West Virginia Wesleyan College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a self-contained town.

Overview

West Virginia Wesleyan College or the WVWC, was founded by the West Virginia Conference of the Methodist church in the year 1890. It is a private co-educational college of liberal arts; and is located in Buckhannon, West Virginia. The campus has over 20 major buildings spread across an area of nearly 100 acres. The College offers more than 40 majors and programs of study in various streams of study. The enrollment of WVWC consists of national as well as international student representing more than 30 states in the U.S and 25 countries worldwide.

West Virginia Wesleyan College maintains can active student life and is home to a large number of clubs and organizations. Some of them include Black Student Union, Engineering/Physics Club, International Student Organization, Student Athletic Trainers' Club, and Sociology Club. The Greek life of WVWC includes organizations like Alpha Delta Pi, Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha Gamma Delta, and Alpha Sigma Phi among others.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• United Methodist religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in nutrition and exercise therapy, science, and drama and performing arts.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Large number of students.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, Liberal Arts.

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 1,317 in 2009-2010 (1,247 full-time equivalent).

About 51% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 49% of the class.

Undergrads are 96% of enrolled students and graduate students are 4%.

Students under 25 years old represent 94% of the student body. About 1% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

West Virginia Wesleyan College provides on-campus housing for 1,194 of its 1,247 (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, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 151 male students received the aid (men were 64% of those receiving aid) and 86 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 36% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

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

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Single Postbaccalaureate (Business).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (2 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies
• Arts Management

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (66 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business/Commerce
• Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
• Finance
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (1 awarded)

• Computer Science
• Information Science/Studies

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (1 awarded)

• Environmental Science

DESIGN (2 awarded)

• Graphic Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (5 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts
• Theatre/Theatre Arts Management

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (38 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Secondary Education and Teaching

ENGINEERING (1 awarded)

• Engineering Physics

LIBERAL ARTS (31 awarded)

• Creative Writing
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• History
• International Relations and Affairs
• International/Global Studies
• Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Sociology

MATHEMATICS (3 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (12 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Public Relations/Image Management

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (0 awarded)

• Public Health Education and Promotion

MUSIC (2 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (6 awarded)

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

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (25 awarded)

• Athletic Training/Trainer
• Health and Physical Education
• Kinesiology and Exercise Science

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (0 awarded)

• Commercial and Advertising Art

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (5 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Philosophy and Religious Studies
• Religion/Religious Studies
• Religious Education

SCIENCE (29 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physics

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (9 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Safety Studies

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (22 awarded)

• Psychology