The October 2012 edition of Kiplinger's Personal Finance listed IWU in the top 100 of "Best Private College Values."
Kiplinger's consider data from approximately 600 private institutions. It narrows the list by the following six criteria: admission rate, four-year graduation rate, total cost per year, average need-based aid, percentage of non-based aids and average debt at graduation. Other universities in the top 100 were Yale, Harvard and the University of Notre Dame.
Indiana Wesleyan University received the same distinction last year from Kiplinger's, as well as ranking number six in their December 2011 list of "Top Private Colleges with the Lowest Sticker Price."
U.S. News & World Report's September 2012 edition gave IWU a similar spot in their list of "Great Schools at Great Prices," based on the academic quality and overall cost of the university.