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Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach Regional
Religious Affiliation Wesleyan Church
Location Marion, IN
Population 65,000
Website https://www.indwes.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 110 (71%)
Sunshine Hours 2,440 (30%)
Days Without Precipitation 240 (37%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 8,844
Men / Women 26% / 74%

Racial/Ethnic

White 52%
Black 29%
Hispanic 8%
International 3%
Native American 1%
Asian 1%
Mixed 1%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2016 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2017 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2018 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2019 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2020 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2021 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2023 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2024 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2016 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2017 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2019 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2020 Asian: 0.5% 0.5% 2021 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2022 Asian: 0.7% 0.7% 2023 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2024 Asian: 1.2% 1.2% 2016 Black: 32.3% 32.3% 2017 Black: 31.7% 31.7% 2018 Black: 38.1% 38.1% 2019 Black: 36.5% 36.5% 2020 Black: 35.4% 35.4% 2021 Black: 36.6% 36.6% 2022 Black: 36.0% 36.0% 2023 Black: 35.0% 35.0% 2024 Black: 37.6% 37.6% 2016 Hispanic: 2.5% 2.5% 2017 Hispanic: 4.2% 4.2% 2018 Hispanic: 3.0% 3.0% 2019 Hispanic: 4.3% 4.3% 2020 Hispanic: 6.2% 6.2% 2021 Hispanic: 4.9% 4.9% 2022 Hispanic: 4.7% 4.7% 2023 Hispanic: 5.2% 5.2% 2024 Hispanic: 4.9% 4.9% 2016 White: 62.2% 62.2% 2017 White: 61.5% 61.5% 2018 White: 55.2% 55.2% 2019 White: 55.5% 55.5% 2020 White: 52.4% 52.4% 2021 White: 53.1% 53.1% 2022 White: 52.8% 52.8% 2023 White: 52.7% 52.7% 2024 White: 51.6% 51.6% 2016 International: 0.1% 0.1% 2017 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 International: 0.1% 0.1% 2020 International: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 International: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2023 International: 0.2% 0.2% 2024 International: 0.2% 0.2%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2021 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2022 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2023 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2024 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2025 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2020 Asian: 0.9% 0.9% 2021 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2022 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2023 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2024 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2025 Asian: 1.2% 1.2% 2020 Black: 27.2% 27.2% 2021 Black: 25.8% 25.8% 2022 Black: 25.5% 25.5% 2023 Black: 25.9% 25.9% 2024 Black: 26.8% 26.8% 2025 Black: 29.2% 29.2% 2020 Hispanic: 5.2% 5.2% 2021 Hispanic: 5.4% 5.4% 2022 Hispanic: 5.6% 5.6% 2023 Hispanic: 6.5% 6.5% 2024 Hispanic: 7.1% 7.1% 2025 Hispanic: 8.3% 8.3% 2020 White: 60.6% 60.6% 2021 White: 62.0% 62.0% 2022 White: 61.7% 61.7% 2023 White: 59.6% 59.6% 2024 White: 57.1% 57.1% 2025 White: 52.1% 52.1% 2020 International: 1.6% 1.6% 2021 International: 1.0% 1.0% 2022 International: 0.5% 0.5% 2023 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2024 International: 2.2% 2.2% 2025 International: 3.3% 3.3%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global 930 24% / 76% 1% $77,672 91 100%
Cybersecurity 22 — 100% / 0% 0% — — —
Cybersecurity 23 — 48% / 52% 0% — — —
Information Technology Project Management 2 — 100% / 0% 0% — — —
Web Design 14 — 50% / 50% 29% — — —
Health Sciences 7 — 0% / 100% 0% $61,902 78 —
Nursing 185 — 6% / 94% 0% $87,766 96 —
Accounting 55 — 38% / 62% 2% $70,833 86 —
