Ohio Wesleyan University
Private College in Delaware, OH. Six-year graduation rate 59%. Median 10-year earnings $55,624.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $55,624 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. 59% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Median debt at graduation reaches $27,000, heavy enough to shape the years right after the degree.
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
Ohio Wesleyan University admits 56% of applicants and is genuinely selective — roughly two in five applicants are turned away. 6,144 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Only 13% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere.
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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59% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. First-year retention of 85% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. The distance between those two figures is the part worth noticing — students return for a second year at a much higher rate than they graduate, so attrition here is spread across the middle years rather than concentrated in the first. A 27% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,450 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $23,006 annually once grants are applied. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $15,412 at the $0–30k band to $30,036 at $110k+. Most students get help: 100% receive grants worth $42,385 on average. Most students borrow — 62% 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 · 428 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 | $15,412 |
| $30–48k | $10,706 |
| $48–75k | $13,339 |
| $75–110k | $18,031 |
| $110k+ | $30,036 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 901 of these 1,450 students, totalling $5,638,988 — an average of $6,259 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Delaware 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)