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West Virginia Wesleyan College
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Information Summary
Ranks 914th overall and 6th in West Virginia
| Overall Score
On StateUniversity.com (about) |
75.9 |
|---|---|
| Total Cost
On-Campus Attendance |
$33,990 |
| Admission
Success rate |
77% |
| ACT / SAT
75 %ile scores |
26 / 1120 |
| Student Ratio
Ratio of students to faculty |
16 : 1 |
| Retention
(Full-Time / Part-Time) |
70% / 33% |
| Enrollment
Total (all students) |
1,222 |
Demographics – Main Campus and Surrounding Areas
Reported area around or near Buckhannon, WV 26201-2994
| Surrounding community | Remote town (over 35 mi. away from an urban cluster) |
|---|---|
| Total Population | 19,248 (9,079 urban / 10,169 rural) |
| Households | 7,345 (2.43 people per house) |
| Families | 5,138 (2.91 people per family) |
| Pop. — African American | 175 |
| Pop. — Asian | 74 |
| Pop. — Pacific Islander | 3 |
| Pop. — American Indian / Alaskan Native | 100 |
| Pop. — White (incl. Hispanic) | 18,972 |
| Pop. — Other | 49 |
Carnegie Foundation Classification
Baccalaureate Colleges — Arts & Sciences
| Undergraduate | Balanced arts & sciences/professions, some graduate coexistence |
|---|---|
| Graduate | Single postbaccalaureate (business) |
| Undergraduate Population | Full-time four-year, selective, lower transfer-in |
| Enrollment | Very high undergraduate |
| Size & Setting | Small four-year, highly residential |
General Characteristics
| Highest offering | Master's degree |
|---|---|
| Calendar System | Semester |
| Years of college work required | N/A |
| Variable Tuition |  |
Special Learning Opportunities
| Distance Learning |  |
|---|---|
| ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force | —
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| Study Abroad | |
| Weekend College | |
| Teacher Certification | |
Student Tuition Costs and Fees
What are the typical tuition costs and fees for attending West Virginia Wesleyan College?
Ranks 487th for total cost of attendance
| In District | In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FT Undergraduate Tuition | $20,980 | $20,980 | $20,980 |
| FT Undergraduate Required Fees | $850 | $850 | $850 |
| PT Undergraduate per Credit Hour | $320 | $320 | $320 |
| FT Graduate Tuition | $4,320 | $4,320 | $4,320 |
| FT Graduate Required Fees | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| PT Graduate per Credit Hour | $360 | $360 | $360 |
| Total Cost of Attendance — On-Campus | $33,990 | $33,990 | $33,990 |
| Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus w/out Family | $31,830 | $31,830 | $31,830 |
| Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus with Family | $27,830 | $27,830 | $27,830 |
Student Tuition Cost History and Trends
Three year history and trends on the cost of attending
| In District | In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Published Tuition & Fees | $21,330  $21,830 |
$21,330  $21,830 |
$21,330  $21,830 |
| Cost (regardless of residency) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Books & Supplies | $2,500  $2,500 |
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| On-Campus – Room & Board | $5,550  $6,160 |
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| On-Campus – Other Expenses | $3,500  $3,500 |
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| Off-Campus w/out Family – Room & Board | $4,000  $4,000 |
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| Off-Campus w/out Family – Other Expenses | $3,500  $3,500 |
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| Off-Campus with Family – Room & Board | $3,500  $3,500 |
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Admission Details
| Application Fee Required | N/A |
|---|---|
| Undergraduate Application Fee | $35 |
| Graduate Application Fee | $30 |
| First Professional Application Fee | N/A |
| Applicants | 1,388 (681 male / 707 female) |
| Admitted | 1,070 (537 male / 528 female) |
| Admission rate | 77% |
| First-time Enrollment | 402 (199 male / 203 female) |
| FT Enrollment | 401 (198 male / 203 female) |
| PT Enrollment | 1 (1 male / N/A female) |
| Total Enrollment | 1,222 |
Admission Criteria
What criteria does West Virginia Wesleyan College use for admissions?
