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Wells College Data & Information Overview

68% Acceptance Rate
7% Student Loan Default Rate
Find out more about how Wells College ranks, how diverse it is, what majors it offers, and other essential facts below.
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How Well Is Wells College Ranked?

General Psychology Highest Ranked Major

2024 Rankings

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Overall Quality

Wells 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 Wells?

68% Acceptance Rate
69% Of Accepted Are Women

Acceptance Rate

Wells College has an acceptance rate of 68%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for Wells.

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Wells College Faculty

9 to 1 Student to Faculty
62% 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 Wells it is much better at 9 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 Wells College is 62%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.

Full-Time Faculty Percent  62 out of 100
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Retention and Graduation Rates at Wells College

46% Freshmen Retention
54% On-Time Graduation Rate

Freshmen Retention Rate

The freshmen retention rate is a measure of what percentage of first-year, full-time students come back for their sophomore year. The 46% rate at Wells College is a good bit lower than the national rate of 68%. This could be for a number of reasons, such as students transferring after a year because they changed majors.

Freshmen Retention Rate  46 out of 100
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Graduation Rate

Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Wells the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 54%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%

On-Time Graduation Rate  54 out of 100
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Wells College Undergraduate Student Diversity

351 Full-Time Undergraduates
39.3% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
65.8% Percent Women

During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 357 undergraduates at Wells with 351 being full-time and 6 being part-time.

How Much Does Wells College Cost?

$20,278 Net Price
83% Take Out Loans
$35,120 Total Student Loans
The overall average net price of Wells is $20,278. 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 Wells

$0-30 K $30K-48K $48-75 $75-110K $110K +
$16,040 $15,647 $18,786 $23,188 $27,415

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 Wells, 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 Wells, approximately 83% of students took out student loans averaging $8,780 a year. That adds up to $35,120 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Wells is 6.5%. 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 Wells Graduates Make?

$45,188 Avg Salary of Grads
High Earnings Boost
Although some majors pay more than others, students who graduate from Wells with a bachelor's degree go on to jobs where they make an average salary of $45,188 in their early years. This is good news for future Wells graduates since it is 6% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.

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Location of Wells College

New York State
351 Full-Time Undergraduates
Rural Campus Setting
Located in Aurora, New York, Wells College is a private not-for-profit institution. Students who love country life may enjoy the rural location of Wells.

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Contact details for Wells are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 170 Main Street, Aurora, NY 13026-0500
Phone: 315-364-3264
Website: www.wells.edu/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wellscollege
Twitter: https://twitter.com/wellscollege

Wells College Majors

26 Majors With Completions
81 Undergraduate Degrees
Most Popular Majors Bachelor’s Degrees Average Salary of Graduates
General Psychology 13 $23,774
Business Administration & Management 10 $27,629
General Biology 7 NA
Natural Resources Conservation 7 NA
Special Education 6 NA
Political Science & Government 6 NA
History 6 NA
Sociology 5 NA
Sustainability Science 4 NA
Ethnic Studies 2 NA

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

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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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