Academics
Majors and faculty
The most popular major is Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse (30% of graduates). 12 students for every faculty member, fewer than at 59% of colleges. 100% of faculty are full-time. Spends $7,980 a year on instruction per student.
Most popular majors
257 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates
The top 5 programs account for 59% of graduates; 34 programs in 16 fields awarded at least one.
- Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 51.380130% 76Graduates in this field earn $71,084 4 years out
- Business Administration and Management, General 52.02019.7% 25Graduates in this field earn $61,103 4 years out
- Dental Hygiene/Hygienist 51.06027.0% 18
- Psychology, General 42.01016.6% 17
- Marketing/Marketing Management, General 52.14015.8% 15Graduates in this field earn $61,564 4 years out
Fastest-growing field: Health professions, 29% → 44% of graduates since 2014–15 (112 graduates in 2024–25).
Source:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2014–15 to 2024–25About the data(built 2026-10-12; CPI retrieved 2026-10-12)
Bachelor's degrees awarded July through June, by federal program name (), which can differ from what the college calls a major. A double major counts once, under the ; its other field is a . Earnings are College Scorecard's median for graduates of the program's broader field (), 4 years after completion; see Top-earning majors below.
Top-earning majors here
By earnings 4 years after completion
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$71,084 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: Too few graduates to report
4 years after completion$71,084National median: $88,910Below typical4 years out, Pell: $52,936 · Non-Pell: $58,344(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: Too few graduates to report · 141 graduates, two most recent years combined
Accounting and Related Services$70,782 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: Too few graduates to report
4 years after completion$70,782National median: $76,194Below typicalMedian federal debt: Too few graduates to report · 22 graduates, two most recent years combined
Marketing$61,564 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: Too few graduates to report
4 years after completion$61,564National median: $69,303Below typicalMedian federal debt: Too few graduates to report · 35 graduates, two most recent years combined
Business Administration, Management and Operations$61,103 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $58,859
4 years after completion$61,103National median: $68,257Below typical4 years out, Pell: $40,282 · Non-Pell: Too few graduates to report(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $21,599 · 106 graduates, two most recent years combined
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods$46,925 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: Too few graduates to report
4 years after completion$46,925National median: $47,382About typicalMedian federal debt: Too few graduates to report · 32 graduates, two most recent years combined
Bachelor's programs only, among graduates who received federal financial aid and were working (not enrolled in school) in the measurement year.
The college also reports 10 to 1 in its Common Data Set (930 students, 93 faculty).
Not the average class size: faculty also teach graduate students and do research, and large lectures can sit alongside small seminars.
Class sizes
80%
of classes have fewer than 20 students
| Students | sections | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2–9 | 82 | 30% |
| 10–19 | 134 | 50% |
| 20–29 | 43 | 16% |
| 30–39 | 2 | 1% |
| 40–49 | 8 | 3% |
| 50–99 | 0 | 0% |
| 100+ | 0 | 0% |
This counts class sections, not students: a lecture of 300 is one section, so a student is more likely to sit in a large class than the share of sections suggests. Labs and discussion sections are counted separately and left out here.
Programs & curriculum
- Accelerated program
- Distance learning
- Double major
- Dual enrollment
- Independent study
- Internships
- Liberal arts/career combination
- Student-designed major
- Teacher certification
- Study abroad
- Undergraduate research
Requires coursework in arts, computer literacy, English composition, history, humanities, math, philosophy, a natural science, and social science.
$52,613
9-month equated, all ranks combined. Pay tracks local cost of living as much as a college's generosity.
Spending and endowment
Fiscal 2023–24. Compared only against other private nonprofit colleges: public and private colleges report finances on different accounting forms that aren't comparable.
Sources:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2024–25 graduates;College Scorecard Field of Study data, most recent release;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part D), Fall 2024;IPEDS Salaries survey (SAL, instructional staff, all ranks), Fall 2024;College Scorecard, Fall 2024;IPEDS Finance survey, derived per-student figures, 2023–24;Tennessee Wesleyan University Common Data Set 2020–21, Fall 2020;Tennessee Wesleyan University Common Data Set 2020–21, 2020–21;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)
