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Iowa Wesleyan College

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

Campus Location

601 N Main Street
Mount Pleasant, IA 52641
USA
Main Tel: (319) 385-8021
Web Site

The campus is in a self-contained town.

Iowa Wesleyan College Highlights

Where Iowa Wesleyan College stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

  • United Methodist religious affiliation.
  • Many students concentrating in nutrition and exercise therapy, education and teaching, and business and management.
  • Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
  • Large number of programs of study offered.
  • Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
  • Number of dorm rooms for students.
  • Many mature (40+ year old) students.
  • Large number of students.
  • Good faculty-to-student ratio.

Other important characteristics:

  • Faculty tenure system
  • Library on-campus
  • Campus housing available
  • Student meal (board) plan
  • Study abroad option
  • Distance learning available
  • Part-time classes available
  • Athlete financial aid

Degrees Awarded (in 2007)

DegreeTotal
Earned
Different
Programs
Bachelor15030

Iowa Wesleyan Students

The student enrollment at Iowa Wesleyan was 834 in 2007 (714 full-time equivalent).

About 59% of the freshmen class in 2007 was male and women were 41% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students living in the US make up 100% of incoming freshmen.

Tuition and Other Costs

ItemCost
State Tuition and fees$ 18,870
Room$ 2,430
Board$ 3,620
Books and supplies$ 800
Other$ 2,860

Financial Aid: Iowa Wesleyan participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.

Faculty

Tenure (2007):

Full-Time Faculty  Total
With tenure  21
Without tenure; working toward tenure  21
Without tenure; tenure not available  7

Housing and Meals

Iowa Wesleyan provides on-campus housing for 483 of its 714 (full-time) students (as of 2007). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 19 meals weekly.

Iowa Wesleyan Athletics

School sports include football (Mid-States Football Association), basketball (Midwest Classic Conference), baseball (Midwest Classic Conference), and track (Midwest Classic Conference).

Iowa Wesleyan offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 177 male students received the aid (men were 68% of those receiving aid) and 83 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 32% of students receiving such aid) .

Iowa Wesleyan Admissions (2007)

ApplicantsAdmitted
Men55%
Women69%
All61%

SAT Test Scores:

SATMiddle 50%
Verbal380-440
Math410-470

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees awarded in 2007 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (45 awarded)

  • Accounting
  • Business Administration and Management
  • Business/Commerce

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (2 awarded)

  • Computer and Information Sciences

DESIGN (0 awarded)

  • Design and Visual Communications

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (34 awarded)

  • Art Teacher Education
  • Early Childhood Education and Teaching
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • Music Teacher Education
  • Physical Education Teaching and Coaching

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (2 awarded)

  • Human Services

FINE ARTS (2 awarded)

  • Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  • Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (6 awarded)

  • English Language and Literature
  • History
  • Sociology

MATHEMATICS (1 awarded)

  • Mathematics

MEDIA (0 awarded)

  • Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (0 awarded)

  • Environmental Health

MUSIC (0 awarded)

  • Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (23 awarded)

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

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (11 awarded)

  • Kinesiology and Exercise Science
  • Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (0 awarded)

  • Commercial and Advertising Art

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (0 awarded)

  • Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (7 awarded)

  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences
  • Biology/Biological Sciences
  • Chemistry

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (6 awarded)

  • Corrections and Criminal Justice

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (11 awarded)

  • Psychology

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