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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?

0 Undergraduate Awards
$30,034 Avg Cost After Aid
93% Acceptance Rate
  • Students at Wilson have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 1%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
  • The master's degree is the highest award offered at Wilson.
  • For the <nil> academic year, 100% of the faculty were full-time.
  • 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?

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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

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 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 Wilson?

93% Acceptance Rate
76% Of Accepted Are Women
26% Submit SAT Scores
With an acceptance rate of 93%, Wilson is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 24% of accepted students are men and 76% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 89%, and the acceptance rate for women is 94%.

Average Test Scores

About 26% 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 480 and 620. Math scores were between 480 and 580.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Wilson College  ( 480 to 620 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for Wilson College  ( 480 to 580 )
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800
Wilson received ACT scores from 1% of accepted students.

Can I Afford Wilson College?

$30,034 Net Price
78% Take Out Loans
1.4% Loan Default Rate
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 78% of students took out student loans averaging $8,282 a year. That adds up to $33,128 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Wilson is 1.4%. 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.

Wilson College Undergraduate Student Diversity

586 Full-Time Undergraduates
76% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 979 undergraduate students at Wilson, with 586 being full-time and 393 being part-time.

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There are also 426 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 586 full-time undergraduates at Wilson, 24% are male and 76% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 4
Black or African American 40
Hispanic or Latino 50
White 441
International Students 10
Other Races/Ethnicities 41

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.

Online Learning at Wilson College

604 Took All Classes Online
1,054 Took At Least One Class Online
92.6% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 1,054 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

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This school is the 41st most popular in Pennsylvania for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Wilson

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Wilson College was 92.6%. This is the #444 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at Wilson 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.

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