Fast Facts
Enrollment
1,340 Total Enrollment
44.7% Male, 55.2% Female, 0.1% Gender Non-Binary
42 States and U.S. Territories
32 Countries
62% Ohio resident students
28% International and U.S. multicultural students
Faculty
Ohio Wesleyan students consistently rate the faculty highly for quality of teaching, excitement about their academic disciplines, mentoring, commitment, and accessibility. 100% of full-time tenure-track faculty hold a Ph.D. or equivalent or are completing work toward the degree.
11:1 Student-faculty ratio
20% Classes have fewer than 10 students
70% Classes have fewer than 20 students
12 Average Class Size
97 Full-time faculty
Tuition, Fees, and Financial Aid
$49,962 Tuition (2022-2023 academic year)
99% of OWU students receive merit-based and/or need-based financial aid
$13,745 Regular room and board (2022-2023 academic year)
$300 Student health fee (2022-2023 academic year)
$260 Student activity fee (WCSA, 2022-2023 academic year)
$45,166 is the average package of merit-based and other financial aid for first-year students. $15 million awarded in OWU grants and scholarships annually to first-year students. (2020-2021 academic year)
Academics
Opportunities beyond those at other small colleges with more than 70 majors
27% of OWU students personalize their program by completing two majors
91% of recent grads had at least one OWU Connection Experience.
Want more challenge? Our Honors Program delivers.
Dive into independent studies, research with faculty mentors, and Honors Tutorials. More information
Athletics
Ohio Wesleyan University has 24 varsity sports. OWU is a competitive member of the NCAA Division III and the North Coast Athletic Conference.
37% of student body are varsity athletes.
84 Scholar-athletes named to the NCAC Academic Honor Roll in 2020-21
4 All-America & 1 Academic All-America® selections in 2020-21
9 NCAC All-Sports Titles
National Coach of the Year Three Times Awarded to men’s soccer coach Jay Martin, who also is collegiate men’s soccer’s all-time winningest coach across all NCAA divisions.
Location
Delaware, Ohio 30 minutes from Columbus, 14th largest city in the U.S.
Outcomes
97% of 2021 OWU graduates responding to our survey report being employed and/or in graduate school.
81% of recent OWU graduates responding to our survey report working in their field of choice.
Ohio Wesleyan is test-optional for all students.
Countries
12 countries represented by Ohio Wesleyan’s Class of 2025; Top countries include India, Pakistan, Georgia, and South Korea
31 countries represented by Ohio Wesleyan’s student body (other than the U.S.):
- Australia
- Brazil
- Canada
- Cayman Islands
- Cote D Ivoire
- Dominican Republic
- Ethiopia
- Georgia
- Greece
- Guatemala
- India
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Japan
- Kenya
- Kyrgyzstan
- Liberia
- Mexico
- Morocco
- Myanmar
- Netherlands
- Pakistan
- Paraguay
- Peoples Republic of China
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Suriname
- Taiwan
- Uganda
- Venezuela
- Vietnam