Business Administration and Management 79 — 39% / 61% 3% $75,176 89 —
Financial Planning — — — — $73,413 88 100%
Health Services Administration 27 — 11% / 89% 0% $66,391 83 —
Hospitality Administration — — — — $51,972 60 —
Human Resources Management 4 — 50% / 50% 0% $73,917 88 —
Management Information Systems 3 — 67% / 33% 0% $81,844 93 —
Marketing 11 — 55% / 45% 0% $71,789 87 —
Marketing Research 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $71,789 87 —
Operations Management 51 — 49% / 51% 0% $75,176 89 —
Organizational Leadership 24 — 46% / 54% 0% $75,176 89 —
Applied Psychology 40 — 15% / 85% 0% — — —
Bible/Biblical Studies 13 — 54% / 46% 0% $53,997 65 —
Communication 7 — 57% / 43% 0% — — —
General Studies 185 — 14% / 86% 0% — — —
Human Services 17 — 6% / 94% 0% — — —
Lay Ministry 3 — 67% / 33% 0% $39,359 25 100%
Social Work 97 — 16% / 84% 0% — — —
Substance Abuse Counseling 7 — 29% / 71% 0% $49,717 55 —
Theology/Theological Studies — — — — $49,484 54 —
Early Childhood Education 35 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Digital Communication 1 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Aviation Management — — — — $77,238 91 —
Criminal Justice 17 — 12% / 88% 0% — — —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $8,782
ROI Percentile 91th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 35%
6-Year Graduation Rate 35%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2016 Graduated: 48.8% 48.8% 2017 Graduated: 52.5% 52.5% 2018 Graduated: 36.8% 36.8% 2019 Graduated: 38.2% 38.2% 2020 Graduated: 38.3% 38.3% 2021 Graduated: 38.0% 38.0% 2022 Graduated: 40.4% 40.4% 2023 Graduated: 37.2% 37.2% 2024 Graduated: 35.0% 35.0%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2016 Men: 48.1% 48.1% 2017 Men: 54.8% 54.8% 2018 Men: 37.0% 37.0% 2019 Men: 36.2% 36.2% 2020 Men: 39.9% 39.9% 2021 Men: 39.5% 39.5% 2022 Men: 42.5% 42.5% 2023 Men: 38.1% 38.1% 2024 Men: 39.0% 39.0% 2016 Women: 49.2% 49.2% 2017 Women: 51.1% 51.1% 2018 Women: 36.7% 36.7% 2019 Women: 39.3% 39.3% 2020 Women: 37.5% 37.5% 2021 Women: 37.2% 37.2% 2022 Women: 39.4% 39.4% 2023 Women: 36.8% 36.8% 2024 Women: 33.2% 33.2%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Black Hispanic White
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2016 Black: 37.1% 37.1% 2017 Black: 48.5% 48.5% 2018 Black: 26.7% 26.7% 2019 Black: 29.4% 29.4% 2020 Black: 30.2% 30.2% 2021 Black: 29.2% 29.2% 2022 Black: 28.2% 28.2% 2023 Black: 29.5% 29.5% 2024 Black: 23.1% 23.1% 2016 Hispanic: 36.8% 36.8% 2017 Hispanic: 53.1% 53.1% 2018 Hispanic: 25.0% 25.0% 2019 Hispanic: 39.5% 39.5% 2020 Hispanic: 34.1% 34.1% 2021 Hispanic: 41.9% 41.9% 2022 Hispanic: 43.1% 43.1% 2023 Hispanic: 32.3% 32.3% 2024 Hispanic: 38.6% 38.6% 2016 White: 55.2% 55.2% 2017 White: 54.6% 54.6% 2018 White: 44.6% 44.6% 2019 White: 44.8% 44.8% 2020 White: 44.5% 44.5% 2021 White: 44.2% 44.2% 2022 White: 49.8% 49.8% 2023 White: 43.6% 43.6% 2024 White: 41.7% 41.7%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Humanities & Social Sciences 39.7% 369 17% / 83% 0% $50,785 58 100%
Business & Economics 27.4% 255 40% / 60% 1% $73,208 88 —
Health Sciences 20.6% 192 6% / 94% 0% $86,823 95 —
Computer Science 6.6% 61 69% / 31% 7% — — —
Education 3.8% 35 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Professional 1.8% 17 12% / 88% 0% — — —
Arts 0.1% 1 0% / 100% 0% — — —

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Business & Economics — — — — 17 #73 — —
Agriculture & Food Science — — — — — — — —
Computer Science — — — — — — — —
Education — — — — — — — —
Engineering — — — — — — — —
Health Sciences — — — — — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences — — — — — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences — — — — — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math — — — — — — — —
Total — — — — 17 #411 — —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 100%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 100% 100% 100%

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional