Kansas Wesleyan University

Private · Moderately Selective · KS

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School data & stats

TypePrivate

LocationKS · Midwest

SettingRural

Undergrads956

Student:faculty16:1

Outcomes

4-yr grad rate41.1%

6-yr grad rate48.6%

Drop-out rate39.9%

Study abroad—

Cost

In-state tuition$35k

Out-of-state tuition$35k

Application fee—

Community

Racial diversity43.2%

Gender diversity43.2%

International5.1%

IdentityUnited Methodist

Overview

Kansas Wesleyan University is a private, United Methodist-affiliated university in Salina, Kansas, serving the central Kansas region. It is small enough that athletics, performing arts, and academics overlap heavily in day-to-day student life.

Academics

Business, nursing, education, and emergency management are the programs most students build careers around, taught in small classes with direct faculty access. An applied, career-focused framing runs through most majors rather than a traditional liberal-arts core.

Campus & student life

A large share of the student body plays a varsity sport or performs in music and theater, giving campus life a busy, activity-driven rhythm typical of small NAIA schools. Salina itself is a modest regional hub, so students get some off-campus amenities without a big-city environment.

Worth knowing

The combination of heavy athletics participation and performing-arts involvement means most students are juggling a major, a team or ensemble, and a tight-knit social circle all at once.

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Admissions

Acceptance rate71.9%

Enrolled mid-50%—

Test policynot used

Rec letters—

Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)

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