Wheaton College (Massachusetts)

Norton, MA · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
62.8%
3,778 admitted
SAT · 50th
1290
Range 1215–1370
6-yr grad
72.5%
Retention 88.3%
Undergrads
1,767
11.6:1 S-F
Admissions
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82.4% / 82.5%
in-state / out-of-state
admit rate spread
Applications6,014
Overall admit rate62.8%
In-state admit rate82.4%
Out-of-state admit rate82.5%
Enrolled456 · 12.1% yield
Admitted from waitlist1 of 153
Very important factorsCharacter
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
Test scores
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1290
SAT composite · 50th %ile
range 1215–1370 · 16.0% submitted
SAT
255075
R&W630670720
Math575620670
Comp121512901370
ACT
255075
Comp272932
Cost & aid
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$67,000
tuition (full-time)
Tuition$67,000
Fees$800
Room & board$17,800
Books$940
Avg need-based grant$51,179
% need met91.3%
Avg debt at graduation$35,386
Academics
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11.6 : 1
student-faculty ratio
88.3% retention
Student-faculty11.6 : 1
Retention88.3%
4-year graduation65.9%
6-year graduation72.5%
Enrollment
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1,767
undergraduates
58.0% out-of-state · 21 intl freshmen
Total undergraduates1,767
First-year456
Full-time100%
Female64%
Out-of-state58.0%
International (freshmen)21
Rankings
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#49
Princeton Review
Best Value Colleges (Public Schools)
SourceListRankYr
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges (Public Schools)#4926
U.S. News & World ReportBest National Liberal Arts Colleges#7626
WSJ/College PulseBest Colleges in the U.S.#38226
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#42026
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
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Liberal Arts College
Carnegie Classification
114 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationLiberal Arts College114
Athletic conferenceNew England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference8
Athletic divisionNCAA D3105
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingMassachusetts colleges25
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
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no application-fee data
Admissions URLhttps://wheatoncollege.edu/admission/app…
Admissions emailadmission@wheatoncollege.edu
Admissions phone508-286-8251
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
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closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
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Dickinson College PA · Private (nonprofit)41.5%13802K
Clark University MA · Private (nonprofit)39.5%13702K
College of the Holy Cross MA · Private (Nonprofit)—13403K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — Wheaton College (Massachusetts)

5 years of Wheaton College (Massachusetts)'s officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.