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Virginia Wesleyan University was awarded 4 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is criminal justice & corrections.
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VWU is ranked #1,661 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list.
Out of the 57 colleges in Virginia, VWU is ranked at #44.
When it comes to admittance, Virginia Wesleyan University is somewhat selective. Its acceptance rate is 81%, which means you'll face some strong competition during the admissions process. Do what you can to make your application stand out.
About 10% of students accepted to VWU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 605 and 695. Math scores were between 585 and 670.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Virginia Wesleyan University, this ratio is 13 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Virginia Wesleyan University is 69%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Virginia Wesleyan University is 69%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At VWU the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 46%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Virginia Wesleyan University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,274 undergraduates at VWU with 1,188 being full-time and 86 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $25,357 | $21,099 | $24,503 | $19,774 | $22,625 |
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 VWU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At VWU, approximately 66% of students took out student loans averaging $7,905 a year. That adds up to $31,620 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for VWU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 5817 Wesleyan Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23455 |
| Phone: | 757-455-3200 |
| Website: | https://www.vwu.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 66 | $41,536 |
| General Psychology | 33 | $31,123 |
| General Biology | 20 | $30,921 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 17 | $39,404 |
| Biological & Physical Science | 13 | NA |
| General Education | 12 | NA |
| Natural Resources Conservation | 12 | NA |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 11 | NA |
| General Social Sciences | 9 | NA |
| Mathematics | 8 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 359 students took at least one online class at Virginia Wesleyan University. This is an increase from the 215 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 359 | 334 |
| 2021-2022 | 215 | 186 |
| 2020-2021 | 171 | 149 |
| 2018-2019 | 148 | 122 |
Learn more about online learning at Virginia 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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