Iowa Wesleyan University Business Programs

Located in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, Iowa Wesleyan University is a private not-for-profit institution. The surrounding location of Mount Pleasant is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

Iowa Wesleyan University Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Iowa Wesleyan.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#28	Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Where Is Iowa Wesleyan University?

Contact details for Iowa Wesleyan are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	601 N Main Street, Mount Pleasant, IA 52641
Phone:	319-385-8021
Website:	https://www.iw.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/IowaWesleyan
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/IowaWesleyan

How Do I Get Into Iowa Wesleyan?

You can apply to Iowa Wesleyan online at: https://online.iw.edu/admissions/

Admission Requirements for Iowa Wesleyan

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Iowa Wesleyan?

Iowa Wesleyan has an acceptance rate of 71%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 45% of accepted students are men and 55% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 66%, and the acceptance rate for women is 76%.

Average Test Scores

About 25% of students accepted to Iowa Wesleyan submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 420 and 480. Math scores were between 430 and 510.

Iowa Wesleyan received ACT scores from 25% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 10 and 21. Math scores were between 15 and 23. Composite scores were between 17 and 20.

Can I Afford Iowa Wesleyan University?

The overall average net price of Iowa Wesleyan is $31,420. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Iowa Wesleyan, approximately 91% of students took out student loans averaging $3,374 a year. That adds up to $13,496 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Iowa Wesleyan is 8.1%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Iowa Wesleyan University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 651 undergraduate students at Iowa Wesleyan, with 624 being full-time and 27 being part-time.

There are also 53 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 624 full-time undergraduates at Iowa Wesleyan, 54% are male and 46% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Iowa Wesleyan University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	2
Black or African American	143
Hispanic or Latino	41
White	269
International Students	79
Other Races/Ethnicities	90

Geographic Diversity

Iowa students aren't the only ones who study at Iowa Wesleyan University. At this time, 20 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 29 countries are represented at Iowa Wesleyan. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Nepal, Australia, and Spain.

Online Learning at Iowa Wesleyan University

In 2019-2020, 268 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Iowa Wesleyan has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of Iowa Wesleyan

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Iowa Wesleyan University was 74.8%. This is the #427 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Iowa Wesleyan regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Iowa Wesleyan ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Iowa Wesleyan.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
General Business Administration and Management	#216
Business Administration & Management	#276

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Iowa Wesleyan University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	37	18	55
TOTAL	37	18	55

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Robert Thall under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.