Admissions and Rankings
According to the WJU's page on the U-CAN Network, the average high school GPA of the freshman class is a 3.5 The school is given a selectivity score of 81 out of 100 by the Princeton Review In 1997, WJU was named as the fourth best educational value in the southeast, and the 15th best college in the region. In addition, the school is ranked as the 18th best masters university in the south by U.S. News and World Report. The most recent Forbes Magazine rankings placed WJU 180 out of 600 colleges, a marked improvement from their No. 437 rank in 2008. Forbes also ranked the university as the 79th best value in America. The university is ranked among the John Templeton Foundation's Colleges that Encourage Character Development. According to the foundation, such universities "inspire students to lead ethical and civic-minded lives".
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