West Virginia Wesleyan College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for West Virginia Wesleyan College

West Virginia Wesleyan College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Buckhannon, West Virginia (town: remote), with a total reported enrollment of 954 students of which 972 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. West Virginia 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 93.3%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,052 and an ACT midpoint of 21. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $18,083, with published in-state tuition of $34,090 and a Pell grant recipient share of 37.6%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $27,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 53.0%, and the first-year retention rate is 67.3%. Graduates earn a median of $51,593 ten years after enrolling, compared with $42,672 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 68300.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 59.2% 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.