Distinctives

• The 2008 U.S. News & World Report ranks Wheaton 59 out of more than 266 National Liberal Arts Colleges.
• Wheaton College is included in the 2009 edition of the Fiske Guide to Colleges as a Best Buy school.
• The Washington Monthly college rankings say Wheaton is 3rd in the nation among liberal arts colleges. These rankings are based on institutions that are “doing well by doing good.”
• Kiplinger's rates Wheaton 12th for Best Values in Private Colleges. Wheaton ranks1st for (lowest) total cost, and 9th for (lowest) cost after need based aid. Kiplinger's rankings measure academic quality and affordability.
• The book Colleges that Change Lives includes Wheaton in its select list of 40 schools.
• Peterson's says of Wheaton, “The academic curriculum combines with the extensive co-curriculum of artistic, athletic, religious, service, and social activities to achieve a lively interaction of Christian faith, learning, and living.”
• Princeton Review names Wheaton #1 for Best Campus Food and #1 for Town-Gown Relations.
• The 2009 Fiske Guide to Colleges includes Wheaton College in its list of 49 Best Buy colleges and universities, based on academic quality in relation to the cost of attendance.

Enrollment

• Approximately 2,400 undergraduates, 500 graduate students
• 49% female, 51% male
• 20% multicultural students
• From 50 states, 39 countries and 55+ church denominations

Faculty

• Full time: 194; Part time: 105
• 93% hold earned doctorates
• 20 endowed faculty chairs, allowing +10% of permanent faculty to hold endowed professorships
• 12:1 Student to Faculty Ratio

Finances (2008-2009)

• Undergraduate: $33,118 (Tuition $25,500, plus room and board $7,618)
• Graduate: $610 per credit hour; $800 for Psy.D. students; $750 for Ph.D. students
• More than $12 million in scholarships and grants is awarded annually to students
• Federal Pell grants, FSEOG, state, and institutional grants and scholarships are available
• Approximately 58% of undergraduate students receive need-based and non-need-based scholarships and grants
• About 55% of undergraduates are offered loans; about 44% accept
• Music, ROTC, and multicultural student scholarships are available

Class of 2012 Profile

• 581 enrolled, including 26 National Merit Finalists
• Average high school GPA 3.7 (unweighted)
• 59% graduated in top 10% of their high school class
• 85% graduated in the top 25% in high school
• 102 are children of alumni
• Middle 50% scored between 1220 and 1400 on the Critical Reasoning and Math portions of the SAT, and between 27 and 31 on the ACT
• 94% will return their sophomore year
• 78% are expected to graduate in four years; 85% will graduate in five

Academics

Arts & Sciences | B.A., B.S.

Conservatory of Music | B.Mus., B.Mus.Ed.

• Composition
• Education
• History/Literature
• Music with Elective Studies in an Outside Field
• Music with Emphasis in a Music-Related Field
• Performance

Undergraduate Certificates

• Gender Studies
• HNGR - Human Needs and Global Resources (Development Studies)
• Military Science
• Pre-Law
• Urban Studies
• Youth Ministry

Master of Arts Degrees | M.A., M.A.T.

• Biblical Archaeology
• Biblical Exegesis
• Biblical Studies
• Christian Formation & Ministry
• Clinical Psychology
• Counseling Ministries
• Evangelism and Leadership
• General Theology
• Historical and Systematic Theology
• History of Christianity
• Intercultural Studies
• Intercultural Studies-Gradlink
• Intercultural Studies & TESOL
• Teaching, Elementary or Secondary

Graduate Certificates

• TESOL
• Urban Mission

Doctoral Degrees | Ph.D., Psy. D.

• Philosophy in Biblical & Theological Studies
• Psychology in Clinical Psychology (Psy.D.)

Accreditation and Certifications

• Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
• National Association of Schools of Music
• National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
• American Psychological Association
• American Chemical Society Certified

Special Programs

• Arts in London
• HoneyRock
• HNGR - Human Needs and Global Resources
• International Study Semester
• May in Asia
• Music and Ministry in the Great Cities of Europe
• Pre-Health Professions
• Pre-Law Program
• ROTC
• Science Station
• Summer study in Spain and Latin America
• URBN in South America
• Wheaton in Chicago
• Wheaton in England
• Wheaton in France
• Wheaton in Germany
• Wheaton in the Holy Lands
• Wheaton in Washington, D.C.

