Swimcloud

Recruiting information

Our Philosophy

Illinois Wesleyan offers a wide variety of strong academic programs, as well as a nationally competitive swimming and diving team. We work hard to ensure every Titan has the best possible all-around student-athlete experience, helping you achieve your academic and career goals while continuing to improve and competing for championships.

As a Titan swimmer/diver, we see academics as your top priority, and athletics as your top extracurricular priority. Expect balance, and expect to be challenged in both. Our training program is quality-based and event-specific, with additional focus on dryland training and technique (on both a team and individual basis). Helping you get faster and building a team that continues to be competitive at the conference and national levels is important, and your coaches are also there to provide guidance and support outside the pool.

Our ultimate goal as coaches is to see you graduate in four years, well-prepared to pursue either your chosen career or a graduate degree, while being able to look back on your swimming/diving career knowing that you worked hard to achieve both team and individual goals and created lifelong memories.

 

What we look for in recruiting

The basics: You need to be a strong enough student to be successful at IWU (think A’s/B’s in honors and AP classes), and you should be able to contribute to the team, either at the conference or national level. The recruiting standards on this page are a loose guideline only. In reality, we have many swimmers come in as freshmen who are much faster than those times, and we have others who may have started swimming in high school or were multi-sport athletes who are close to those times and can reach and surpass them early in their college careers.

The most important things: Our swimmers place an extremely high priority on team culture. If you are someone who likes to challenge yourself in practice, and if you are committed to being a great teammate who is supportive of others and brings a positive attitude every day, you’ll do well here. It’s a lot of fun to come to practice when you’re with a close-knit group that knows how to work hard and have fun together at the same time.

 

Academics & Career Preparation at IWU

  • #1 college in Illinois and #7 in the nation in post-graduate job placement (Zippia, August 2021)
  • #1 in Illinois and top 6% nationally in an Economist study of highest-earning graduates
  • Direct-admit nursing program that is accommodating and receptive to student-athletes
  • Medical school acceptance rate above 80 percent
  • Business and finance graduates rank third in the nation in mid-career earnings (PayScale)
  • Personalized, engaging physics program prepares students to consistently outperform graduates of larger engineering schools in average salary, job placement, and research opportunities
  • Highly regarded pre-professional programs in a liberal arts setting – including medicine, law, engineering, PT, and OT
  • On average, over half of tuition is covered by scholarships and grants

 

Athletics at IWU

  • 46 All-American swimmers or divers, including at least one in 14 of the past 15 years
  • Women’s and men’s teams ranked first of all schools at the 2022 CCIW Championship in both percentage of lifetime bests and SwimCloud’s average performance points per event
  • Two recent top-25 women's team finishes at NCAAs, plus an individual national champion
  • Nine new school records set in 2022
  • 25th among NCAA institutions at all levels in developing Academic All-Americans
  • Annually in the top 5-10% of Div. III schools in the Learfield Directors’ Cup, which measures the best overall collegiate athletic programs by NCAA postseason success

 

To learn more about IWU, please contact Asst. Coach Tommy Gilbert (tgilbert@iwu.edu). TGOE and Go Titans!

Small 4-year, highly residential (confers bachelors degrees, FTE enrollment 1,000 to 2,999, at least 50 percent of degree-seeking undergraduates live on campus and at least 80 percent attend full time).
  • 4 years
    Education duration
  • City
    School setting
  • Private
    School type
  • Small
    School size

Cost & Financial aid

Average annual cost

Cost includes tuition, living costs, books and supplies, and fees minus the average grants and scholarships for federal financial aid recipients.

$27,611

By family income

Depending on the federal, state, or institutional grant aid available, students in your income bracket may pay more or less than the overall average costs.

Family income Average cost
$0–$30,000 $19,523
$30,001–$48,000 $20,640
$48,001–$75,000 $23,050
$75,001–$110,000 $27,952
$110,001+ $34,642

Students receiving federal loans

At some schools where few students borrow federal loans, the typical undergraduate may leave school with $0 in debt.

Graduation & Retention

Graduation rate

Students who return
after their first year

Out of 1,095 students…

Graduated 79%
Withdrew 19%
Transferred 2%

Outcomes

Median total debt after graduation

Total debt after graduation depends on field of study for undergraduate borrowers who complete college.

Repayment rate

Making progress 39%
Paid in full 18%
Not making progress 18%
Deferment 16%
Forbearance 6%

Typical earnings salary after completing field of study

Data Not Available

Student body

Student admissions

Student population 1,646
Undergraduate enrollment 1,646
Graduate enrollment

Full-time

24 and under

Race/Ethnicity

White 70%
Hispanic 10%
Black 7%
Asian 7%
Non-resident alien 3%

Admissions

Admission rate

ACT

ACT Combined

SAT

Evidence-Based Reading and Writing
Math

Programs/Majors

Field of study Graduates
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 50
Accounting and Related Services 44
Business/Commerce 39
Biology 26
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft 25
Psychology 22
Finance and Financial Management Services 19
Marketing 18
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods 16
Music 15
Computer Science 14
Economics 14
Mathematics 12
Physics 12
Health and Physical Education/Fitness 11
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas 10
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology 10
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations 10
Literature 9
Natural Resources Conservation and Research 8
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics 8
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies 7
Political Science and Government 7
Neurobiology and Neurosciences 6
Sociology 6
History 5
International/Global Studies 3
Philosophy 3
Fine and Studio Arts 3
Education 2
Chemistry 2
International Business 2
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies 1
Classical and Ancient Studies 1
Religion/Religious Studies 1
Anthropology 1
Field of study Median earnings
Accounting and Related Services $62,792
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing $62,775
Economics $61,516
Finance and Financial Management Services $53,358
Business Administration, Management and Operations $50,356
Mathematics $44,356
Education $43,426
Natural Resources Conservation and Research $42,682
English Language and Literature $42,682
Sociology $36,674
Political Science and Government $36,141
Psychology $31,314
Music $27,439
Biology $26,739
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics $21,052
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft $20,140
Field of study Median debt
Finance and Financial Management Services $26,000
Biology $27,000
Psychology $27,000
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft $27,000
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing $27,000
Business Administration, Management and Operations $27,000
Accounting and Related Services $27,000