Dakota Wesleyan University
Cost & Tuition
Student Debt
Median total debt: $19,500
Students with federal loans: 77.6%
Students with Pell grants: 26.3%
Career Outcomes
All graduates median earnings:
After 1 year: $54,419
After 5 years: $61,077
Majors(45 programs)
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.(61 graduates)
- Business Administration, Management and Operations.(20 graduates)
- Health and Physical Education/Fitness.(15 graduates)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.(13 graduates)
- Psychology, General.(11 graduates)
- Criminal Justice and Corrections.(11 graduates)
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.(8 graduates)
- Biology, General.(8 graduates)
- Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.(8 graduates)
- Accounting and Related Services.(5 graduates)
- Special Education and Teaching.(3 graduates)
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations.(3 graduates)
- Behavioral Sciences.(2 graduates)
- History.(2 graduates)
- Communication and Media Studies.(1 graduates)
- Visual and Performing Arts, General.(1 graduates)
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods.(1 graduates)
- Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management.
- Journalism.
- Radio, Television, and Digital Communication.
- Computer Software and Media Applications.
- Education, General.
- Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services.
- English Language and Literature, General.
- Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies.
- Literature.
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.
- Mathematics.
- Biological and Physical Sciences.
- Religion/Religious Studies.
- Chemistry.
- Physics.
- Homeland Security.
- Security Science and Technology.
- Human Services, General.
- Public Administration and Social Service Professions, Other.
- Economics.
- Political Science and Government.
- Sociology.
- Design and Applied Arts.
- Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.
- Music.
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.
- Finance and Financial Management Services.
- Marketing.
Institution Details
Undergraduate Enrollment: 661 students
Admission Rate: 72.8%
Retention Rate: 69.4%
Graduation Rate: 46.4%
Student Demographics
White (80.2%)
Hispanic (9.1%)
Black (1.7%)
Asian (0.6%)
Two or More (4.4%)
International (2.3%)
Gender Distribution
Men (46.9%)
Women (53.1%)