West Virginia Wesleyan College
Built for athletes. The numbers a recruit needs and a coach won't volunteer: roster room, the money behind the program, admissions fit, what a family really pays, campus life and safety.
West Virginia Wesleyan College is a private baccalaureate college in Buckhannon, WV (town setting), with 938 undergraduates (50% women), affiliated with the United Methodist. It admitted 95% of 1,413 applicants — bottom quarter for selectivity among Division II schools; the middle half of admitted students scored 878–1143 on the SAT and 18–23 on the ACT (test-optional). Cost of attendance is $49,539 a year for out-of-state students; aided first-year students paid $20,093 on average after grants (lower half for affordability in its division). 49% of students graduate within six years. The most common bachelor's degrees are in health professions & nursing, business, kinesiology, parks & recreation. The campus reported 1.58 violent offences per 1,000 students a year over 2022–2024 — bottom quarter for safety among Division II schools.
Against Division II schools
Percentile among 299 Division II institutions; higher is better on every bar.
Selectivity, graduation, net price and safety (violent offences per 1,000 students, three-year average). Method.
Where West Virginia Wesleyan College ranks
1 top-ten finish among Division II schools, across 61 data-built lists.
About the school
What an athlete asks first — each panel opens the full picture.Campus
Full picture →- Setting
- Town
- Type
- Private · Baccalaureate college
- Affiliation
- United Methodist
Getting in
Full picture →- Test scores
- Test-optional
- Graduate in 6 yrs
- 49%
Cost
Full picture →- Tuition & fees
- $33,494
Campus safety
Full picture →- In residence halls
- 1 burglaries · 4 sex offences over 2022–2024
- Residence-hall fires
- 0 over 2022–2024
Majors
Full picture →Your coaches
Research West Virginia Wesleyan College
School pages built around what an athlete needs to know — the program's money and roster room, admissions fit, what a family really pays, majors, campus life and safety.
West Virginia Wesleyan College teams on the site
| Program | Conference | Roster | Cap | Coaches | Budget | Per player | APR | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women's Soccer | Mountain East Conference | 33 | — | 3 | $221k | $6,708 | — | |
| Baseball | Mountain East Conference | 48 | — | 1 | $369k | $7,688 | — | |
| Men's Basketball | Mountain East Conference | 24 | — | 1 | $309k | $12,875 | — | |
| Women's Basketball | Mountain East Conference | 25 | — | 1 | $430k | $17,186 | — | |
| Men's Cross Country | Mountain East Conference | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Women's Cross Country | Mountain East Conference | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Football | Mountain East Conference | 127 | — | 1 | $1.1M | $8,802 | — | |
| Men's Golf | Mountain East Conference | 10 | — | 1 | $73k | $7,281 | — | |
| Women's Golf | Mountain East Conference | 7 | — | 1 | $81k | $11,615 | — | |
| Women's Lacrosse | Mountain East Conference | 19 | — | 1 | $124k | $6,502 | — | |
| Men's Soccer | Mountain East Conference | 52 | — | 1 | $293k | $5,642 | — | |
| Softball | Mountain East Conference | 33 | — | 1 | $375k | $11,356 | — | |
| Men's Swimming & Diving | Great Midwest Athletic Conference | 6 | — | 1 | $45k | $7,552 | — | |
| Women's Swimming & Diving | Great Midwest Athletic Conference | 9 | — | 1 | $65k | $7,173 | — | |
| Men's Tennis | Mountain East Conference | 14 | — | 1 | $96k | $6,871 | — | |
| Women's Tennis | Mountain East Conference | 12 | — | 1 | $110k | $9,193 | — | |
| Men's Track & Field | Mountain East Conference | 90 | — | 1 | $185k | $2,053 | — | |
| Women's Track & Field | Mountain East Conference | 85 | — | 1 | $208k | $2,441 | — | |
| Women's Volleyball | Mountain East Conference | 33 | — | 1 | $322k | $9,756 | — |
The whole athletics department — every team with staff and aid totals.