Wheaton College (MA) acceptance rate and your odds of getting in

Wheaton College (MA) is a private college in Massachusetts that admits most qualified applicants (around 68%), 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 Wheaton College (MA) weighs, where it ranks among Massachusetts schools, and how a profile like yours is likely to land. Admitted students post a 75th-percentile SAT around 1250, a useful checkpoint for where your scores sit, though it is a reference range and not a cutoff.

What are my chances at Wheaton College (MA) with a 3.1 GPA and a 1310 SAT?

About 93% (Safety), by CollegeCalcAI's deterministic model, for an applicant with a 3.1 unweighted GPA and a 1310 SAT, the middle of Wheaton College (MA)'s admitted range, applying Regular Decision without a hook. A 3.4 GPA with a 1390 SAT comes out near 98%. Courses, activities, essays and the application round move the number; the free calculator includes them.

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Getting into Wheaton College (MA) comes down to four decisions, each one visible in the data on this page.

4,702 students applied to Wheaton College (MA) for fall 2023; 3,354 were admitted (71.3%). 522 enrolled. Only about 16% 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. Wheaton College (MA) enrolls about 1,773 undergraduates in total, 65% of them women, with a student-to-faculty ratio of 11 to 1.

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

The middle 50% of admitted students at Wheaton College (MA) scored between 1220 and 1390 on the SAT (average 1308). On the ACT the middle 50% runs from 29 to 33. A score above 1390 puts you in the top quarter of admits and turns the test into an asset; a score below 1220 puts you in the bottom quarter, where the rest of the application has to carry more weight. Wheaton College (MA) 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.

Wheaton College (MA) signals that it values rigor of secondary school record, academic GPA, and application essay 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 Wheaton College (MA)'s reported Common Data Set, so the full chart below reflects what the school itself says it values, not a generic guess.

Wheaton College (MA)'s published cost of attendance, before any aid, is roughly $79,311 per year. Tuition and fees alone are $63,960. What families actually pay is different: the average net price after grants and scholarships is $29,822 a year, and it ranges from $20,076 for families earning under $30,000 to $33,956 for families earning over $110,000. 22% 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 Wheaton College (MA) student who received federal aid earns $67,725 a year, up from $51,607 at six years. 73% of first-time, full-time students graduate within six years, and 82% return for a second year. Among graduates who borrowed, median federal debt at graduation is $26,000; 78% 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 36 Massachusetts schools we track, Wheaton College (MA) ranks #23 most selective by acceptance rate. Schools like Harvard University (4%) and Northeastern University (5%) sit nearby, which makes Massachusetts a useful frame for calibrating a balanced list.

If Wheaton College (MA) is on your list, schools with a similar admit profile are worth a look: Brigham Young University, Hofstra University, and Lipscomb 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.