unitid 157076 · Owensboro, KY · private nonprofit 4-year · city (small)
Kentucky Wesleyan College
- enrollment 2023
- 897
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
72%
46th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
842
46th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
50%
undergrads on Pell grants
78th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
47%
finish within 150% time
31st pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$46,203
48th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$17,131
after aid, aided students
25th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$46,747
after entry, Title IV students
34th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$23,250
41st pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $13,951 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of private nonprofit 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
family income mix not reported
- Median family income
- $47,140
- First-generation students
- 38%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $34,673
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.0× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 22 | — | $25,000 |
| Psychology, General. | 22 | — | — |
| Business/Commerce, General. | 20 | $47,412 | $25,000 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 17 | — | — |
| Zoology/Animal Biology. | 16 | — | — |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 14 | — | — |
| Design and Applied Arts. | 14 | — | — |
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General. | 14 | — | $26,000 |
| Biology, General. | 9 | — | — |
| Mathematics. | 6 | — | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 5 | — | — |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 5 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.