- The Inkwell
- Texas
- Texas Wesleyan University
Fort Worth, TXCity: largeZIP 76105Founded 1890
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1890
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral/professional university
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.txwes.edu
TexasReligious affiliationPrivate nonprofit
Texas Wesleyan University
Texas Wesleyan University is a private nonprofit university in Fort Worth, Texas, with 1,741 undergraduates. It admits 69% of applicants, graduates 38% within six years and costs $16,168 a year after aid.
38%graduate
Admission rate69%
Retention61%
4-year graduation29%
Pell Grant share58%
Federal loans42%
$16,168net price / year
69%admission rate
1070average SAT
38%graduate in 6 years
$56,582median earnings, 10 yrs
$19,500median debt
#963 of 1,704 for earnings#575 of 1,739 for lowest net price#1,394 of 1,738 for graduation rate#549 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
- $50,549tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $40,844
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $40,844
- Average net price
- $16,168national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$16,317
$30,001–48,000$13,175
$48,001–75,000$14,357
$75,001–110,000$17,247
$110,001+$17,758
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 69%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1070
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 500–520
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 520–580
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- —
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college69%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college61%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college38%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college58%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 38%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 29%
- First-year retention
- 61%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 42%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $45,411
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $56,582middle 50%: $36,429–$80,237
- Median debt at graduation
- $19,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$80,237
Median, Texas Wesleyan University$56,582
Lower quarter$36,429
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
- 1,741
- Part-time
- 5.5%
- Women / men
- 54% / 46%
- Average age at entry
- 24.3
- First-generation students
- 48%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 58%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 12 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 41%
- Average faculty salary
- $8,367 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $9,615
- Endowment, end of year
- $78,382,624
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White28%
Hispanic35%
Black22%
Asian1.7%
Two or more races4.0%
U.S. nonresident7.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native1.1%
Unknown0.8%
17 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Business & management38%
Education8.4%
Homeland security, law enforcement & firefighting8.0%
Psychology7.7%
Multi/interdisciplinary studies7.4%
Biological & biomedical sciences5.3%
Social sciences4.7%
Communication & journalism4.0%
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 229160. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q7708205.