Wesleyan University's admit rate has held within a 6.5-point band over 6 reported cycles.
The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.
Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.
| Year | Admit rate | Enrolled | 6-yr grad | Retention | SAT (50th) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-2025 | 16.5% | 825 | 92.6% | 94.9% | 1,420 |
| 2022-2023 | 14.4% | 743 | 93.2% | 95.4% | 1,430 |
| 2021-2022 | 19.4% | 910 | 91.0% | 94.6% | — |
| 2020-2021 | 20.9% | 720 | 90.9% | 87.4% | — |
| 2019-2020 | 16.5% | 771 | 91.6% | 97.0% | — |
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Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.
Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 36 percentage points.
Wesleyan University's 92.6% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 36.3 pp.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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