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Wilberforce University

Private nonprofit, four-year or above, in Wilberforce, Ohio.

Students and awards

From NCES’s 2025–26 IPEDS collection.

856
Students enrolled during the year
Everyone enrolled at any point in the 12 months, not fall enrollment.
837
Undergraduates
19
Graduate students

From NCES’s 2025–26 IPEDS collection.

68
Bachelor's degrees awarded
0
Associate's degrees awarded
5
Master's degrees awarded

Graduation, admissions and price

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

12.0%
Graduation rate
12.0%
Bachelor's within six years

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

41.0%
Applicants admitted
8.0%
Admitted students who enrolled

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

$16,448
Tuition and fees
$28,212
Price in state, living on campus
$28,212
Price out of state, living on campus

Tuition and fees

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

Wilberforce University published $16,448 in in-state tuition and fees for 2024–⁠25, against $13,250 for 2021–⁠22

Published in-state tuition and fees for full-time, first-time undergraduates, each academic year, as the college reported them to NCES: the price before any grant, in the dollars of each year. All four years are from one IPEDS release, which restates the years before it.

Source: IPEDS

About this chart

The figures

Wilberforce University published $16,448 in in-state tuition and fees for 2024–25, against $13,250 for 2021–22. Published in-state tuition and fees for full-time, first-time undergraduates, each academic year, as the college reported them to NCES: the price before any grant, in the dollars of each year. All four years are from one IPEDS release, which restates the years before it.
Academic yearIn-districtIn-stateOut-of-state
2024–⁠25$16,448$16,448$16,448
2023–⁠24$14,776$14,776$14,776
2022–⁠23$13,250$13,250$13,250
2021–⁠22$13,250$13,250$13,250
The price of a year on campus for an in-state student, 2024–25
ItemPrice
In-state tuition and fees$16,448
Books and supplies$1,200
Food and housing on campus$8,564
Other expenses on campus$2,000
Total, as NCES adds it$28,212

The published price, before any grant or scholarship: what a student is charged, not what a student pays. Each NCES release restates the years before it, so all of these are from the one release.

Faculty pay

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

Full-time instructional staff and average salary by academic rank, 2024–25
RankFull-time staffAverage salary, nine-month basis
Professor4$85,500
Associate professor12$67,875
Assistant professor22$62,509
Instructor3$54,000
All ranks41$65,700

Full-time, non-medical instructional staff as of November 1. NCES equates 10-, 11- and 12-month contracts to nine months and averages base salary only; supplements and stipends are excluded. Ranks are the college’s own, and the newest collection is provisional.

How this compares

Students enrolled during the year: 856
Larger than 36% of the 1,543 colleges in its sector (private nonprofit, four-year or above) that report an enrollment. Compared within its sector, because a two-year college and a research university are not the same kind of place.
Graduation rate: 12%
Higher than 3% of the 1,233 colleges in its sector (private nonprofit, four-year or above) that report one.
Average faculty salary, all ranks: $65,700
Higher than 45% of the 1,464 colleges in its sector (private nonprofit, four-year or above) in NCES's salary survey. Full-time instructional staff, equated to a nine-month contract.

What former students earn and owe

From the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard, used under Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY). Earnings are of students who received federal aid.

$45,958
Median earnings four years after completing
$41,874
Median earnings ten years after entering
$20,500
Median federal debt of graduates
0.0%
Three-year default rate

The college’s entry

Sector
Private nonprofit, four-year or above
Control
Private nonprofit
Grants degrees
Yes
Historically Black college or university
Yes
Locale
Rural, fringe
County
Greene County
IPEDS ID
206491

Sources

Compiled automatically from Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), 2025–26 collection and College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

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