Roberts Wesleyan University
Private College in Rochester, NY. Six-year graduation rate 67%. Median 10-year earnings $55,031.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $55,031 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. 67% graduate within six years, so most students who start here finish here. Graduates carry a median of $23,750 in debt — in line with the national norm.
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
- ! Mobility score 0.8 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
71% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. The applicant pool is small at 1,488, which makes year-over-year comparisons unreliable. A 19% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. The score bands below rest on the 9% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT score — a self-selected group, and not a cutoff.
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 | 505–670 | 18 (9%) |
| SAT Math | 485–635 | |
| ACT Composite | — | 3 (2%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion runs to 67% — students who start here overwhelmingly finish here. Retention is strong at 84%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. A 7:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,039 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $23,275 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Income makes less difference than usual: $22,922 at $0–30k, $27,297 at $110k+. 87% of students get grant aid averaging $24,877, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Borrowing is widespread: 61% take federal loans.
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 · 209 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 | $22,922 |
| $30–48k | $14,396 |
| $48–75k | $19,241 |
| $75–110k | $23,788 |
| $110k+ | $27,297 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 638 of these 1,039 students, totalling $4,929,193 — an average of $7,726 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Monroe 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)