Wesley College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a small city.

Overview

Wesley College Dover is situated in Dover, Delaware, United States. It was established in 1873 as a preparatory school, and became a two-year college in 1873.

The campus is beautifully nestled in an area of 50 acres of land. The college offers associate, bachelor, and master degrees in education, nursing, environmental science, and business administration. It also offers programs for nontraditional students.

Wesley College Dover has several on-campus clubs and organizations. Some of them are the Accounting Society, Alpha Chi Honor Society, and DeLaWarr Society.

The college is home to several fraternities and sororities including Alpha Phi Delta Fraternity, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Sigma Theta Chi Sorority, and Zeta Phi Beta Sorority. Their sports teams are nicknamed the Wolverines.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• United Methodist religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in business and management and nursing and emergency medicine.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Number of dorm rooms for 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 may study abroad.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 2,233 in 2009-2010 (2,113 full-time equivalent).

About 55% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 45% of the class.

Undergrads are 87% of enrolled students and graduate students are 13%.

Students under 25 years old represent 70% of the student body. About 4% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Wesley College provides on-campus housing for 1,002 of its 2,113 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

School sports include football (Eastern College Athletic Conference), basketball (Capital Athletic Conference), baseball (Capital Athletic Conference), and track (Capital Athletic Conference).

Graduate School Focus

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

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate With Arts & Sciences (Business Dominant).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (188 awarded)

• Accounting
• Accounting and Business/Management
• Business Administration and Management
• Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (6 awarded)

• Environmental Studies

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (35 awarded)

• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching

LAW (9 awarded)

• Legal Assistant/Paralegal

LIBERAL ARTS (31 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies
• History
• International/Global Studies
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Political Science and Government

MEDIA (7 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (1 awarded)

• Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (68 awarded)

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

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (17 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education/Fitness

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (0 awarded)

• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (5 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (19 awarded)

• Psychology