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Virginia Wesleyan University Merit Aid

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The merit-aid verdict at Virginia Wesleyan University

Virginia Wesleyan rewards academically motivated students, especially those drawn to its honors college or service-oriented fields.

Who this school is for

Students seeking a close-knit campus community with strong honors programming and pathways into teaching or public service will find compelling opportunities here. Regional ties to the Hampton Roads area and a commitment to global learning shape many of these awards.

Tuition / cost of attendance: Approximately $59,324 for 2026-2027. Source

Federal cost and outcome data

Federal reporting on who actually enrolls at Virginia Wesleyan University, what they paid after aid, and what happened next — independent of anything the school markets.

Average annual net price by family income at Virginia Wesleyan University, academic year 2021-22
Family income	Average net price paid
$0–$30,000	$14,080
$30,001–$48,000	$17,108
$48,001–$75,000	$15,967
$75,001–$110,000	$22,603
$110,001+	$24,782
All income levels (average)	$19,676

Sticker price vs. what students actually pay

Published tuition & fees, AY 2022-23: $37,500
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22: $19,676

That works out to roughly a 62% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $51,255 (College Scorecard — a separate, federally reported figure, not the published cost of attendance shown above).

Outcomes for students who enrolled here

Graduation rate (150% of normal time), 2016 cohort: 42%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort: 74%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers: $27,000 (~$286/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21): $50,074
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22: 42%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22: 69%

How to read these numbers

Net price reflects only first-time, full-time, degree-seeking students who received federal Title IV financial aid — not Virginia Wesleyan University's full student body.
Published tuition is the catalog sticker price for all students, not a Title IV-only figure.
Graduation rate reflects the entire first-time, full-time, degree-seeking cohort — not only students who received Title IV aid.
Retention rate reflects all first-time, full-time, bachelor's-seeking students — not only Title IV aid recipients.
Median debt reflects only completers who took out federal student loans — not Virginia Wesleyan University's full graduating class, and not limited to first-time, full-time students.
Median earnings reflect Title IV aid recipients who entered college and were working (not enrolled) roughly a decade later — not necessarily the graduating cohort, and not a recent graduate's paycheck.
Pell grant and federal loan participation covers first-time, full-time, degree-seeking students only.
Net price blends need-based aid and merit aid together — it is not a merit-specific estimate. It shows what similar-income families actually paid on average after every kind of aid, not what a strong-stats student could win in merit dollars alone. Treat it as cost context, not a merit forecast — a MeritPlaybook models merit aid specifically for your student’s own stats, which this net-price figure cannot do.

None of this is current-year data — the U.S. Department of Education reports it on a delay, and different figures below come from different reporting years. Net price is an academic year 2021-22 figure. Published tuition reflects the 2022-23 academic year. Graduation rate reflects the Fall 2016 entering, full-time, first-time, degree/certificate-seeking cohort; completion measured within 150% of normal time (~6 years for a bachelor's degree). IPEDS Graduation Rates component (C150_4). Retention reflects the Fall 2021 full-time, first-time, bachelor's-seeking cohort retained into the following fall. IPEDS Fall Enrollment component (RET_FT4). Median debt reflects the NSLDS FY2020 and FY2021 pooled completer cohorts (GRAD_DEBT_MDN, GRAD_DEBT_MDN10YR_SUPP). Median earnings reflect the Treasury-matched cohort entering college in AY2009-10 or AY2010-11, earnings measured 10 years later in calendar years 2020 and 2021, inflation-adjusted to 2022 dollars (MD_EARN_WNE_P10).

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard.

Institutional merit aid tiers

Every tier below is sourced to the school’s own published financial aid pages. Renewal terms apply only if the student maintains the stated GPA.

$10,000

Hampton Roads College Success Scholarship

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$21,000+

Virginia Wesleyan University Global Scholarship

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Lesser-known scholarships at Virginia Wesleyan University

Named awards that don’t always surface on the main financial aid page. Each one has its own eligibility rules.

The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program

AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityThe Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program provides scholarships, stipends, and programmatic support to recruit and prepare STEM majors and professionals to become K-12 teachers.

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Beverly Scholars

AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityBeverly Scholars auditions allow students to be considered for arts-specific scholarships at Virginia Wesleyan.

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Batten Honors College Scholarships

AmountPercentage of tuition (see source)EligibilityAnother 20 Batten Honors College students are selected to receive a nearly three-quarters tuition scholarship.

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How Virginia Wesleyan University compares across our verified dataset

668 of 750 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Virginia Wesleyan University is one of them. The cohort minority (82 schools) only awards one-year scholarships, which means the four-year value families assume on a brochure quote isn't guaranteed at every school.

Sources used on this page

Every claim is checked against Virginia Wesleyan University’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.

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