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Roberts Wesleyan College Data & Information Overview

Great Price Value for Your Money
87% Acceptance Rate
3% Student Loan Default Rate
This overview covers the essential stats on Roberts Wesleyan College, including its rankings, majors, diversity, and more.
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How Well Is Roberts Wesleyan College Ranked?

#1,556 Best Colleges in Nation
#100 Best Colleges in NY
Other Education Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

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Overall Quality

According to College Factual's 2024 analysis, Roberts Wesleyan is ranked #1,556 out of 2,217 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality.

Out of the 142 colleges in New York, Roberts Wesleyan is ranked at #100.

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Is It Hard to Get Into Roberts Wesleyan?

87% Acceptance Rate
70% Of Accepted Are Women
18% Submit SAT Scores

Acceptance Rate

Roberts Wesleyan College has an acceptance rate of 87%, so it is easier to gain admission to this school than some others. Still, the admissions staff will examine your application closely to make sure you're a good fit for Roberts Wesleyan.

Average Test Scores

About 18% of students accepted to Roberts Wesleyan submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 500 and 620. Math scores were between 520 and 630.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Roberts Wesleyan College  ( 500 to 620 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Roberts Wesleyan College  ( 520 to 630 )
200
800
Roberts Wesleyan received ACT scores from 3% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT Composite scores ranged between 24 and 28.

ACT Composite Scores for Roberts Wesleyan College  ( 24 to 28 )
1
36

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Roberts Wesleyan College Faculty

13 to 1 Student to Faculty
95% Full Time Teachers

Student to Faculty Ratio

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 Roberts Wesleyan College, this ratio is 13 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.

Percent of Full-Time Faculty

When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.

The full-time faculty percentage at Roberts Wesleyan College is 95%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  95 out of 100
0
100

Retention and Graduation Rates at Roberts Wesleyan College

79% Freshmen Retention
54% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate of 79% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Roberts Wesleyan College 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.

Freshmen Retention Rate  79 out of 100
0
100

Graduation Rate

The on-time graduation rate for someone pursuing a bachelor's degree is typically four years. This rate at Roberts Wesleyan for first-time, full-time students is 54%, which is better than the national average of 33.3%.

On-Time Graduation Rate  54 out of 100
0
100

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Roberts Wesleyan College Undergraduate Student Diversity

1,126 Full-Time Undergraduates
26.0% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
68.8% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,197 undergraduates at Roberts Wesleyan with 1,126 being full-time and 71 being part-time.

How Much Does Roberts Wesleyan College Cost?

$24,462 Net Price
72% Take Out Loans
$32,260 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Roberts Wesleyan is $24,462. 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 Roberts Wesleyan

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$19,082 $20,469 $23,921 $27,102 $28,012

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 Roberts Wesleyan, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Roberts Wesleyan, approximately 72% of students took out student loans averaging $8,065 a year. That adds up to $32,260 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Roberts Wesleyan is 3.1%. 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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How Much Money Do Roberts Wesleyan Graduates Make?

$45,184 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Roberts Wesleyan with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $45,184 in their early years. This is good news for future Roberts Wesleyan graduates since it is 6% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.

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Location of Roberts Wesleyan College

New York State
1,126 Full-Time Undergraduates
Suburb Campus Setting
Roberts Wesleyan College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Rochester, New York. The suburban atmosphere of Rochester makes it a great place for students who want the amenities of city life without actually living in the middle of a constant hustle and bustle.

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Contact details for Roberts Wesleyan are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 2301 Westside Dr, Rochester, NY 14624
Phone: 585-594-6000
Website: www.roberts.edu/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RobertsWesleyanCollege
Twitter: http://twitter.com/RobertsWesleyan

Roberts Wesleyan College Majors

47 Majors With Completions
391 Undergraduate Degrees
211 Graduate Degrees
During the most recent year for which we have data, students from 47 majors graduated from Roberts Wesleyan College. Of these students, 391 received undergraduate degrees and 211 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
Nursing 113 $66,466
Other Education 35 NA
Human Resource Management 34 $47,985
Social Work 29 $30,726
Health & Medical Administrative Services 24 NA
Business Administration & Management 23 $36,012
Homeland Security 16 NA
Teacher Education Subject Specific 14 NA
Special Education 13 $38,520
General Psychology 12 $28,011

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

Online Learning at Roberts Wesleyan

53% Take At Least One Class Online
17% Take All Classes Online

Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.

In 2020-2021, 880 students took at least one online class at Roberts Wesleyan College. This is a decrease from the 1,023 students who took online classes the previous year.

Year Took at Least One Online Class Took All Classes Online
2020-2021 880 275
2019-2020 1,023 419
2018-2019 329 148
2017-2018 263 153
2016-2017 262 183

Learn more about online learning at Roberts Wesleyan College.

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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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