Fast Facts
Enrollment
1,650 Total Enrollment
48% Male, 52% Female
47 States and U.S. Territories
32 Countries
53% Ohio resident students
34% 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
17 Average class size
146 Full-time faculty
Tuition, Fees, and Financial Aid
$43,770 Tuition
96% of OWU students receive merit-based and/or need-based financial aid
$11,770 Regular room and board
More than $40,000 The average package of merit-based and other financial aid for first-year students. $14 million awarded in OWU grants and scholarships annually to first-year students.
92% of 2016 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 students who have a 3.0 or higher GPA at the end of their junior year of high school.
Over 90 Majors.
27% Percentage of OWU students who have at least two majors. That’s one of the highest percentages in the country
Crave more challenge? Our Honors Program delivers.
Dig into independent studies, research with faculty mentors, and Honors Tutorials. More information
Athletics
Ohio Wesleyan University has 23 varsity sports and is adding two more varsity sports in 2018: wrestling and rowing. OWU is a competitive member of the NCAA Division III and North Coast Athletic Conference. Seventy-five percent of OWU students participate in a number of varsity, intramural, and club sports.
768 Academic All-America® or All-America selections
2014-2015 conference championships Men’s soccer, women’s indoor track & field, women’s outdoor track & field, men’s basketball, and men’s lacrosse
9 NCAC All-Sports Titles
145 NCAC Conference Titles, more than any other school in the conference
2014-2015 NCAC Coach of the Year Awarded to track & field coach Kris Boey, men’s basketball coach Mike DeWitt, and men’s lacrosse coach Mike Plantholt
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, 15th largest city in the U.S.
Countries
OHIO WESLEYAN STUDENTS HAVE COME FROM MANY COUNTRIES:
| Afghanistan | Greece | Russia |
| Albania | Hong Kong | Rwanda |
| Australia | India | Saudi Arabia |
| Bangladesh | Indonesia | Singapore |
| Bhutan | Iran | South Africa |
| Brazil | Jamaica | South Korea |
| Bulgaria | Japan | Sri Lanka |
| Burkina | Kazakhstan | St. Lucia |
| Cameroon | Korea | Sweden |
| Canada | Kyrgyzstan | Switzerland |
| Cape Verde | Latvia | Taiwan |
| Cayman Islands | Malaysia | Thailand |
| Chech Republic | Mauritius | The Democratic Republic of Costa Rica |
| China | Mexico | Trinidad and Tobago |
| Colombia | Mongolia | Turkey |
| Congo | Myanmar | Turkmenistan |
| Cyprus | Nepal | Uganda |
| Dominican Republic | Netherlands | Ukraine |
| Ecuador | New Zealand | United Kingdom |
| Ethiopia | Nigeria | United States |
| Faso | Norway | Uruguay |
| Gabon | Pakistan | Venezuela |
| Gambia | Peru | Vietnam |
| Georgia | Philippines | Zambia |
| Germany | Puerto Rico | Zimbabwe |
| Ghana | Romania |