bloomington, IL 61702-2900 |
| Phone: | 309-556-1000 |
| Website: | www.iwu.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 53 | $75,629 |
| General Business/Commerce | 37 | NA |
| General Psychology | 31 | $34,650 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 29 | $62,619 |
| Computer Science | 29 | NA |
| General Biology | 26 | NA |
| Drama & Theater Arts | 23 | $19,490 |
| Accounting | 20 | $70,831 |
| Physics | 15 | NA |
| Marketing | 13 | $56,684 |
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 2022-2023, 225 students took at least one online class at Illinois Wesleyan University. This is an increase from the 0 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 225 | 0 |
| 2021-2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020-2021 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-2019 | 0 | 0 |
Learn more about online learning at Illinois Wesleyan University.
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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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