Is Wesleyan test optional?

Yes. You can apply without a score. A common rule is to send it if it's at or above 1420 and hold it if it's under.

What is Wesleyan's acceptance rate?

16% of applicants were admitted in 2024–25, according to the college's Common Data Set or, where that's missing, IPEDS, the federal college survey. In fall 2024, 2,373 of 14,389 applicants were admitted. Applications rose 46%, from 9,822 in 2015 to 14,389 in 2024, and Wesleyan's admit rate went from 22% to 16%.

What ACT score do you need for Wesleyan?

17% of first-year students sent an ACT, and they scored 31–34, with a median of 33. On the official ACT–SAT concordance, their SAT range of 1300–1500 works out to about 28–34.

Why might Wesleyan's SAT range look high?

Only 41% of enrolled students sent an SAT. The range counts only those who did, and students with lower scores tend to hold theirs back.

Does applying early decision help at Wesleyan?

38% of early decision applicants were admitted (502 of 1,309), against 16% of all applicants. Early pools often include recruited athletes and other strong applicants, so the real edge is smaller than the gap.

How many students get off the waitlist at Wesleyan?

5 of the 1,734 students who stayed on the waitlist were admitted, or 0.3%, per the Common Data Set 2024–25.

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What SAT score do you need for Wesleyan? (Middle 50%: 1300–1500)

First-year students at Wesleyan who sent an SAT scored 1300–1500, with a median of 1420 (Common Data Set 2024–25). Wesleyan admits 16% of applicants and is test optional.

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Where your score lands at Wesleyan

First-year students who sent an SAT: 1300–1500, median 1420

Your score

Middle 50% of admitted students Median Fewer than half sent a score, so the range runs high

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Wesleyan by the numbers

Admit rate: 16%
Middle 50% SAT: 1300–1500
Median SAT: 1420
About on the ACT: 28–34
Sent an SAT: 41%

Test optional · checked Nov 9, 2026 · Wesleyan admissions · SAT range from the Common Data Set, 2024–25; admit rate from it or IPEDS

Wesleyan admit rate over 10 years

Applications rose 46%, from 9,822 in 2015 to 14,389 in 2024, and Wesleyan's admit rate went from 22% to 16%.

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Fall	Applied	Admitted	Admit rate
2024	14,389	2,373	16%
2023	14,500	2,479	17%
2022	14,521	2,096	14%
2021	13,067	2,540	19%
2020	12,632	2,640	21%
2019	13,264	2,186	16%
2018	12,706	2,218	17%
2017	12,360	2,013	16%
2016	11,928	2,129	18%
2015	9,822	2,180	22%

In fall 2024, 825 of the 2,373 admitted students enrolled. Applicants and admits from IPEDS, the federal college survey, by fall of entry.

What each SAT score means at Wesleyan

Which tier your score puts them in, and whether it's worth sending.

Your SATTierSend it?

Under 1250Far reachHold
1250–1410ReachHold
1420 and upReachSend

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Tiers here use only your SAT and their admit rate. Essays, activities and recommendations still decide most admissions at selective colleges.

Wesleyan SAT sections, ACT and class rank

Scores of enrolled first-year students who sent one, by percentile.

Test	25th	Median	75th
SAT Math	630	700	760
SAT Reading and Writing	660	710	750
SAT total	1300	1420	1500
ACT composite	31	33	34

Of enrolled first-year students, 41% sent an SAT and 17% sent an ACT. Common Data Set 2024–25.

Top 10% of their class: 78%; of new students who reported a rank

Wesleyan early decision and waitlist

Early decision

502 of 1,309 early decision applicants were admitted.

Early decision38%
All applicants16%

Early pools often include recruited athletes and other strong applicants, so the gap overstates how much applying early helps on its own.

Waitlist

2,844 applicants were offered a spot, 1,734 took it, and 5 were admitted from it.

0.3%of students who stayed on the waitlist got in

Common Data Set 2024–25.

Wesleyan cost and outcomes

What students pay after grants, how many finish, and what they earn.

Average net price: $30,177; per year, after grants
Graduate in 6 years: 93%
Median earnings: $73,897; 10 years after starting
Undergraduates: 4,042

College Scorecard, 2022–23, from the US Department of Education. Net price averages federal-aid students across family incomes.

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Sources

Wesleyan Common Data Set 2024–25
SAT and ACT ranges, early decision, waitlist, GPA and class rank, as the college reported them.
College Navigator (IPEDS)
Applications, admissions and enrollment by year, from the federal college survey.
College Scorecard
Net price, graduation rate and earnings, from the US Department of Education.
Wesleyan admissions
Test policy for 2026–27, checked Nov 9, 2026.
Wesleyan website
Wesleyan University

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There's no cutoff. The middle 50% of first-year students who sent an SAT scored 1300–1500, and the median was 1420. At 1420 or higher you're above half of them. Wesleyan admits 16% of applicants, so a top score keeps you in the running but doesn't decide it.

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