Kentucky Wesleyan College

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

Where the school stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

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

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
• ROTC
• Athlete financial aid

Degrees Awarded (in 2008-2009)

Students

Student enrollment was 956 in 2007-2008 (897 full-time equivalent).

About 53% of the freshmen class in 2008-2009 was male and women were 47% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

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

Tuition and Other Costs (2008-2009)

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

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Faculty

Tenure (2008-2009):

Housing and Meals

Kentucky Wesleyan provides on-campus housing for 520 of its 897 (full-time) students (as of 2008-2009).

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) .

Admissions (2008-2009)

SAT Test Scores: