Wesleyan University

Middletown, CT · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
16.5%
2,373 admitted
SAT · 50th
1420
Range 1300–1500
6-yr grad
92.6%
Retention 94.9%
Undergrads
7:1 S-F
Admissions
16.9% / 20.6%
in-state / out-of-state
admit rate spread
Applications14,389
Overall admit rate16.5%
In-state admit rate16.9%
Out-of-state admit rate20.6%
Enrolled825 · 34.8% yield
Admitted from waitlist5 of 2,844
Very important factorsGPA, Application essay, Character, Recs, Rigor of HS record
Important factorsExtracurriculars, Talent
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
Test scores
1420
SAT composite · 50th %ile
range 1300–1500 · 41.0% submitted
SAT
255075
R&W660710750
Math630700760
Comp130014201500
ACT
255075
Comp313334
Cost & aid
$66,716
tuition (full-time)
Tuition$66,716
Fees$600
Room & board$19,034
Books$1,200
Avg need-based grant$70,348
% need met100.0%
Avg debt at graduation$29,138
Academics
7 : 1
student-faculty ratio
94.9% retention
Student-faculty7 : 1
Retention94.9%
4-year graduation80.9%
6-year graduation92.6%
Enrollment
undergraduates
90.0% out-of-state · 95 intl freshmen
First-year825
Transfer48
Full-time81%
Female52%
Out-of-state90.0%
International (freshmen)95
Rankings
#5
U.S. News & World Report
Best Regional Colleges — South
SourceListRankYr
U.S. News & World ReportBest Regional Colleges — South#526
U.S. News & World ReportTop Performers on Social Mobility — Regional Colleges — SOUTH#926
ForbesBest Small Colleges (Under 4,000 Undergrads)#1126
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Liberal Arts Colleges#1326
U.S. News & World ReportTop Performers on Social Mobility — National Liberal Arts Colleges#2626
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#5126
NicheBest Colleges in America#5626
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
Liberal Arts College
Carnegie Classification
114 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationLiberal Arts College114
Athletic conferenceNew England Small College Athletic Conference10
Athletic divisionNCAA D3105
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingConnecticut colleges7
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
$65
application fee
waivable
Regular decision1/1 → 1-Apr → May 1
Early decision11/15 → 12/15 · binding
Early decision 21/1
Deferred admissionAllowed
Test policyConsidered but not required
Admissions URLhttps://www.wesleyan.edu/admission/apply…
Admissions emailadmission@wesleyan.edu
Admissions phone860.685.3000
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
Middlebury College
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Middlebury College VT · Private (nonprofit)12.8%15002K
Bowdoin College ME · Private (nonprofit)6.8%15101K
Colby College ME · Private (nonprofit)7.1%2K
Vassar College NY · Private (nonprofit)20.9%14902K
Amherst College MA · Private (nonprofit)7.7%15101K
Brown University RI · Private (nonprofit)5.4%15407K
Tufts University MA · Private (nonprofit)10.8%15007K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — Wesleyan University

23 years of Wesleyan University's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.