by our College Data Analytics TeamEach year, College Factual releases its Best Quality Schools ranking to identify graduate schools that offer a great educational experience and provide excellent student outcomes. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., Indiana Wesleyan University landed the #238 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Indiana, IWU came in at #8.
The total graduate student population at IWU is made up of 78.7% women and 21.3% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
About 20.4% of the graduate students who attend IWU are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 0.5% of graduate students hail from another country. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $13,512 | $13,512 |
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their master's degree at IWU is $50,009. That's about 14% lower than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
After obtaining their doctorate degree from IWU, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $60,681. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 19% lower than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of Indiana Wesleyan University.
Contact details for IWU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 4201 South Washington Street, Marion, IN 46953-4974 |
| Phone: | 765-674-6901 |
| Website: | https://www.indwes.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/IndWes |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/IndWes |
In 2020-2021, 89.3% of the graduate students at Indiana Wesleyan University took at least one class online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
| Master’s Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Mental & Social Health Services | 48 |
| Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries | 16 |
| Religious Studies | 4 |
| Student Counseling | 53 |
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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