West Virginia Wesleyan College

Private · Moderately Selective · WV

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith (Public domain)

School data & stats

TypePrivate

LocationWV · South

SettingRural

Undergrads954

Student:faculty13:1

Outcomes

4-yr grad rate44.7%

6-yr grad rate57.1%

Drop-out rate32.7%

Study abroad—

Cost

In-state tuition$34k

Out-of-state tuition$34k

Application fee—

Community

Racial diversity33.8%

Gender diversity50.7%

International9%

IdentityUnited Methodist

Overview

West Virginia Wesleyan College is a private, Methodist-affiliated liberal-arts college in Buckhannon, in central West Virginia's hill country. Its red-brick campus anchors a small town and has built a reputation well beyond its size for supporting students with learning differences.

Academics

Nursing, education, and the sciences are core strengths, taught in small classes with the close faculty contact typical of a residential liberal-arts college. The college's structured support program for students with diagnosed learning disabilities and ADHD is a genuine differentiator, layering coaching and accommodations onto the standard curriculum for students who opt in.

Campus & student life

Buckhannon is a small town, and the campus functions as its own self-contained community, with strong residential traditions and close relationships between students and faculty.

Worth knowing

The learning-differences support program is a real draw for families specifically seeking that kind of structured academic support, not a token accommodations office — it is a distinguishing reason many students choose Wesleyan over a similarly sized peer.

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Admissions

Acceptance rate93.3%

Enrolled mid-50%SAT 892–1160 · ACT 16–23

Test policyoptional

Rec letters0

Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)

AdmissionRolling

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