Kentucky Wesleyan College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Kentucky Wesleyan College

Kentucky Wesleyan College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Owensboro, Kentucky (city: small), with a total reported enrollment of 842 students of which 928 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. Kentucky Wesleyan College 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 71.6%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,044 and an ACT midpoint of 22. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $17,131, with published in-state tuition of $34,673 and a Pell grant recipient share of 49.5%. 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 49.3%, and the first-year retention rate is 52.6%. Graduates earn a median of $46,747 ten years after enrolling, compared with $35,895 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 50800.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 57.1% 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.