Iowa Wesleyan College

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 nutrition and exercise therapy and family and social work.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Large number of students.

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.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 843 in 2009-2010 (773 full-time equivalent).

About 68% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 31% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 68% of the student body. About 9% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Iowa Wesleyan provides on-campus housing for 517 of its 773 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

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

Athletics

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

The school 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) .

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (27 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (2 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
• Computer and Information Sciences

DESIGN (1 awarded)

• Design and Visual Communications

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (18 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (10 awarded)

• Human Services

FINE ARTS (2 awarded)

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

LIBERAL ARTS (7 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• History
• Sociology

MATHEMATICS (0 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (3 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (0 awarded)

• Environmental Health

MUSIC (0 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (18 awarded)

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

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (18 awarded)

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

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (0 awarded)

• Commercial and Advertising Art

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (3 awarded)

• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (9 awarded)

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

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (5 awarded)

• Corrections and Criminal Justice

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (14 awarded)

• Psychology