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Last updated: April, 2009

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Wesleyan’s Annual Cost per Student
$49,000 Wesleyan tuition, room, and board
+  $20,000 Tuition grant from alumni, parents, and friends through the Wesleyan Fund and the endowment
=  $69,000 Total cost per student
Revenue FY 09

Expenditures FY 09

$218 million operating budget in FY 09

FY 08 Alumni Participation
61% Amherst
60% Middlebury
58% Bowdoin
58% Williams
57% Swarthmore
52% Wesleyan
46% Wellesley
40% Mount Holyoke
38% Vassar
Donors Gift Size Gift Totals
9 $250,000 or More $3,786,853
10 $100,000–$249,999 $1,296,601
19 $50,000–$99,999 $1,174,084
48 $25,000–$49,999 $1,312,099
138 $10,000–$24,999 $1,670,638
155 $5,000–$9,999 $801,067
212 $2,500–$4,999 $595,765
759 $1,000–$2,499 $895,298
10,692 under $1,000 $1,130,291

Wesleyan relies on gifts at all levels – the result of cumulative giving through the Wesleyan Fund is powerful. Last year, donors gave $14.5 million to the Wesleyan Fund. These “current-use” dollars represent the equivalent spending power of nearly $290 million in endowment dollars. Annual gifts allow Wesleyan to meet priority needs each year.

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Class of 2012 Profile
8,250 Applicants
2,245 Admitted students
721 Matriculants
50% Men
50% Women
32% Students of color
15% Relatives of Wesleyan Alumni
11% Live outside of the U.S.
65% Top 10% of high school class
16% First in family to attend college
100% Tuition grant recipients
Class of 2012 Median Test Scores
700 SAT Verbal
700 SAT Math
700 WR
31 ACT
Student Body 2008-09
2,748 Undergraduate students
168 Graduate students
162 Non-resident study
3,078 TOTAL
Students and Faculty
9:1 Student-faculty ratio
20 Average number of students in an undergraduate course
11 Average number of students in a graduate course
328 Full-time faculty
45 Majors in 38 different departments and programs
Undergraduate Student Ethnicity
59% White
10% Asian
8% Latino
7% African American
< 1% Native American
8% Unknown/Other
7% International
Student Need
46% Undergraduate students receiving financial assistance
100% Undergraduate students receiving Wesleyan tuition grant
Your Support Buys…
$500 Books for one student for one semester
$25,000 One-Year Wesleyan scholarship for one student
$1,000 Insurance for the shuttle that transports students to off-campus events
$255,000 Average cost of upgrading a 600-square-foot classroom for multimedia technology
$1,500 One campus wireless network node installed
$7,800 Cost of periodic cleaning and refurbishment of the 24” research telescope mirror in the Van Vleck Observatory
$100,000 Four-Year Wesleyan Scholarship
$90,000 Annual campus-wide Microsoft software license
$45,000 Annual cost of maintenance of Andrus Field
$20,000 Average annual cost of education per student that is not covered by tuition (and, therefore, is paid by gifts from alumni, parents, and friends)
What is Your Giving Priority?

Wesleyan values your opinion. Let us know your area of interest in supporting Wesleyan. Your classmates care most about the following giving priorities:

  • Wesleyan’s Greatest Need
  • Scholarships
  • Faculty Research and Teaching
  • Student Life
  • Facilities
  • Library Resources
  • Arts
  • Sciences
  • Athletics
  • Technology

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