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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.

  1. Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 51.380130% 76
    Graduates in this field earn $71,084 4 years out
  2. Business Administration and Management, General 52.02019.7% 25
    Graduates in this field earn $61,103 4 years out
  3. Dental Hygiene/Hygienist 51.06027.0% 18
  4. Psychology, General 42.01016.6% 17
  5. Marketing/Marketing Management, General 52.14015.8% 15
    Graduates 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

  1. 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$71,084
    National median: $88,910Below typical

    4 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

  2. Accounting and Related Services$70,782 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: Too few graduates to report

    4 years after completion$70,782
    National median: $76,194Below typical

    Median federal debt: Too few graduates to report · 22 graduates, two most recent years combined

  3. Marketing$61,564 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: Too few graduates to report

    4 years after completion$61,564
    National median: $69,303Below typical

    Median federal debt: Too few graduates to report · 35 graduates, two most recent years combined

  4. Business Administration, Management and Operations$61,103 4 yrs out

    1 year after completion: $58,859

    4 years after completion$61,103
    National median: $68,257Below typical

    4 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

  5. 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$46,925
    National median: $47,382About typical

    Median 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.

Students per faculty member vs. every college12 to 1
12 to 1
← Fewer students per facultyfewer students per faculty member than 59% of 1,892More students per faculty →

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

Under 20 students 20 or moreStudents per class section
Undergraduate class sections by number of students
StudentssectionsShare
2–98230%
10–1913450%
20–294316%
30–3921%
40–4983%
50–9900%
100+00%

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.

Full-time faculty100%
National median: 67%Above typical
Average faculty salary

$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.

Instruction spending per student$7,980
$7,980
← Lessmore than 31% of 1,199More →
Endowment per student$16,274
$16,274
← Lessmore than 28% of 1,065More →

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)