Wilmington College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a town not particularly near any major cities.

Overview

Wilmington College is located in Wilmington, Ohio, United Staes. It was established in 1870 by the Quakers. The college offers a large number of undergraduate and graduate programs. It also offers several certificate programs. The college is home to the Peace Resource Center (PRC), which is well known for its Hiroshima/Nagasaki Memorial Collection. Wilmington College is organized into several academic departments.

Wilmington College officially recognized various sororities and fraternities including Sigma Zeta, Gamma Phi Gamma, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Alpha Psi, Delta Omega Theta, Delta Theta Sigma, Alpha Phi Kappa, Psi Beta Omega, and Tau Kappa Beta. In addition, it is home to many other student clubs such as the American Medical Students Association, Business Association, Criminal Justice Club, International Club, and Black Student Initiative.

Wilmington College competes in various sports such as baseball, football, swimming, basketball, golf, cross country, wrestling, indoor track, and tennis. Their sports teams are known as the Quakers.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Friends religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in agricultural science and management, nutrition and exercise therapy, and business and management.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• 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 have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Part-time classes are available.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

Wilmington College participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 100% 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 1,542 in 2009-2010 (1,549 full-time equivalent).

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

Undergrads are 94% of enrolled students and graduate students are 6%.

Students under 25 years old represent 70% of the student body. About 7% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 99% are full-time and 1% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Wilmington College provides on-campus housing for 819 of its 1,549 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

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 Ohio Athletic Conference for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

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

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Single Postbaccalaureate (Education).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (25 awarded)

• Agricultural Production Operations

ART STUDIES (4 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (91 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business Administration, Management and Operations

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (1 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (75 awarded)

• Agricultural Teacher Education
• Art Teacher Education
• Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Health Teacher Education
• History Teacher Education
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Social Science Teacher Education
• Spanish Language Teacher Education

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (4 awarded)

• Social Work

LIBERAL ARTS (28 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• History
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Social Sciences
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (0 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (7 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MUSIC (0 awarded)

• Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (37 awarded)

• Athletic Training/Trainer
• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (1 awarded)

• Philosophy and Religious Studies

SCIENCE (15 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (7 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Safety Studies

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (23 awarded)

• Psychology