Iowa Wesleyan University Overview

Located in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, Iowa Wesleyan University is a private not-for-profit institution. Mount Pleasant is a great place for students who enjoy small town life.

What Is Iowa Wesleyan University Known For?

• The 5% student loan default rate at Iowa Wesleyan is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the master's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Iowa Wesleyan.
• For the <nil> academic year, 37% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Iowa Wesleyan bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $46,798 a year. That's about 15% more than their peers at other schools.
• On average, it takes about 4.2 years for students from Iowa Wesleyan to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Iowa Wesleyan University?

Contact details for Iowa Wesleyan are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	601 N Main Street, Mount Pleasant, IA 52641
Phone:	319-385-8021
Website:	www.iw.edu

How Do I Get Into Iowa Wesleyan?

You can apply to Iowa Wesleyan online at: https://online.iw.edu/admissions/

Admission Requirements for Iowa Wesleyan

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Iowa Wesleyan?

With an acceptance rate of 82%, Iowa Wesleyan may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 47% of accepted students are men and 53% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 79%, and the acceptance rate for women is 85%.

Average Test Scores

About 9% of students accepted to Iowa Wesleyan submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 410 and 520. Math scores were between 410 and 500.

Iowa Wesleyan received ACT scores from 22% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 13 and 19. Math scores were between 15 and 21. Composite scores were between 15 and 20.

Can I Afford Iowa Wesleyan University?

The overall average net price of Iowa Wesleyan is $31,420. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Iowa Wesleyan, approximately 92% of students took out student loans averaging $4,750 a year. That adds up to $19,000 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Iowa Wesleyan is 4.9%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Iowa Wesleyan University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 758 undergraduate students at Iowa Wesleyan, with 697 being full-time and 61 being part-time.

There are also 67 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 697 full-time undergraduates at Iowa Wesleyan, 59% are male and 41% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Iowa Wesleyan University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	2
Black or African American	145
Hispanic or Latino	46
White	292
International Students	85
Other Races/Ethnicities	127

Geographic Diversity

Iowa students aren't the only ones who study at Iowa Wesleyan University. At this time, 20 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 29 countries are represented at Iowa Wesleyan. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Nepal, Australia, and Spain.

Online Learning at Iowa Wesleyan University

In 2020-2021, 279 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Iowa Wesleyan has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 25th most popular in Iowa for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Iowa Wesleyan

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Iowa Wesleyan University was 74.8%. This is the #512 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Iowa Wesleyan regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Robert Thall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.