Kentucky Wesleyan College Overview

Kentucky Wesleyan College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Owensboro, Kentucky. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is Kentucky Wesleyan College Known For?

• The highest award offered at Wesleyan is the bachelor's degree.
• In a recent academic period50% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Wesleyan bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $46,747 a year. That's about 15% more than their peers at other schools.

Where Is Kentucky Wesleyan College?

Contact details for Wesleyan are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	3000 Frederica Street, Owensboro, KY 42301
Phone:	270-926-3111
Website:	kwc.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/kywesleyan
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/kywesleyan

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How Do I Get Into Wesleyan?

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

Admission Requirements for Wesleyan

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	3
Recommendations	3
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Wesleyan?

With an acceptance rate of 69%, Wesleyan does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 56% of accepted students are men and 44% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 67%, and the acceptance rate for women is 70%.

Average Test Scores

About 9% of students accepted to Wesleyan submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 490 and 600. Math scores were between 490 and 610.

Wesleyan received ACT scores from 71% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 17 and 24. Math scores were between 16 and 0. Composite scores were between 17 and 23.

Can I Afford Kentucky Wesleyan College?

The overall average net price of Wesleyan is $33,866. 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

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Wesleyan, approximately 56% of students took out student loans averaging $6,450 a year. That adds up to $25,800 over four years for those students.

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Kentucky Wesleyan College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 887 undergraduate students at Wesleyan, with 815 being full-time and 72 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 815 full-time undergraduates at Wesleyan, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Kentucky Wesleyan College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	8
Black or African American	117
Hispanic or Latino	26
White	551
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	113

Geographic Diversity

Kentucky students aren't the only ones who study at Kentucky Wesleyan College. At this time, 14 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 9 countries are represented at Wesleyan. The most popular countries sending students to the school are United Kingdom, Congo, and Kenya.

Kentucky Wesleyan College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
Health & Physical Education	0	22	22
General Psychology	0	22	22
General Business/Commerce	0	20	20
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	17	17
Zoology	0	16	16
Health Sciences & Services	0	14	14
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	14	14
Design & Applied Arts	0	14	14
General Biology	0	9	9
Liberal Arts General Studies	5	3	8
Mathematics	0	6	6
Accounting	0	5	5
Communication & Media Studies	0	4	4
Chemistry	0	4	4
Political Science & Government	0	3	3
General English Literature	0	2	2
History	0	2	2
Religious Studies	0	2	2
Fine & Studio Arts	0	2	2
Music	0	2	2
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	1	1
Non-Professional General Legal Studies	0	1	1
Physics	0	1	1
Drama & Theater Arts	0	0	0
TOTAL	5	186	191

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 Matthewru under License

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