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 <nil>, 55% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Wesleyan with a bachelor's degree make about $44,736 a year. That's 10% more than those who graduate from 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

How Do I Get Into Wesleyan?

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

Admission Requirements for Wesleyan

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Considered but not required
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Wesleyan?

The acceptance rate at Wesleyan is 67%, which is a sign that the school is fairly selective. While it may not be as hard to get into as other colleges, you should not take admission for granted.

Approximately 62% of accepted students are men and 38% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 64%, and the acceptance rate for women is 74%.

Average Test Scores

About 11% 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 455 and 560. Math scores were between 465 and 580.

Wesleyan received ACT scores from 73% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 18 and 24. Math scores were between 17 and 24. Composite scores were between 19 and 24.

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 66% of students took out student loans averaging $8,305 a year. That adds up to $33,220 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Wesleyan is 6.0%. 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.

Kentucky Wesleyan College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 811 undergraduate students at Wesleyan, with 757 being full-time and 54 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 757 full-time undergraduates at Wesleyan, 53% are male and 47% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	10
Black or African American	102
Hispanic or Latino	24
White	527
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	89

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.

Online Learning at Kentucky Wesleyan College

In 2020-2021, 257 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 33rd most popular in Kentucky for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Wesleyan

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Kentucky Wesleyan College was 32.6%. This is the #844 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at 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 Matthewru under License

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