Western New England University

Private · Moderately Selective · MA

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School data & stats

TypePrivate

LocationMA · Northeast

SettingUrban

Undergrads2,603

Student:faculty12:1

Outcomes

4-yr grad rate57.4%

6-yr grad rate64%

Drop-out rate26%

Study abroad—

Cost

In-state tuition$48k

Out-of-state tuition$48k

Application fee—

Community

Racial diversity34.3%

Gender diversity43.6%

International2.3%

Identity—

Overview

Western New England University is a private university in Springfield, Massachusetts, with a suburban campus and an unusually professional program mix for its size. Rather than positioning itself as a liberal-arts college, it markets a direct, career-oriented path through engineering, business, pharmacy, and law — an uncommon combination of a full law school alongside a modestly sized undergraduate college.

Academics

Engineering and business are the two largest and most established undergraduate programs, both benefiting from small class sizes and close faculty contact rather than large lecture sections. Pharmacy is a notable, competitive professional program, and the university's own law school gives some undergraduates a defined pipeline into legal study, including accelerated pathways in some years.

Campus & student life

The campus is traditional and residential, set in a mid-sized Massachusetts city with access to the broader Springfield/Hartford corridor for internships without the cost or scale of Boston. Student culture skews practical and career-focused rather than centered on big-time athletics or a large social scene.

Getting in

Admission is less holistic-essay-driven than at elite liberal arts colleges and weighs preparation for the intended professional track — math and science background for engineering or pharmacy applicants, for example — more heavily than a generic academic profile.

Worth knowing

Having an in-house law school is unusual for a university this size, and it creates real pre-law advising and pipeline opportunities that a comparable small university without one would not offer.

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Admissions

Acceptance rate83.5%

Enrolled mid-50%SAT 1090–1300 · ACT 21–28

Test policyoptional

Rec letters0

Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)

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