unitid 199209 · Rocky Mount, NC · private nonprofit 4-year · city (small)
North Carolina Wesleyan University
- enrollment 2023
- 1,726
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within private nonprofit 4-years
The record
admission rate
80%
63rd pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
undergraduates
1,214
58th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
Pell share
50%
undergrads on Pell grants
78th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
completion
42%
finish within 150% time
24th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$49,974
55th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
avg net price / yr
$17,432
after aid, aided students
25th pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$45,873
after entry, Title IV students
31st pctl among private nonprofit 4-years
median grad debt
$25,000
58th 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 $16,114 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
- 0-30k42%
- 30-48k19%
- 48-75k16%
- 75-110k11%
- 110k+12%
- Median family income
- $24,995
- First-generation students
- 47%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $35,736
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 1.8× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 149 | $58,367 | $27,499 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 47 | — | — |
| Psychology, General. | 35 | $43,002 | $30,830 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | 32 | $62,563 | $22,186 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 31 | $42,763 | $29,500 |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services. | 27 | — | — |
| Accounting and Related Services. | 26 | $54,468 | $23,907 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 25 | — | — |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 20 | — | — |
| Marketing. | 13 | — | $26,354 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 11 | — | — |
| Biology, General. | 7 | — | — |
— 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.