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Illinois Wesleyan University was awarded 111 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general business/commerce.
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College Factual ranked Illinois Wesleyan as #463 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list.
Illinois Wesleyan also holds the #20 spot on the Best Colleges in Illinois ranking.
If you're applying to Illinois Wesleyan University you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 45%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
About 33% 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 580 and 670. Math scores were between 530 and 640.
The student to faculty ratio at Illinois Wesleyan is an impressive 12 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
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 62%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 85% 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.
The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Illinois Wesleyan for first-time, full-time students is 72%, which is better than 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 + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $19,286 | $20,876 | $31,095 | $33,351 | $41,079 |
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 70% of students took out student loans averaging $8,964 a year. That adds up to $35,856 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Illinois Wesleyan is 2.4%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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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/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/illinoiswesleyan |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/IL_Wesleyan |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 45 | $66,460 |
| General Business/Commerce | 43 | NA |
| General Biology | 32 | NA |
| General Psychology | 23 | $32,272 |
| Accounting | 22 | $61,838 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 18 | $57,305 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 18 | $37,257 |
| Marketing | 17 | NA |
| Political Science & Government | 16 | NA |
| Drama & Theater Arts | 16 | $18,075 |
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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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