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Ohio Wesleyan University

Ohio Wesleyan University is a private campus in suburban Delaware, OH. The school reports a United Methodist affiliation in its federal filings.

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What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$14,920

family income
under $30k

$13,089

$30–48k

$15,819

$48–75k

$17,444

$75–110k

$30,353

over $110k

These figures don't always rise with income — aid formulas can make a higher bracket cheaper.

Average net price

$20,8972023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at Ohio Wesleyan University fell from $23,318 (2008) to $20,897 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$23,318
2009	$21,799
2010	$25,453
2011	$24,226
2012	$25,157
2013	$27,823
2014	$28,002
2015	$25,568
2016	$25,194
2017	$25,390
2018	$25,294
2019	$24,720
2020	$24,089
2021	$25,814
2022	$21,619
2023	$20,897

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$68,4242024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at Ohio Wesleyan University rose from $44,470 (2009) to $68,424 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$44,470
2010	$46,438
2011	$48,998
2012	$50,684
2013	$52,819
2014	$55,547
2015	$57,422
2016	$57,888
2017	$58,879
2018	$59,709
2019	$60,662
2020	$62,161
2021	$62,620
2022	$64,069
2023	$66,399
2024	$68,424

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition & fees

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

Tuition & fees — data
Year	Tuition & fees
2000	$21,880
2001	$22,860
2002	$24,000
2003	$25,080
2004	$26,820
2005	$27,920
2006	$30,290
2007	$31,930
2008	$33,700
2013	$40,510
2014	$41,920
2015	$43,230
2016	$44,090
2017	$44,690
2018	$45,760
2019	$47,130
2020	$47,130
2021	$48,832
2022	$49,822
2023	$52,357

IPEDS Published price 2000–01 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Reported tuition is $53,888 before grants and other attendance costs. At Ohio Wesleyan University, aid and other costs change the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

Enrollment sits at 1,516 — Ohio Wesleyan University is one of the smaller campuses on this site.

58.6% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Ohio Wesleyan University within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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58.6%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at Ohio Wesleyan University fell from 68.7% (entered 1991) to 58.6% (entered 2018).

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1991 cohort	68.7%
1992 cohort	64.1%
1993 cohort	70.3%
1994 cohort	63.8%
1995 cohort	58.9%
1996 cohort	66.7%
1997 cohort	66.6%
1998 cohort	60.9%
1999 cohort	68.1%
2000 cohort	64.7%
2001 cohort	68%
2002 cohort	63.2%
2003 cohort	59.9%
2004 cohort	62.9%
2005 cohort	61.2%
2006 cohort	68.2%
2007 cohort	63.2%
2008 cohort	65.5%
2009 cohort	71.1%
2010 cohort	67%
2011 cohort	69.6%
2012 cohort	67.4%
2013 cohort	65.1%
2014 cohort	66.6%
2015 cohort	64.3%
2016 cohort	66%
2017 cohort	61.7%
2018 cohort	58.6%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1991–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$17,125	$4,812
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$17,125	$4,375
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$17,125	$7,250
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$17,125	$8,875
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$17,125	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$17,125	$7,125
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$19,125	$9,250
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$22,125	$10,625
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$25,000	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$27,000	$8,750
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$27,000	$8,810
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$27,000	$8,750
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$27,000	$8,250
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$27,000	$8,750
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$27,000	$12,000
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$27,000	$13,500
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$27,000	$8,750
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$27,000	$8,750

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$42,495

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$48,945

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$55,624

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

Ohio Wesleyan University admitted 3,416 of 6,144 applicants in Fall 2024. The 55.6% rate describes that application pool.

55.6%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $52,357 tuition · 2023–24 1,516 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Tests not considered · Fall 2024

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Admissions

In the Fall 2024 cycle, Ohio Wesleyan University received 6,144 applications and admitted 3,416 (55.6%), with 432 enrolling.

Ohio Wesleyan University did not consider scores in the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. No score range is displayed for Ohio Wesleyan University under that historical policy.

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Acceptance rate

55.6%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

Ohio Wesleyan University's admission rate fell from 79.2% to 55.6%. The rate alone cannot explain the change. This describes Fall 2001 to Fall 2024.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	79.2%
Fall 2002	79.8%
Fall 2003	74%
Fall 2004	73.7%
Fall 2005	74.7%
Fall 2006	63.1%
Fall 2007	65.5%
Fall 2008	63.7%
Fall 2009	64%
Fall 2010	69.4%
Fall 2011	69.8%
Fall 2012	73.6%
Fall 2013	75.3%
Fall 2014	74.3%
Fall 2015	74.8%
Fall 2016	71.5%
Fall 2017	71.4%
Fall 2018	69%
Fall 2019	67.3%
Fall 2020	68.4%
Fall 2021	74.1%
Fall 2022	52.2%
Fall 2023	50.7%
Fall 2024	55.6%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

