- The Inkwell
- New York
- Roberts Wesleyan University
Rochester, NYSuburb: largeZIP 14624Founded 1866
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1866
- Carnegie class
- Master's: larger programs
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1966
- Website
- www.roberts.edu
New YorkReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Roberts Wesleyan University
Roberts Wesleyan University is a private nonprofit university in Rochester, New York, with 1,149 undergraduates. It admits 71% of applicants, graduates 39% within six years and costs $23,239 a year after aid.
39%graduate
Admission rate71%
Retention84%
4-year graduation36%
Pell Grant share32%
Federal loans65%
$23,239net price / year
71%admission rate
1170average SAT
39%graduate in 6 years
$64,154median earnings, 10 yrs
$24,898median debt
#598 of 1,704 for earnings#1,116 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,378 of 1,738 for graduation rate#579 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $54,296tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $39,712
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $39,712
- Average net price
- $23,239national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$25,601
$30,001–48,000$4,738
$48,001–75,000$14,521
$75,001–110,000$26,073
$110,001+$30,031
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 71%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1170
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 505–670
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 485–635
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college71%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college84%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college39%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college32%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 39%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 36%
- First-year retention
- 84%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 69%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $56,230
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $64,154middle 50%: $44,337–$89,431
- Median debt at graduation
- $24,898
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$89,431
Median, Roberts Wesleyan University$64,154
Lower quarter$44,337
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 1,149
- Part-time
- 14%
- Women / men
- 66% / 34%
- Average age at entry
- 26.0
- First-generation students
- 27%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 32%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 7 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 92%
- Average faculty salary
- $7,175 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $9,214
- Endowment, end of year
- $34,775,443
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White65%
Hispanic9.3%
Black15%
Asian1.7%
Two or more races4.0%
U.S. nonresident3.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.3%
Unknown1.0%
18 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Health professions26%
Education22%
Business & management15%
Liberal arts & humanities6.9%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting5.5%
Biological & biomedical sciences5.2%
Public administration & social service4.5%
Visual & performing arts3.8%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 194958. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q7352053.