| Open Admissions | |
|---|---|
| Secondary School GPA / Rank / Record |  /  / |
| College Prep. Completion | |
| Recommendations | |
| Formal competency demo | N/A |
| Admission test scores | |
| TOEFL | |
| Other tests | N/A |
= Neither required nor recommended
Admission Credits Accepted
What types of credits does West Virginia Wesleyan College accept?
| Dual Credit | |
|---|---|
| Life Experience | |
| Advanced Placement (AP) | |
Athletics - Association Memberships
| Sports / Athletic Conference Memberships | NCAA |
|---|---|
| NCAA Football Conference | West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conf |
| NCAA Basketball Conference | West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conf |
| NCAA Baseball Conference | West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conf |
| NCAA Track & Field Conference | West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conf |
ACT Test Admission
Ranks 393rd for 75pctl scores
| Applicants submitting ACT results | 68% |
|---|---|
| Verbal scores (25/75 %ile) | 20 / 27 |
| Math scores (25/75 %ile) | 19 / 25 |
| Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile) | 20 / 26 |
SAT Test Admission
Ranks 800th for 75pctl scores
| Applicants submitting SAT results | 53% |
|---|---|
| Verbal scores (25/75 %ile) | 430 / 560 |
| Math scores (25/75 %ile) | 420 / 560 |
| Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile) | 850 / 1120 |
Student Services
| Remedial Services | |
|---|---|
| Academic / Career Counseling | |
| PT Cost-defraying Employment | |
| Career Placement | |
| On-Campus Day Care | |
| Library Facility | |
Student Living
| First-time Room / Board Required | |
|---|---|
| Dorm Capacity | 1,205 |
| Meals per Week | 19 |
| Room Fee | $2,960 |
| Board Fee | $3,200 |
Student Financial Aid Details
How many students use Financial Aid, and how much do they use?
West Virginia Wesleyan College Ranks 2704th for the average student loan amount.
| Average | Users | % of Attendees | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Federal Grant Aid | $3,591 | 72 |  23% |
| State & Local Grant Aid | $4,480 | 168 |  55% |
| Institutional Grant Aid | $12,909 | 297 |  96% |
| Student Loan Aid | $3,985 | 231 |  75% |
| Any financial aid type | 298 |  97% |
Student Enrollment Demographics
How many students are enrolled at West Virginia Wesleyan College?
| Men | Women | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
Non Resident Alien | 26 | 16 | 42 |
Black Non-Hispanic | 29 | 23 | 52 |
Hispanic | 11 | 7 | 18 |
Asian / Pacific Islander | 5 | 5 | 10 |
American Indian / Alaskan Native | 1 | 2 | 3 |
White Non-Hispanic | 380 | 500 | 880 |
Race Unknown | 108 | 109 | 217 |
| Total | 560 | 662 | 1,222 |
Student Graduation Demographics
How many students graduated at West Virginia Wesleyan College?
| Men | Women | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
Non Resident Alien | 7 | 4 | 11 |
Black Non-Hispanic | 8 | 12 | 20 |
Hispanic | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Asian / Pacific Islander | 2 | 5 | 7 |
American Indian / Alaskan Native | N/A | 1 | 1 |
White Non-Hispanic | 166 | 210 | 376 |
Race Unknown | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Total | 183 | 232 | 415 |
Most Popular Fields of Study
The top 5 fields of study completed at West Virginia Wesleyan College.
| Men | Women | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | 31 | 67 | |
| 3 | 19 | 22 | |
| 2 | 20 | 22 | |
| 9 | 12 | 21 | |
| 10 | 11 | 21 |
Student Completion / Graduation Demographics
How many students are successful graduates?
Faculty Compensation / Salaries
West Virginia Wesleyan College Ranks 2307th for the average full-time faculty salary.
| Tenure system | |
|---|---|
| Average FT Salary | $47,200 ($48,954 male / $44,744 female) |
| Number of FT Faculty | 72 (42 male / 30 female) |
| Number of PT Faculty | 43 |
| FT Faculty Ratio | 2 : 1 |
| Total Benefits | $995,420 |
West Virginia Wesleyan College Summary
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West Virginia Wesleyan College is a regionally accredited private, coeducational, liberal arts college in Buckhannon, West Virginia. World Report considers West Virginia Wesleyan a national liberal arts college and ranks it in the fourth tier. Wesleyan was listed as one of the “Best Southeastern Colleges” by the Princeton Review in 2005 and 2007, and a “Best-Value College” in 2006 and 2007. Wesleyan continues to serve as a residential, liberal arts college. Wesleyan is one of fewer than 50 in all of America’s colleges and universities with a 1:1 ratio of computing services for students. The college’s athletics teams are the Bobcats which compete in the NCAA Division II West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC). Today, Wesleyan’s Greek Community thrives and the character of the young men and women involved with the Greek organizations on campus reflect the values of the college. There are also many additional organizational brotherhoods, sisterhoods, and honorary groups on campus including Alpha Phi Omega, Alpha Psi Omega, Beta Beta Beta, Kappa Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Alpha Theta, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Sigma Alpha Iota, Sigma Tau Epsilon, Sigma Tau Delta, and Sigma Theta Epsilon. The mission of West Virginia Wesleyan College is reflected in its name. Its founding in 1890 by the West Virginia Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church climaxed a 16 year effort to establish a center of learning in the then-young state that would reflect the values of the Methodist community, meet the church’s need for an educated leadership, and provide an educational resource for the general citizenry of the state and region. Although the founders were always loyal to these principles, the immediate catalyst for the College’s establishment was perhaps less lofty: by 1882, Methodists believed they had lost control of West Virginia University in Morgantown, leading to an exodus from the state university of Methodist students who now sought an educational alternative. Originally known as the West Virginia Conference Seminary, the new school opened on Wednesday, September 3, 1890, in a new three-story brick building, located on the present site of the Lynch-Raine Administration Building. After one year as Wesleyan University of West Virginia, the name was officially changed on Tuesday June 5, 1906 to West Virginia Wesleyan College, in honor of Methodism’s founder, John Wesley. By 1939, when the three major Methodist bodies united to become the United Methodist Church, leaders of the College dreamed of making Wesleyan the outstanding liberal arts college in the state, a challenging vision for a financially struggling college of fewer than 500 students. Immediately following his tenure at Wesleyan, Rockefeller served as Governor of West Virginia from 1977 to 1985, and went on to serve as the Junior Senator from West Virginia in the United States Senate from 1986 to the present day. The College also significantly upgraded its information technology network and Wesleyan and four other private colleges formed the College Independent Enterprise (ICE) to share a common administrative computing system. No tenured faculty members were removed from the College during this short period In spite of those factors, over 80% of Wesleyan’s faculty have remained. Dr. Pamela Jubin Balch, a 1971 graduate of Wesleyan, became the College’s 18th president in July 2006. And as early as 1910, the Wesleyan Volunteer Band, followed in 1930 by the Student Volunteer Movement, established a tradition of service among Wesleyan students, concentrating in those early years on foreign missions of the Christian church, but also maintaining strong ties to the local community.
West Virginia Wesleyan College Academics
There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Learning Center, Reduced Course Load, Remedial Instruction, Study Skills Assistance, Tutoring and Writing Center. In particular, the university has a Double Major, ESL, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, Student-Designed Major, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification, Visiting/Exchange Student Program and Washington Semester. West Virginia Wesleyan College is unique in its study options. The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed. Moreover, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Alcohol/Substance Abuse Counseling, Campus Ministries/Chaplain, Career Counseling, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Minority Student Services, Personal Counseling and Placement Service can help.
The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at West Virginia Wesleyan College.
- Health and Clinical Sciences:
- Athletic Training/Sports Medicine, Predentistry, Premedicine, Prepharmacy, Preveterinary Medicine
- Business, Management, & Marketing:
- Accounting, Business Administration/Management, Business/Managerial Economics, Finance/Banking, International Business, Marketing Management
- Physical Sciences:
- Chemistry, Physics
- English Language and Literature:
- Creative Writing, English, English Language & Literature – General
- Social Sciences:
- Economics, International Relations, Political Science/Government, Sociology
- Security and Protective Services:
- Law Enforcement Administration
- History:
- History – General
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences:
- Biology
- Psychology:
- Psychology – General
- Communications & Journalism:
- Communications/Rhetoric, Public Relations
- School of Visual and Performing Arts:
- Art – General, Arts Management, Ceramics, Drama/Theater Arts, Drawing, Fine/Studio Arts, Graphic Design, Music – General, Painting, Theatre Arts Management
- Education:
- Art Teacher Education, Biology Teacher Education, Chemistry Teacher Education, Education – General, Education of Learning Disabled, Elementary Education, English Teacher Education, Health Teacher Education, History Teacher Education, Kindergarten/Preschool Education, Mathematics Education, Music Teacher Education, Physical Education, Science Teacher Education, Secondary Education, Social Studies Teacher Education, Special Education
- Parks, Recreation, and Fitness:
- Health/Physical Fitness, Sport/Fitness Administration
- Philosphy and Religion:
- Philosophy, Philosophy & Religion – General, Religion/Religious Studies
- Mathematics:
- Mathematics – General
- Computer Science:
- Computer Science, Computer/Information Sciences – General, Information Sciences/Systems
Are you an international student? The Fall application deadline for international students is the 1st of August.
West Virginia Wesleyan College Admissions
This school did not report their application fee. Transfer students are not ignored, otherwise did not report the exact number of transfer students. Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 77%. Remember that this can change at any time.
For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 15th of February. the SAT subject section score due date was not reported. Similarly, if you wish to apply with priority status make sure you application is in by the 1st of January. SAT and ACT score reports are due the 30th of April and If you wish to apply early, your application will be do no later than the 1st of December, of which you should hear back from the university no later than the 1st of October. Transfer students must apply no later than the Rolling admission, with priority applications due on the 1st of May. Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. The regular application is due the 1st of July. It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, make sure to check with the university about the specific date for this year. For all student applicants, the Fall application deadline is the 1st of August.
West Virginia Wesleyan College Financial Aid
Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school. Financial aid forms are FAFSA. If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics, Alumni Affiliation, Art, Athletics, Leadership, Music/Drama and Religious Affiliation. Likewise, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Art, Leadership and Music/Drama.
West Virginia Wesleyan College Students
West Virginia Wesleyan College offers Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. Furthermore, it is part of an Rural setting, Small town (2,500 – 9,999) and Residential campus. The university is a Private, Liberal Arts College, Four-year, United Methodist Church, Coed, where 77 percent of the applicants were admitted, Regionally accredited and College Board member. Again, the student body consists of fifty-three percent in-state students, forty-seven percent out-of-state students, three percent part-time students, fifty-two percent women, forty-eight percent men, twenty-five percent in top 10th of graduating class, fifty-three percent in top quarter of graduating class and eighty-two percent in top half of graduating class. The school’s size is approximately one thousand, three hundred and sixty-six degree-seeking undergrads, three hundred and forty-eight first-time degree-seeking freshmen and forty-two graduate enrollment.
This school features the Rural setting, Small town (2,500 – 9,999) and Residential campus. Additionally, the university has many unique facilites such as planetarium, botany museum, herbarium, greenhouse. For all that, the school is located 115 miles from Charleston, 135 miles from Pittsburgh.
West Virginia Wesleyan College Athletics
The following sports can be found here:
- Men’s NCAA Division II, Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Baseball
- Men’s NCAA Division II, Women’s NCAA Division II, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Basketball
- Men’s NCAA Division II, Women’s NCAA Division II, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Cross_country
- Men’s NCAA Division II, Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Football
- Men’s NCAA Division II, Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Golf
- Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Racquetball
- Men’s NCAA Division II, Women’s NCAA Division II, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Soccer
- Women’s NCAA Division II, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Women’s Scholarship Softball
- Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Table_tennis
- Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Track_and_field
- Men’s NCAA Division II and Women’s NCAA Division II Track_outdoor
- Women’s NCAA Division II, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Women’s Scholarship Volleyball
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