Class Profile
On Aug. 20, 2016, Ohio Wesleyan University welcomed the Class of 2020 during OWU’s 175th Convocation ceremony – with students from 10 countries and 35 U.S. states and commonwealths.
Class profile statistics
Gender Breakdown:
- 47.9% Female (234)
- 52.1% Male (255)
Racial Breakdown:
- 26.2% U.S. Multicultural (124)
- 3.1% International students (15)
- 28.4% Total Multicultural
SAT/ACT Scores*
SAT
- Average (CR & Math) = 1128
- Mid-50% range = 1020-1240
- Critical Reading average = 569
- Math average = 558
- Writing average = 544
ACT
- Average = 25
- Mid-50% range = 22-28
Class Rank and GPA:
- Average GPA = 3.42
- Average class rank = 33.44% (312)**
- 22.1%** were in the top 10% of their high school class (69)
- 45.2%** were in the top 25% of their high school class (141)
Geographic Breakdown:
- 35 US States Represented (including DC, PR and VI)
- 53% Ohio (259)
- States represented include California (34), Maryland (17), Illinois (15), Michigan (13), Connecticut (12), Massachusetts (12), Pennsylvania (12), New Jersey (11), and New York (11)
- 10 Countries Represented (including U.S.)
- Countries represented include Pakistan (4), China (2), and Netherlands (2)
Primary Interest for Majors:
- Arts (27) 5.5%
- Humanities (27) 5.5%
- Natural Science (204) 41.7%
- Social Science (159) 32.5%
- 43 Pre-Professional (8.8%)
- 39 Zoology (8%)
- 37 Business/Business Administration (7.6%)
- 32 HHK (6.5%)
- 24 Economics/Economics Management (4.9%)
- 24 Psychology (4.9%)
- 21 Education (4.3%)
- 18 Biology (3.7%)
- 18 Computer Science (3.7%)
- 72 Undecided (14.7%)
Legacies:
- 28 (5.7%) students have a parent or grandparent who graduated from OWU
- 65 (13.3%) additional students have other relatives who graduated from OWU
* of those reporting scores
** of U.S. Freshmen reporting rank