Wesleyan Ranked as a Top Five Best College in Georgia
Staff Report From Middle Georgia CEO
Friday, November 8th, 2019
According to the personal-finance website WalletHub, Wesleyan College is one of three Middle Georgia
colleges ranked in the top ten of the 2020’s Best Colleges within the state. WalletHub ranks the colleges
as follows:
Wesleyan College ranked 4th
Georgia College & State University ranked 5th
Mercer University ranked 6th
Georgia Institute of Technology ranked 1st, Emory University ranked 2nd, and the University of Georgia
ranked 3rd. In a breakout of top schools based on region, Wesleyan is ranked 27th out of 328 campuses in the southeast.
WalletHub compared more than 1,000 higher-education institutions in the U.S. based on 33 key measures grouped into seven categories. Those categories include student selectivity, cost, financing, and career outcomes. Also weighted are student-faculty ratio, faculty resources, campus safety and experience, graduation rates and post-attendance median salary. Wesleyan ranked 126 th in the nation.