Wheaton College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

Wheaton College is located in Wheaton, Illinois, United States. It was established in 1860. The college is often considered to be the Harvard of evangelic colleges. Degrees and certificate programs are offered to students in a variety of areas including business, communications, international relations, and biblical studies.

The student clubs and organizations available on campus include the Latin America Research Club, Phi Alpha Theta, College Democrats, International Justice Mission, and Operation Christmas Child. Students of Wheaton College publish a weekly newspaper called the "Wheaton Record." The men's teams participate in sports such as baseball, basketball, golf, football, cross country, soccer, tennis, swimming, wrestling, and track and field. The women's teams participate in basketball, softball, volleyball, water polo, swimming, tennis, track and field, cross country, golf, and soccer.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Undenominational religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in music, liberal arts, religion and philosophy, mathematics, and therapy and counseling.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• High faculty salary.
• High male/female 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.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

Wheaton College participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 76% of students received financial aid of some sort.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 2,915 in 2009-2010 (2,942 full-time equivalent).

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

Undergrads are 75% of enrolled students and graduate students are 25%.

Students under 25 years old represent 87% 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

Wheaton College provides on-campus housing for 2,110 of its 2,942 (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 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

Wheaton College offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Single Doctoral (Other Then Education).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (8 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (55 awarded)

• Business/Managerial Economics

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (2 awarded)

• Computer Science

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (7 awarded)

• Environmental Science
• Environmental Studies

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (65 awarded)

• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Music Teacher Education
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Social Studies Teacher Education
• Teacher Education/Profess Development, Levels & Methods
• Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

ENGINEERING (11 awarded)

• Archeology
• Engineering

LIBERAL ARTS (249 awarded)

• Anthropology
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• German Language and Literature
• History
• Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies
• International Relations and Affairs
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (16 awarded)

• Mathematics and Computer Science
• Mathematics

MEDIA (34 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (23 awarded)

• Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

MUSIC (34 awarded)

• Music History, Literature, and Theory
• Music Management and Merchandising
• Music Performance
• Music Theory and Composition
• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (4 awarded)

• Nursing

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (169 awarded)

• Bible/Biblical Studies
• Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology
• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies
• Religious Education
• Theology/Theological Studies

SCIENCE (41 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Geology/Earth Science
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (89 awarded)

• Clinical Psychology
• Psychology