Is Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion Worth It?

Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion gives you a solid but uneven financial return. The median debt of $24,250 lands almost exactly at the median 10-year earnings, so most graduates can pay off what they borrowed within a reasonable window. A 66% graduation rate and a 79% retention rate mean the odds you finish are decent, which matters because dropping out with debt and no degree is the worst outcome here.

Nursing is the clear winner. It pays the most of any program at around $63,000 and carries the lowest debt on the list at under $20,000, giving you the strongest payoff by a wide margin. Indiana's steady demand for nurses backs this up. Management Information Systems and business administration also clear roughly $52,000-$56,000 and are worth pursuing.

Human Resources Management is the program to avoid financially. Graduates earn under $46,000 but carry nearly $42,000 in debt, more than double the nursing debt for lower pay. Business administration also pushes past $30,000 in debt for earnings in the low $50,000s, so watch your borrowing there.

The net price tiers reward lower-income families. If your family earns under $48,000, you pay around $18,000 a year. That climbs to roughly $23,500 in the $75,000-$110,000 range and over $27,000 above $110,000, so middle and upper-middle income families carry the heaviest true cost with no low-income discount to offset it.

This school fits you well if you want nursing or a business-adjacent field and qualify for the lower-income price tiers. Look elsewhere if you're aiming at Human Resources or expect to borrow heavily for a degree outside nursing, since the debt-to-earnings math turns against you fast.