Wilson College Overview

Wilson College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. Chambersburg is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Wilson College Known For?

• The master's degree is the highest award offered at Wilson.
• During a recent academic cycle, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Wilson with a bachelor's degree make about $43,326 a year. That's 6% more than those who graduate from other schools.
• On average, it takes about 4.2 years for students from Wilson to earn a bachelor's degree. This is excellent when compared to the average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Wilson College?

Contact details for Wilson are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1015 Philadelphia Ave, Chambersburg, PA 17201-1285
Phone:	717-264-4141
Website:	www.wilson.edu

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How Do I Get Into Wilson?

You can apply to Wilson online at: https://www.wilson.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for Wilson

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into Wilson?

With an acceptance rate of 94%, Wilson is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 32% of accepted students are men and 68% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 93%, and the acceptance rate for women is 95%.

Average Test Scores

About 28% of students accepted to Wilson submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 490 and 580. Math scores were between 480 and 540.

Wilson received ACT scores from 1% of accepted students.

Can I Afford Wilson College?

The overall average net price of Wilson is $30,034. 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

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Wilson, approximately 71% of students took out student loans averaging $9,179 a year. That adds up to $36,716 over four years for those students.

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Wilson College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,041 undergraduate students at Wilson, with 627 being full-time and 414 being part-time.

There are also 494 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 627 full-time undergraduates at Wilson, 20% are male and 80% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	5
Black or African American	39
Hispanic or Latino	48
White	470
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	51

Geographic Diversity

Pennsylvania students aren't the only ones who study at Wilson College. At this time, 11 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 18 countries are represented at Wilson. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Australia, Saudi Arabia, and China.

Wilson College Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Nursing	0	0	46	1	47
Instructional Media Design	0	0	0	40	40
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians	0	0	35	0	35
General Education	0	0	0	33	33
Special Education	0	0	1	17	18
Business Administration & Management	1	1	15	0	17
General Visual & Performing Arts	0	0	0	13	13
Health & Physical Education	0	0	10	0	10
Educational Assessment	0	0	0	9	9
Animal Services	0	0	7	0	7
General Biology	0	0	7	0	7
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	0	7	0	7
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	0	0	2	5	7
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	1	3	2	6
Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	6	0	6
Accounting	0	0	5	0	5
Design & Applied Arts	0	0	5	0	5
Animal Science	0	0	4	0	4
Child Development & Psychology	0	0	4	0	4
Sociology	0	0	4	0	4
Communication & Media Studies	0	0	3	0	3
Teaching English or French	0	0	0	3	3
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	0	0	3	0	3
Criminal Justice & Corrections	0	0	3	0	3
Finance & Financial Management	0	0	2	0	2
Teacher Education Subject Specific	0	0	2	0	2
General English Literature	0	0	2	0	2
General Social Sciences	0	0	2	0	2
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	0	1	0	1
Journalism	0	0	1	0	1
Mathematics	0	0	1	0	1
Natural Resources Conservation	0	0	1	0	1
Health Sciences & Services	0	0	0	0	0
Chemistry	0	0	0	0	0
General Psychology	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1	2	182	123	308

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 John Phelan under License

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