Virginia Wesleyan University Overview

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

What Is Virginia Wesleyan University Known For?

• The 2% student loan default rate at VWU 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.
• The highest award offered at VWU is the master's degree.
• In <nil>, 67% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from VWU makes roughly $46,249 a year. This is 13% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• It takes the average VWU student 4.1 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is Virginia Wesleyan University?

Contact details for VWU are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	5817 Wesleyan Drive, Virginia Beach, VA 23455
Phone:	757-455-3200
Website:	www.vwu.edu

How Do I Get Into VWU?

You can apply to VWU online at: https://www.vwu.edu/enrollment-aid/apply-now.php

Admission Requirements for VWU

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into VWU?

VWU has the high acceptance rate of 86%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 40% of accepted students are men and 60% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 85%, and the acceptance rate for women is 87%.

Average Test Scores

About 13% of students accepted to VWU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 590 and 680. Math scores were between 560 and 700.

VWU received ACT scores from 4% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 24 and 32. Math scores were between 25 and 29. Composite scores were between 27 and 31.

Can I Afford Virginia Wesleyan University?

The overall average net price of VWU is $30,469. 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 VWU, approximately 64% of students took out student loans averaging $7,790 a year. That adds up to $31,160 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at VWU is 2.0%. 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.

Virginia Wesleyan University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,241 undergraduate students at VWU, with 1,108 being full-time and 133 being part-time.

There are also 83 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,108 full-time undergraduates at VWU, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	16
Black or African American	296
Hispanic or Latino	106
White	575
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	98

Geographic Diversity

Virginia students aren't the only ones who study at Virginia Wesleyan University. At this time, 22 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 13 countries are represented at VWU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, France, and Japan.

Online Learning at Virginia Wesleyan University

There are 21 bachelor’s degree and 3 master’s degree programs available online at VWU. In 2020-2021, 215 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 43rd most popular in Virginia for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

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 Fryeguy91 under License

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