1105–1350Fall 2023 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	1100	1320
Fall 2002	1080	1300
Fall 2003	1120	1310
Fall 2004	1110	1320
Fall 2005	1120	1320
Fall 2006	1065	1310
Fall 2007	1070	1300
Fall 2008	1070	1300
Fall 2009	1040	1320
Fall 2010	1040	1300
Fall 2011	1030	1300
Fall 2012	1030	1260
Fall 2013	990	1250
Fall 2021	1213	1388
Fall 2022	1123	1358
Fall 2023	1105	1350

IPEDS Fall 2001–2023, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

25–31Fall 2023 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2002	23	28
Fall 2003	24	29
Fall 2004	24	28
Fall 2005	24	29
Fall 2006	24	28
Fall 2007	24	29
Fall 2008	24	29
Fall 2009	23	29
Fall 2010	23	29
Fall 2011	22	29
Fall 2012	23	28
Fall 2013	22	27
Fall 2021	24	30
Fall 2022	23	30
Fall 2023	25	31

IPEDS Fall 2002–2023, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

1,516Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at Ohio Wesleyan University fell from 1,915 (Fall 2002) to 1,516 (Fall 2024).

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	1,915
Fall 2003	1,907
Fall 2004	1,916
Fall 2005	1,958
Fall 2006	1,921
Fall 2007	1,979
Fall 2008	1,946
Fall 2009	1,880
Fall 2010	1,903
Fall 2011	1,819
Fall 2012	1,810
Fall 2013	1,817
Fall 2014	1,725
Fall 2015	1,665
Fall 2016	1,626
Fall 2017	1,549
Fall 2018	1,554
Fall 2019	1,489
Fall 2020	1,422
Fall 2021	1,338
Fall 2022	1,401
Fall 2023	1,450
Fall 2024	1,516

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

85%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at Ohio Wesleyan University has held near 85% from Fall 2002 to Fall 2023.

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2002 cohort	78%
Fall 2003 cohort	78%
Fall 2004 cohort	81%
Fall 2005 cohort	78%
Fall 2006 cohort	84%
Fall 2007 cohort	79%
Fall 2008 cohort	81%
Fall 2009 cohort	87%
Fall 2010 cohort	82%
Fall 2011 cohort	83%
Fall 2012 cohort	80%
Fall 2013 cohort	79%
Fall 2014 cohort	79%
Fall 2015 cohort	81%
Fall 2016 cohort	78%
Fall 2017 cohort	77%
Fall 2018 cohort	78%
Fall 2019 cohort	82%
Fall 2020 cohort	79%
Fall 2021 cohort	82%
Fall 2022 cohort	84%
Fall 2023 cohort	85%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2002–2023

More about Ohio Wesleyan University

28.2% of Ohio Wesleyan University's undergraduates carry Pell grants — the standard federal marker of lower-income enrollment. Carnegie classes Ohio Wesleyan University as a primarily residential campus of 1,516 undergraduates — and 84.7% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

Ohio Wesleyan University reported not considering test scores in Fall 2024, when its admission rate was 55.6%. Review Ohio Wesleyan University's current requirements before applying; use the GPA calculator for your semester numbers.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How Ohio Wesleyan University compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

Ohio Wesleyan University55.6%

Ohio median75.9%

National median76.8%

Tuition

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

Ohio Wesleyan University$53,888

Ohio median$29,500

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

Ohio Wesleyan University's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

Ohio Wesleyan University$55,624

Ohio median$52,356

National median$53,781

View comparison data & dates

Ohio Wesleyan University, Ohio and national reference values
Metric & basis	Ohio Wesleyan University	Ohio median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	55.6%	75.9%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$53,888	$29,500	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$55,624	$52,356	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

For Ohio Wesleyan University, these are federal subject groups (CIP), not departments. Median is the middle annual income.

Ohio Wesleyan University federal-aid recipients · graduated 2017–18 or 2018–19 · income measured 2022 or 2023 · inflation-adjusted to 2024 dollars. Definitions and limits.

View 3 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$66,800
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness	$55,420
Psychology, General	$47,941

These 3 fields listed for Ohio Wesleyan University measure earnings after completion. The $55,624 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 57 additional Ohio Wesleyan University fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules.

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Ohio Wesleyan University report?

Ohio Wesleyan University did not consider scores in Fall 2024: 55.6% admitted. Check current requirements.

What is Ohio Wesleyan University's acceptance rate?

55.6% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 3,416 admitted from 6,144 applicants.

How much does Ohio Wesleyan University cost?

At Ohio Wesleyan University, tuition is $53,888. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does Ohio Wesleyan University report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $55,624. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in Ohio

Mount St. Joseph University — 59.1% admitted
Franciscan University of Steubenville — 58.4% admitted
Wilberforce University — 40.5% admitted
The College of Wooster — 59.5% admitted

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Field-of-study cohort dates are shown with the table. Read the date and population definitions.