Kentucky Wesleyan College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a small city.

Overview

Established in 1858, Kentucky Wesleyan College (KWC) is located in Kentucky’s third largest city, Owensboro. It is a private Methodist college and is known for its programs in liberal arts. Spread across an area of 55 acres, the college was founded by Methodist Episcopal Church’s Kentucky Conference. KWC's recent enrollments have been over 900 students. KWC offers various courses of study in its three main academic divisions including:

• Humanities and Fine Arts
• Natural Sciences
• Social Sciences

KWC has an active Greek life and houses five national Greek organizations. The sororities include Sigma Kappa and Kappa Delta and the fraternities are Sigma Nu, Sigma Alpha Mu and Sigma Phi Epsilon. The college has an impressive athletic history and the students participate in various sports activities such as football, golf, tennis, softball, volleyball, basketball and baseball. Besides, it also publishes a yearbook, the Porphyrian and a weekly student newspaper called the Panogram.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• United Methodist religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in science and nutrition and exercise therapy.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• High male/female 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.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 909 in 2009-2010 (850 full-time equivalent).

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

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 91% of the student body. About 3% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Kentucky Wesleyan provides on-campus housing for 520 of its 850 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 12 meals weekly.

Athletics

School sports include football (Other), basketball (Great Lakes Valley Conference), baseball (Great Lakes Valley Conference), and track (Great Lakes Valley Conference).

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 89 male students received the aid (men were 59% of those receiving aid) and 62 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 41% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (1 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (28 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business/Commerce
• Business/Corporate Communications

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (2 awarded)

• Computer Science
• Computer and Information Sciences

DESIGN (2 awarded)

• Design and Visual Communications
• Graphic Design

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (18 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Spanish Language Teacher Education

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (0 awarded)

• Human Services
• Public Administration
• Public Administration and Social Service Professions

FINE ARTS (1 awarded)

• Fine Arts and Art Studies

LIBERAL ARTS (17 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• History
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (1 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (8 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MUSIC (0 awarded)

• Music Management and Merchandising
• Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (13 awarded)

• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (3 awarded)

• Philosophy and Religious Studies
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (19 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physics
• Zoology/Animal Biology

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (12 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Safety Studies

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (10 awarded)

• Psychology