Wheaton College
Wheaton, IL · Private nonprofit87.4%
Acceptance rate
1,363
SAT Average
$26,984
Avg net price
2,087
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 520Master’s 216Doctoral 25 |
| Bachelor’s 97Master’s 0Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 62Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 60Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 44Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 31Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 28Master’s 64Doctoral 20 |
| Bachelor’s 26Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 25Master’s 82Doctoral 5 |
| Bachelor’s 25Master’s 33Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 21Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 17Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 14Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 14Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 13Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 12Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 11Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 10Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 8Master’s 11Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 1Master’s 26Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 1Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
NCAA program details
NCAA program
Wheaton College (Illinois)
- Primary division
- Division III
- Primary conference
- College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin
Projected sponsored sports21
Athletic participation
502 unique student-athletes · 17 varsity teams
Early Action I
Passed
Early Action II
Regular Decision I
Regular Decision II
Rolling admission
· Apply with Common App or the college's application
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $45,420
- Required fees
- $126
- Food and housing
- $13,010
- Books and supplies
- $936
- Other expenses
- $2,560
- Total
- $62,052
- $51,1302019–2019–20
- $52,9402020–2120–21
- $54,7002021–2221–22
- $56,7802022–2322–23
- $59,6702023–2423–24
- $62,0522024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $26,984 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2022–23
- First-years with need-based aid
- 64%
- Average share of need met
- 77.2%
- Average need-based grant
- $29,048
- Required forms
- FAFSA
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2022–23
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from Wheaton College’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from the 2022–23 Common Data Set.
Wheaton College admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield.
Wheaton College runs a nonbinding Early Action plan.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. Wheaton College withholds applicants and admits by residency, so in-state, out-of-state, and international admit odds can't be computed.
Enrolled first-years by geography
504 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT and an ACT.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
38.1% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
23.3% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
Wheaton College’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 97.6% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 23.9% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.78
High-school class rank
Among the 23.9% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
Wheaton College rates 6 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Application essay
- Very important
- Recommendation(s)
- Very important
- Class rank
- Considered
- Standardized test scores
- Considered
Nonacademic
- Character / personal qualities
- Very important
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Very important
- Interview
- Important
- Extracurricular activities
- Important
- Talent / ability
- Important
- Work experience
- Important
- First generation
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- State residency
- Considered
- Volunteer work
- Considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Considered
Wheaton College leaves 1 Common Data Set answer blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
Without the residency split, there’s no way to see whether admit rates shift for out-of-state or international applicants.
Does disclose: SAT / ACT score bands (C9) · Admissions factor grid (C7) · Students admitted off the waitlist (C2)
Wheaton College’s sticker drops once grant aid is applied, and what a family actually pays depends on income. of first-years received need-based aid; a family with no aid pays the full sticker. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Bars read against the $58,352 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $26,984 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 321 of 503 first-years in the 2022–23 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
What that meant in 2022–23
Cost of attendance $58,352
Averages among the 321 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, Wheaton College offers both need-based and merit aid: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Wheaton College admitted students off the waitlist, about of the class.
93.8% of Wheaton College’s first-years return for a second year and 86.6% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2022–23
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03