Dakota Wesleyan University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a self-contained town.

Overview

School profile and reference information, including highlights, admissions, student body, degrees, and contact info.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• United Methodist religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in nursing and emergency medicine and education and teaching.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, General.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 730 in 2009-2010 (728 full-time equivalent).

About 55% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 45% of the class.

Undergrads are 94% of enrolled students and graduate students are 6%.

Students under 25 years old represent 80% of the student body. About 4% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Dakota Wesleyan provides on-campus housing for 365 of its 728 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 20 meals weekly.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Great Plains Athletic Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 199 male students received the aid (men were 67% of those receiving aid) and 96 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 33% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Dakota Wesleyan offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Master.

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (23 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (8 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences
• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (1 awarded)

• Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (0 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (36 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Biology Teacher Education
• Business Teacher Education
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• History Teacher Education
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Secondary School Administration/Principalship
• Social Studies Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (6 awarded)

• Human Services
• Public Administration and Social Service Professions

FINE ARTS (0 awarded)

• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (6 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
• General Studies
• History
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies

MATHEMATICS (1 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (0 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MUSIC (1 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (65 awarded)

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (10 awarded)

• Athletic Training/Trainer
• Health and Physical Education
• Health and Physical Education/Fitness
• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (1 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (6 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (9 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Safety Studies

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (4 awarded)

• Behavioral Sciences
• Psychology