Becoming Champions

• Wheaton offers men and women intercollegiate participation in 22 different sports as a member of the non-scholarship NCAA Division III.
• Wheaton teams have won more than 40 titles over the past six years in 11 different sports. 100+ students have earned All-American recognition and 35+ have been recognized as Academic All-Americans.
• Wheaton is a charter member of the College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW). CCIW schools have accounted for 34 NCAA national championships, including for Wheaton College a basketball title, a women's soccer championship, and two men's soccer titles.
• Over the past four seasons, Wheaton has been nationally ranked in: football; men's and women's soccer, basketball, swimming, and cross country; women's track and field, golf, and tennis.
• The women's soccer team won the 2004, 2006, and 2007 NCAA Division III Championships. Women's soccer has won every CCIW Championship since 1995, and made four NCAA Final Four appearances (2001, 2004, 2006 and 2007). Head coach Pete Felske was named national "Coach of the Year" in 2004, 2006, and 2007.
• The Wheaton football team has been ranked in Division III's Top 25 for the past nine years. Wheaton won CCIW championships in 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2006.

Admissions

• Quality of course selection
• Performance in high school/college
• Rank in class
• ACT and/or SAT
• Essays
• Recommendations
• Extracurricular activities
• Christian commitment (necessary for admission)

More Than A Classroom - Student Activities

• Student Government
• Leadership development opportunites
• College Union
• The Record newspaper
• Kodon literary magazine
• Tower yearbook
• Gospel Choir
• Intercollegiate speech and debate competition
• Theater productions
• Multicultural and international groups
• Departmental and pre-professional study groups
• Orientation, homecoming and family weekend planning committees
• Intramural sports

Conservatory Music Organizations

• Concert Choir
• Jazz Ensemble
• Men's Glee Club
• Opera Music Theater
• Percussion Ensemble
• Symphonic Band
• Symphony Orchestra
• Women's Chorale

Accreditation and Certifications

• Christian Service Council (22 local ministries)
• Missions in Focus
• Student Ministry Partners
• Breakaway Ministries
• Global Urban Perspectives
• Youth Hostel Ministry
• World Christian Fellowship
• Small Group Discipleship Program
• Underclass Residence Hall Community Life Councils
• Senior Citizen Music Outreach Ministry

Wheaton Graduates

1,500 business leaders

• Donald Soderquist '55, former senior vice chairman, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
• William Pollard '60, former chairman and CEO, The ServiceMaster Company
• Robert Lane '72, chairman and CEO, John Deere & Co.
• Bonnie Pruett Wurzbacher '77, senior vice-president, Coca-Cola
• Michael Bontrager '82, founder, Chatham Financial Corporation
• Mark Snyder '82, executive vice president, State Street Global Markets Chair, Foreign Exchange Committee

250 government & foreign service professionals

• J. Dennis Hastert '64, Illinois Congressman, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives
• Dan Coats '65, former Senator and U.S. Ambassador
• Joan Humphrey Lefkow '65, federal judge
• Tim Walberg, MA '78, Michigan Congressman
• Michael Gerson '86, columnist and former chief speechwriter for President George W. Bush

1,000 in medicine

• Dr. Arthur Ammann '58, president of Global Strategies for HIV Prevention
• William Wood '62, professor and chairman of surgery, Emory University School of Medicine
• August M. Watanabe '63, vice president, Eli Lilly & Company, cardiovascular research
• Wesley White '70, division director, Lutheran General, Chicago
• Kathy Albain '74, professor, Loyola University
• David Sugarbaker '75, division chief, Harvard Medical School

375 in science and research

• Richard Holt '56, physicist, TRW Defense Systems
• Thomas Wittick '68, geophysicist, Lindon Exploration

30 college presidents or provosts

• R. Judson Carlberg '62, president, Gordon College
• Jeanette Hsieh '66, interim president, Trinity International University
• Nathan O. Hatch '68, president, Wake Forest University
• Niel Nielson '76, president, Covenant College

3,000+ in ministry and evangelism worldwide

• Billy Graham '43, evangelist
• Elisabeth Fletcher Isais '46, missionary and journalist
• Elizabeth Elliot '48, missionary and writer
• Gary Chapman '60 author and pastor, Calvary Baptist Church
• Louis L. Carter, Jr. '61. medical missionary
• John Piper '68, author and pastor, Bethlehem Baptist Church
• John Ortberg '79, author and pastor, Menlo Park Presbyterian Church
• Larry Reed, '80, chief executive officer, Opportunity International Network
• Ruth Haley Barton '81, author and founder, The Transforming Center
• Jasper Bacon, '82, founder, In His Steps Ministries

550 in the arts

• Luci Shaw '53, poet and author
• John Nelson '63, music director, L'Ensemble Orchestra de Paris
• Wendy White Aftab '75, principal artist, Metropolitan Opera
• David Clydesdale '75, freelance composer
• Marty O'Donnell '77, audio director, Bungie Software
• Sylvia McNair '78, Grammy award winning soprano

Plus, more than 4,700 teachers, 560 attorneys and 2,300 in business and commerce.