North Carolina Wesleyan College Campus Life
Campus life
The campus as a place: setting, size, calendar and who studies here.
Campus at a glance
Small city
Inside an urbanized area and a principal city.
- City (this campus)
- Suburb
- Town
- Rural
1,214 students
Near the national median
National median 1,603 students
Undergraduates with Pell Grants
- Receive a Pell Grant
- 52.3%
- TypePrivate nonprofit
- ClassBaccalaureate college
- CalendarSemester
- AthleticsNCAA Division III
Nearby college towns
- Tarboro14.9 mi
- Wilson21.1 mi
- Weldon29.5 mi
- Louisburg29.9 mi
Verified data from IPEDS and the College Scorecard. Distances are straight-line miles.
Race/ethnicity
Source: U.S. College Scorecard · 2025
Among undergraduates at North Carolina Wesleyan College, the largest reported group is Black (36.2%), followed by White (20.4%).
| Group | Undergraduates | Full-time instructional staff |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 0.8% | 0% |
| Asian | 0.5% | 3.5% |
| Black | 36.2% | 8.8% |
| Hispanic | 3.1% | 3.5% |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 0.2% | 0% |
| White | 20.4% | 84.2% |
| Two or more races | 4.1% | 0% |
| Non-resident | 14.2% | 0% |
| Unknown | 20.6% | 0% |
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Did you know? North Carolina Wesleyan College
- 80.2%North Carolina Wesleyan College admitted 622 of 2,220 applicants.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
- 30.5%of admitted students chose to enroll (the yield rate): 190 of 622.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
- $20,318average net price after grants for aided students, against $37,856 published tuition.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
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