Kansas Wesleyan University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a self-contained town.

Overview

Kansas Wesleyan University is a private, four-year Methodist college located in Salina, Kansas. The United Methodist Church founded the college in 1886. It is spread across an area of 28 acres. The college offers undergraduate degree programs in several subjects including Biology, Economics and Nursing. The college also offers pre-professional programs, adult education programs and MBA programs.

KWU has an active campus life. The student government association organizes several educational and cultural programs for its students. The college also offers career services and student placement services. It also provides financial assistance to its students.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• United Methodist religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in nutrition and exercise therapy, music, business and management, and science.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• 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.
• Weekend study is an option.
• 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 879 in 2009-2010 (790 full-time equivalent).

About 52% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 48% of the class.

Undergrads are 92% of enrolled students and graduate students are 8%.

Students under 25 years old represent 78% of the student body. About 6% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 96% are full-time and 4% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Kansas Wesleyan provides on-campus housing for 590 of its 790 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 18 meals weekly.

Athletics

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

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 198 male students received the aid (men were 65% of those receiving aid) and 107 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 35% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

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

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Single Postbaccalaureate (Business).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (3 awarded)

• Visual and Performing Arts

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (76 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business Administration, Management and Operations

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (2 awarded)

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

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (0 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (6 awarded)

• Elementary Education and Teaching

LIBERAL ARTS (16 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• English Language and Literature/Letters
• History
• Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
• Sociology

MATHEMATICS (3 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (10 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication

MUSIC (7 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (32 awarded)

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

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (30 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (2 awarded)

• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (19 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physics

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (10 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (7 awarded)

• Psychology