Wells College

Admissions

70% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. 1,532 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. Yield is low at 12%, 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.

IPEDS Admissions · 2024

Academics

Six-year completion sits at 41%, meaning about three in five students who enroll leave without finishing. 50% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. The 8:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. This is a private nonprofit four-year college, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. The undergraduate body is just 357, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.

Financial Aid

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24

Net price lands at $23,956 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price swings hard on family income here, from $17,281 at the $0–30k band to $30,684 at $110k+. Grant aid is widespread — 100% of students receive it, averaging $27,056. Most students borrow — 81% take federal loans to cover the gap.

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.

IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24