Kentucky Wesleyan College acceptance rate and your odds of getting in

Kentucky Wesleyan College is a private college in Kentucky that admits most qualified applicants (around 72%), which puts it in the moderately selective range. A rate like this means it admits more applicants than it rejects; the bar is less about clearing a single cutoff and more about how your full profile compares to admitted students.

Use this page to see what Kentucky Wesleyan College weighs, where it ranks among Kentucky schools, and how a profile like yours is likely to land. Admitted students post a 75th-percentile SAT around 1150, a useful checkpoint for where your scores sit, though it is a reference range and not a cutoff.

What are my chances at Kentucky Wesleyan College with a 3.1 GPA and a 1010 SAT?

About 82% (Safety), by CollegeCalcAI's deterministic model, for an applicant with a 3.1 unweighted GPA and a 1010 SAT, the middle of Kentucky Wesleyan College's admitted range, applying Regular Decision without a hook. A 3.4 GPA with a 1130 SAT comes out near 97%. Courses, activities, essays and the application round move the number; the free calculator includes them.

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Getting into Kentucky Wesleyan College comes down to four decisions, each one visible in the data on this page.

2,009 students applied to Kentucky Wesleyan College for fall 2023; 1,346 were admitted (67%). 243 enrolled. Only about 18% of admitted students enrolled, so the school admits several students for every seat it expects to fill, which is why its acceptance rate reads higher than its selectivity feels. Kentucky Wesleyan College enrolls about 842 undergraduates in total, 50% of them women, with a student-to-faculty ratio of 15 to 1.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS 2023 admissions and enrollment.

The middle 50% of admitted students at Kentucky Wesleyan College scored between 890 and 1130 on the SAT (average 1044). On the ACT the middle 50% runs from 16 to 23. A score above 1130 puts you in the top quarter of admits and turns the test into an asset; a score below 890 puts you in the bottom quarter, where the rest of the application has to carry more weight. Kentucky Wesleyan College is test-optional: scores are considered if you submit them but not required. Send a score at or above the middle of the admitted range; otherwise apply without one and let your transcript lead.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10.

Kentucky Wesleyan College signals that it values rigor of secondary school record, academic GPA, and standardized test scores above the rest of the file. Solid grades in a challenging schedule do most of the work here, with the rest of the application providing context. These ratings come from Kentucky Wesleyan College's reported Common Data Set, so the full chart below reflects what the school itself says it values, not a generic guess.

Kentucky Wesleyan College's published cost of attendance, before any aid, is roughly $46,203 per year. Tuition and fees alone are $34,673. What families actually pay is different: the average net price after grants and scholarships is $17,131 a year, and it ranges from $13,951 for families earning under $30,000 to $22,888 for families earning over $110,000. 50% of undergraduates receive a federal Pell Grant.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10. Net price is what students receiving aid paid after grants, by family income.

Ten years after enrolling, the median Kentucky Wesleyan College student who received federal aid earns $46,747 a year, up from $35,895 at six years. 47% of first-time, full-time students graduate within six years, and 53% return for a second year. Among graduates who borrowed, median federal debt at graduation is $23,250; 61% of undergraduates take federal loans.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10. Earnings cover students who received federal aid.

Among the 23 Kentucky schools we track, Kentucky Wesleyan College ranks #7 most selective by acceptance rate. Schools like Berea College (19%) and Brescia University (35%) sit nearby, which makes Kentucky a useful frame for calibrating a balanced list.

If Kentucky Wesleyan College is on your list, schools with a similar admit profile are worth a look: Canisius University, Quinnipiac University, and Stetson University. Running the same profile against each one in the free calculator is the fastest way to see where you are a reach, a match, or a likely.

Acceptance rate, application counts, admitted test ranges, cost, and outcomes reflect publicly reported federal data (U.S. Department of Education: IPEDS 2023 and the College Scorecard) and each school's Common Data Set; figures are rounded and lag the current cycle by one to two years, so confirm deadlines and policies on the school's own site. The typical-admit GPA and SAT are CollegeCalcAI's modeled estimates. Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are a planning tool computed by a fixed, transparent model, not a guarantee of any admission decision.