North Carolina
Wesleyan University
Private College in Rocky Mount, NC. Six-year graduation rate 42%. Median 10-year earnings $45,873.
Ten years after entry, the median North Carolina Wesleyan University student earns $45,873 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Six-year completion sits at 42%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $25,000, neither a bargain nor a burden.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
An acceptance rate of 80% puts North Carolina Wesleyan University on the accessible end — a realistic target for a broad range of applicants. 1,856 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Yield is low at 18%, so most admitted students do not end up enrolling.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | — | — |
| SAT Math | — | |
| ACT Composite | — | — |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 42%, meaning about three in five students who enroll leave without finishing. 59% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. 35% of students transfer out, which reframes what the graduation rate above is measuring. The 13:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,120 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $18,472 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Income makes less difference than usual: $16,114 at $0–30k, $22,379 at $110k+. 96% of students get grant aid averaging $23,390, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Most students borrow — 69% take federal loans to cover the gap.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 246 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $16,114 |
| $30–48k | $14,020 |
| $48–75k | $16,017 |
| $75–110k | $20,403 |
| $110k+ | $22,379 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 769 of these 1,120 students, totalling $6,243,903 — an average of $8,120 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Nash County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)