Tennessee Wesleyan University

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

Tennessee Wesleyan University operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Athens, Tennessee (town: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 846 students of which 956 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. Tennessee 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 68.8%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,090 and an ACT midpoint of 21. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $14,836, with published in-state tuition of $30,814 and a Pell grant recipient share of 39.2%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $20,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 45.5%, and the first-year retention rate is 72.0%. Graduates earn a median of $45,989 ten years after enrolling, compared with $45,987 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 67800.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 64.7% 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.