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Regional Diversity:
  • 92% of the student body from outside the state of Connecticut.
  • 7% of the student body from outside the US.


Gender Ratio:
  • 51% Female / 49% Male


Wesleyan is ranked by Black Enterprise as one of the top 10 colleges for African Americans.

Socio-economic Make-up of Students
  • 19% of students at Wesleyan come from families who make less than $60,000 per year (economicdiversity.org)
  • 12% of students at Wesleyan receive Federal Pell Grants, which typically go to students whose family incomes are below $40,000 (economicdiversity.org)
  • See Wesleyan's profile on EconomicDiversity.org


Racial Diversity

  • Asian / Asian American: 12%
  • Black / African American: 8%
  • Caucasian: 71%
  • Latino / Hispanic: 8%

The Wesleyan McNair Program assists students from underrepresented groups with preparing for, entering, and progressing successfully through post-graduate education.

Wesleyan participates in the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship program, which provides mentoring and research opportunities for students from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds, with a goal of increasing the number of minority faculty members at U.S. colleges and universities.