3400 N. Wesleyan Blvd.
Rocky Mount, N.C. 27804

North Carolina Wesleyan College is a four-year, co-educational, liberal arts college in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. The college was founded in 1956 and affiliated with the United Methodist Church. North Wesleyan College provides an academic curriculum rich in the liberal arts tradition with a variety of study areas to satisfy every students interests.

The college offers Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees in majors including accounting, biology, business administration, chemistry, computer information systems, education, English, environmental science, exercise science, history, justice studies, mathematics, philosophy, political science, premedicine, psychology, religious studies, sociology, and theater. Minors are available in computer information systems, biology, business administration, chemistry, history, justice studies, mathematics, psychology, religious studies, sociology, theater, and visual arts.

Quick Facts

North Carolina Wesleyan College has an enrollment of approximately 900 traditional students and 1,300 are enrolled in the evening college programs at the Rocky Mount, Morrisville, and Goldsboro facilities.

The student-faculty ratio is 17 to 1.

North Carolina Wesleyan 's cultural programs include the Visiting Writers Series, Performing Arts Series, Staley Lecture Series, Mims Gallery Exhibits, and Four Sisters Gallery.

The college's special collections are the Lynch Collection of Outsider Art, Johnson Collection of North Carolina Maps and the Black Mountain College Collection.

North Carolina Wesleyan has three performing groups: The Wesleyan College Choir, Gospel Choir, and the Wesleyan Players.

The 200-acre campus has six residence halls, nine academic and main buildings, a Performing Arts Center, and outdoor athletic facilities, including soccer, baseball, softball and intramural fields and tennis courts.

North Carolina Wesleyan College has two student publications. The Decree is the campus newspaper and The Dissenter is the college yearbook.

The college is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. The teacher education program is accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education.

North Carolina Wesleyan College's athletic teams are affiliated with USA South Athletic Conference and NCAA Division III. The college sports teams include men's baseball, golf, soccer and tennis. Women's sports teams include basketball, cross country, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis, and volleyball.

The college's Arch Sharer Arboretum is named after Arch Sharer, who was a member of the college's faculty for 34 years and initiated the planting of variegated trees on the campus. The arboretum consists of plants, trees, and shrubs cultivated for educational and scientific purposes.

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