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Southern Wesleyan University

Southern Wesleyan University is a private campus in suburban Central, SC. The school reports a Wesleyan 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

$15,936

family income
under $30k

$17,234

$30–48k

$20,474

$48–75k

$19,436

$75–110k

$24,758

over $110k

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

Average net price

$15,4642023–24Skip 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 Southern Wesleyan University rose from $13,987 (2008) to $15,464 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$13,987
2009	$12,751
2010	$14,975
2011	$16,782
2012	$17,796
2013	$16,611
2014	$16,706
2015	$15,085
2016	$16,130
2017	$17,188
2018	$17,750
2019	$17,722
2020	$19,352
2021	$16,920
2022	$19,968
2023	$15,464

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$39,9142024–25Skip 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 Southern Wesleyan University rose from $27,262 (2009) to $39,914 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$27,262
2010	$27,674
2011	$29,146
2012	$29,772
2013	$31,054
2014	$31,774
2015	$32,515
2016	$32,974
2017	$33,590
2018	$35,493
2019	$36,048
2020	$35,949
2021	$37,208
2022	$37,082
2023	$38,739
2024	$39,914

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	$12,104
2001	$12,800
2002	$13,450
2003	$14,100
2004	$14,750
2005	$15,000
2006	$15,700
2007	$17,200
2008	$18,000
2013	$22,200
2014	$22,950
2015	$23,620
2016	$24,110
2017	$24,700
2018	$25,476
2019	$25,516
2020	$25,676
2021	$26,498
2022	$27,820
2023	$27,870

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

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Southern Wesleyan University reports published tuition of $29,800 in this record. Southern Wesleyan University's $29,800 tuition excludes other attendance costs; aid can reduce the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

Southern Wesleyan University reports 747 undergraduates. This count does not measure class size or advising access.

52.4% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Southern 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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52.4%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 Southern Wesleyan University rose from 32% (entered 1991) to 52.4% (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	32%
1992 cohort	39.8%
1993 cohort	40%
1994 cohort	48.4%
1995 cohort	42%
1996 cohort	37%
1997 cohort	40.6%
1998 cohort	35.2%
1999 cohort	54.5%
2000 cohort	50%
2001 cohort	50.4%
2002 cohort	44.7%
2003 cohort	38.8%
2004 cohort	38.5%
2005 cohort	38.1%
2006 cohort	56.7%
2007 cohort	44.3%
2008 cohort	48.6%
2009 cohort	50%
2010 cohort	60.1%
2011 cohort	43.8%
2012 cohort	52.9%
2013 cohort	54.4%
2014 cohort	54.2%
2015 cohort	52.1%
2016 cohort	59.7%
2017 cohort	52%
2018 cohort	52.4%

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 1997 and 1998 (FY1997/98)	$16,800	$3,596
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$17,125	$4,915
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$17,757	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$17,650	$5,625
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$18,828	$6,625
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$20,169	$5,625
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$21,000	$6,625
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$20,375	$7,112
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$21,000	$6,844
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$22,800	$6,625
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$21,000	$6,625
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$22,650	$6,250
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$23,500	$7,500
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$23,113	$8,500
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$25,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$26,300	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$27,000	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$28,000	$10,224
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$26,963	$12,000
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$25,000	$11,250
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$26,000	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$27,000	$9,152
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$26,717	$7,396
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$26,000	$8,308

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

$41,489

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$42,347

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$47,756

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

Southern Wesleyan University admitted 425 of 427 applicants in Fall 2024. The 99.5% rate describes that application pool.

99.5%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $27,870 tuition · 2023–24 747 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Test-optional (considered) · Fall 2024

400SAT range (section 25th/75th sums): 1040–12101600

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Admissions

Southern Wesleyan University reported scores as considered but not required for the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. For Southern Wesleyan University’s enrolled SAT submitters, Reading and Writing was 530–620 and Math was 510–590 (25th–75th percentiles). The section-percentile sums 1040–1210 are not composite-score percentiles. These are not admission cutoffs.

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Score	25th	50th	75th
SAT Reading & Writing	530	560	620
SAT Math	510	540	590
ACT Composite	22	24	28

25th / 75th: a quarter of enrolled submitters scored below the first number, a quarter above the second. These are not cutoffs.

Only students who submitted scores are counted — at test-optional schools, many enrolled students aren't in this table.

Percentiles are among enrolled students who submitted scores (Fall 2024 admissions cycle).

In the Fall 2024 cycle, Southern Wesleyan University received 427 applications and admitted 425 (99.5%), with 142 enrolling.

