Kansas Wesleyan University

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Kansas Wesleyan University

Kansas Wesleyan University operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Salina, Kansas (town: remote), with a total reported enrollment of 956 students of which 1,003 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Kansas Wesleyan University is categorized as “22” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 71.9%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $22,671, with published in-state tuition of $34,630 and a Pell grant recipient share of 39.1%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $23,250, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 43.0%, and the first-year retention rate is 60.1%. Graduates earn a median of $51,152 ten years after enrolling, compared with $44,811 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 55000.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 58.4% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.