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Annual Updates
Annual Update 2009–2010 (PDF)
Annual Update 2008–2009 (PDF)
Annual Update 2007–2008
Annual Update 2006–2007 (PDF)
Wesleyan’s Greatest Need
Of the $70,000 annual expense of a Wesleyan education per student, tuition and fees pays only $51,000. The Wesleyan Fund and the endowment pay the missing $19,000 in the form of a Tuition Grant made possible through your gift and the other gifts of alumni, parents and friends.
Scholarships
With help of alumni, parents and friends through the Wesleyan Fund, Wesleyan admits gifted students from every cultural and economic background, regardless of their ability to pay.
Faculty Teaching and Research
Faculty combine research and teaching to provide undergraduates with graduate level learning experiences. Your support enables Wesleyan to hire new faculty who infuse the curriculum with innovative ideas, new energy, and optimism about the future.
Student Life
Wesleyan’s vibrant campus culture encourages students to experience college life fully. They engage in research, arts, athletics, volunteering, and service to an extraordinary degree. The new Suzanne Lemberg Usdan University Center further enhances student life by fostering community.
Facilities
Enhancing the beauty and function of the Wesleyan campus makes the University a progressive, nurturing and inspiring place for students, faculty, alumni and friends.
Library Resources
The Student Academic Resources Network (SARN) and the new Information Commons in Olin Library expand access to our excellent and ever-expanding collections of the world’s greatest literature and scholarly publications.
Arts
Guided by distinguished scholar-artists on Wesleyan’s faculty, undergraduates experience the arts personally through hands-on creative endeavors and student-run productions, performances, and exhibitions.
Sciences
Wesleyan has by far the best science and math faculty among our peers, as measured by faculty publications in peer-reviewed journals, their frequency of citations, and the amount of funded research. At Wesleyan, students conduct original research and co-publish findings with faculty members. The opportunity to gain such experience at the undergraduate level distinguishes science education at Wesleyan.
Athletics
The scholar-athlete experience fosters self-confidence; friendship based upon respect; healthy, energetic and well-balanced lives; and lifelong relationships in the Wesleyan tradition.
Technology
Advanced technology delivered wirelessly throughout the Wesleyan campus enables students to keep pace with the rapidly evolving, cross-disciplinary Wesleyan experience. Students explore the world’s farthest reaches down to its most minute details and discover inspiration.
Last updated: April, 2009
| Wesleyan’s Annual Cost per Student FY 10 |
| $51,000 |
Wesleyan tuition, room, and board |
| + $19,000 |
Tuition grant from alumni, parents, and friends through the Wesleyan Fund and the endowment |
| = $70,000 |
Total cost per student |
$218 million operating budget in FY 10
| FY 09 Alumni Participation |
| 62% |
Middlebury |
| 60% |
Amherst |
| 59% |
Williams |
| 55% |
Swarthmore |
| 54% |
Bowdoin |
| 52% |
Wesleyan |
| 44% |
Wellesley |
| 41% |
Mount Holyoke |
| 39% |
Vassar |
| Donors |
Gift Size |
Gift Totals |
| 4 |
$250,000 or More |
$1,990,671 |
| 13 |
$100,000–$249,999 |
$1,687,836 |
| 19 |
$50,000–$99,999 |
$1,127,454 |
| 58 |
$25,000–$49,999 |
$1,644,795 |
| 154 |
$10,000–$24,999 |
$1,952,762 |
| 193 |
$5,000–$9,999 |
$1,081,597 |
| 399 |
$1,831–$4,999 |
$1,005,559 |
| 13,566 |
under $1,831 |
$2,048,796 |
Wesleyan relies on gifts at all levels – the result of cumulative giving through the Wesleyan Fund is powerful. Last year, donors gave $12.5 million to the Wesleyan Fund. These “current-use” dollars represent the equivalent spending power of nearly $250 million in endowment dollars. Annual gifts allow Wesleyan to meet priority needs each year.
| Class of 2013 Admitted Students |
| 10,068 |
Applicants |
| 2,204 |
Admitted students |
| 745 |
Matriculants |
| 47% |
Men |
| 53% |
Women |
| 35% |
Students of color |
| 13% |
Relatives of Wesleyan Alumni |
| 10% |
Live outside of the U.S. |
| 71% |
Top 10% of high school class |
| 15% |
First in family to attend college |
| 100% |
Tuition grant recipients |
| Class of 2013 Median Test Scores |
| 700 |
SAT Verbal |
| 700 |
SAT Math |
| 700 |
WR |
| 32 |
ACT |
| Student Body 2009-10 |
| 2,766 |
Undergraduate students |
| 180 |
Graduate students |
| 165 |
Non-resident study |
| 3,111 |
TOTAL |
| Students and Faculty |
| 9:1 |
Student-faculty ratio |
| 20 |
Average number of students in an undergraduate course |
| 13 |
Average number of students in a graduate course |
| 330 |
Full-time faculty |
| 47 |
Majors in 40 different departments and programs |
| Undergraduate Student Ethnicity |
| 58% |
White |
| 10% |
Asian |
| 9% |
Latino |
| 7% |
African American |
| < 1% |
Native American |
| 9% |
Unknown/Other |
| 7% |
International |
| Student Need |
| 45% |
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 |
| $19,000 |
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? |
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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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