Acceptance rate

99.5%Fall 2024Skip to data table

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

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	64.7%
Fall 2002	69.4%
Fall 2003	67.8%
Fall 2004	98%
Fall 2005	70.4%
Fall 2006	57.1%
Fall 2007	97.2%
Fall 2008	95%
Fall 2009	89%
Fall 2010	93.7%
Fall 2011	97.4%
Fall 2012	96.2%
Fall 2013	93.7%
Fall 2014	63.1%
Fall 2015	62.2%
Fall 2016	55%
Fall 2017	52.6%
Fall 2018	53.6%
Fall 2019	35%
Fall 2020	55.8%
Fall 2021	56.6%
Fall 2022	51.2%
Fall 2023	100%
Fall 2024	99.5%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

1040–1210Fall 2024 · 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	900	1120
Fall 2002	900	1130
Fall 2003	880	1160
Fall 2004	898	1130
Fall 2005	895	1130
Fall 2006	886	1143
Fall 2007	880	1130
Fall 2008	860	1100
Fall 2009	910	1100
Fall 2010	890	1090
Fall 2011	840	1030
Fall 2012	840	1030
Fall 2013	810	1050
Fall 2018	970	1150
Fall 2019	948	1153
Fall 2020	1050	1100
Fall 2021	980	1168
Fall 2022	1013	1160
Fall 2023	980	1200
Fall 2024	1040	1210

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

22–28Fall 2024 · 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 2001	17	23
Fall 2002	17	21
Fall 2003	17	22
Fall 2004	17	22
Fall 2005	17	22
Fall 2006	17	23
Fall 2007	17	23
Fall 2008	18	22
Fall 2009	18	23
Fall 2010	18	22
Fall 2011	20	24
Fall 2012	20	24
Fall 2013	15	22
Fall 2018	18	23
Fall 2019	17	23
Fall 2020	18	24
Fall 2021	18	24
Fall 2022	19	23
Fall 2023	19	24
Fall 2024	22	28

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, 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

747Fall 2024Skip to data table

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

Undergraduate enrollment at Southern Wesleyan University fell from 2,024 (Fall 2002) to 747 (Fall 2024).

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	2,024
Fall 2003	1,957
Fall 2004	2,028
Fall 2005	1,975
Fall 2006	1,783
Fall 2007	1,730
Fall 2008	1,616
Fall 2009	1,662
Fall 2010	1,446
Fall 2011	1,423
Fall 2012	1,334
Fall 2013	1,314
Fall 2014	1,366
Fall 2015	1,264
Fall 2016	1,340
Fall 2017	1,286
Fall 2018	1,179
Fall 2019	1,080
Fall 2020	1,026
Fall 2021	941
Fall 2022	798
Fall 2023	771
Fall 2024	747

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

69%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 Southern Wesleyan University rose from 61% (Fall 2003) to 69% (Fall 2023).

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2003 cohort	61%
Fall 2004 cohort	62%
Fall 2005 cohort	60%
Fall 2006 cohort	76%
Fall 2007 cohort	65%
Fall 2008 cohort	67%
Fall 2009 cohort	70%
Fall 2010 cohort	73%
Fall 2011 cohort	63%
Fall 2012 cohort	66%
Fall 2013 cohort	73%
Fall 2014 cohort	69%
Fall 2015 cohort	72%
Fall 2016 cohort	77%
Fall 2017 cohort	68%
Fall 2018 cohort	69%
Fall 2019 cohort	74%
Fall 2020 cohort	72%
Fall 2021 cohort	67%
Fall 2022 cohort	66%
Fall 2023 cohort	69%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2003–2023

More about Southern Wesleyan University

Faculty pay at Southern Wesleyan University averages $68,928 a year, annualized from reported monthly pay. Carnegie classes Southern Wesleyan University as a primarily residential campus of 747 undergraduates — and 69% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

Southern Wesleyan University's SAT section-percentile sums are 1040–1210 — their midpoint is near the SC four-year benchmark. These are not total-score percentiles. Put your own practice estimate on Southern Wesleyan University's range with the SAT calculator, or bring a saved GPA from the grade tools.

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 Southern 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

Southern Wesleyan University99.5%

South Carolina median72.5%

National median76.8%

Tuition

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

Southern Wesleyan University$29,800

South Carolina median$17,440

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

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

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

Southern Wesleyan University$47,756

South Carolina median$44,354

National median$53,781

View comparison data & dates

Southern Wesleyan University, South Carolina and national reference values
Metric & basis	Southern Wesleyan University	South Carolina median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	99.5%	72.5%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$29,800	$17,440	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$47,756	$44,354	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

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

Southern 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 4 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$62,278
Criminology	$52,534
Biology, General	$47,882
Human Services, General	$47,528

These 4 fields listed for Southern Wesleyan University measure earnings after completion. The $47,756 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 27 additional Southern Wesleyan University fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules.

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Southern Wesleyan University report?

Southern Wesleyan University's enrolled submitters had SAT section-percentile sums of 1040–1210 in Fall 2024. These are not total-score percentiles or a GPA requirement.

What is Southern Wesleyan University's acceptance rate?

99.5% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 425 admitted from 427 applicants.

How much does Southern Wesleyan University cost?

At Southern Wesleyan University, tuition is $29,800. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does Southern Wesleyan University report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $47,756. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in South Carolina

Benedict College — 95.7% admitted
Charleston Southern University — 96.5% admitted
Coker University — 94% admitted
Columbia International University — 94.5% 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.