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Wheaton College

University or collegePrivate nonprofitWheaton, ILwww.wheaton.edu ↗

Wheaton College is a private nonprofit university in Wheaton, IL, with about 2,613 students on campus. It admits 87% of applicants, the average family on aid pays $26,975 a year, and 85% of students graduate.

Students on campus

2,613

2,119 undergrad · 680 grad · 186 online only

Admission rate

87%

more selective than 30% of 4-year colleges

Net price a year

$26,975

costs less than 24% of 4-year colleges

Graduation rate

85%

higher than 92% of 4-year colleges

Earnings, 10 yrs later

$63,756

higher than 89% of U.S. colleges

Getting in

How hard is it to get into Wheaton College?

87%of applicants admitted

SAT reading

200800

650–740

SAT math

200800

610–730

ACT composite

136

28–32

The middle 50% of admitted students who sent scores: a quarter scored below the range and a quarter above it. Average SAT: 1380.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $59,263 a year

Before any grants

$45,546

$13,010

Tuition & fees $45,546Room & board $13,010Books & supplies $936

What families on aid pay, by income

Average net price a year after grants and scholarships

$20k

$19k

$21k

$24k

$33k

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k

Families earning under $30,000 pay about $20,001 a year; families over $110,000 pay about $33,435.

Who goes there

The students

Undergraduates by race and ethnicity

2,121 degree-seeking undergrads

White 67%Hispanic 9%Black 3%Asian 9%Two or more 6%International 4%

Women and men

undergraduates

Women 54%Men 46%

10 : 1students per teacher

22%get Pell grants (lower income)

1%undergrads 25 or older

2%study part time

Majors

The biggest programs, and what they pay

Bachelor’s programs with the most graduates, and their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year later where that’s all that’s reported).

Business/Managerial Economics74 graduates a year · typical debt $24,000

$80,2584 yrs out

Psychology, General56 graduates a year · typical debt $21,500

$49,9744 yrs out

English Language and Literature, General35 graduates a year · typical debt $21,101

$52,6474 yrs out

Communication and Media Studies34 graduates a year · typical debt $23,250

$60,6954 yrs out

Bible/Biblical Studies33 graduates a year · typical debt $22,250

—not reported

Mathematics31 graduates a year

—not reported

Economics31 graduates a year · typical debt $21,000

$84,8294 yrs out

Biology, General29 graduates a year · typical debt $21,500

$22,4291 yr out

Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate

85%

within 6 years · Pell students 84%

Come back for year two

93%

full-time first-year students

Earnings, 10 years later

$63,756

median, students on federal aid

Typical debt

$23,250

about $246 a month over 10 years

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

88%of borrowers had paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 99% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years of starting repayment (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income when they enrolled

Lower income (under $30k)$53,691

Middle income ($30–75k)$62,716

Higher income (over $75k)$70,697

The town around it

Living in Wheaton

11% of Wheaton’s 53,557 residents are enrolled in college. Here is what the town is like, from TownTapestry’s Wheaton pages.

$1,799/momedian rent · 41% above the stateHousing in Wheaton → $455,700median home value · 73% above the stateHousing in Wheaton → 16° / 84°January low / July high · 42" of snowClimate in Wheaton →

Other colleges within 30 miles

College of DuPage 2.4 mi DeVry University-Illinois 4.4 mi National University of Health Sciences 4.5 mi Northern Baptist Theological Seminary 4.8 miMidwestern University-Downers Grove 6 miChamberlain University-Illinois 6.3 mi Benedictine University 6.4 mi North Central College 6.9 mi

Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings are for students who received federal aid.