501 College Avenue
Wheaton, Illinois 60187-5593

Wheaton College, founded in 1860, is a private, independent, non-profit, coeducational, residential, interdenominational Christian liberal arts college, located in suburban Wheaton, a residential community 25 miles west of downtown Chicago. Wheaton offers 40 majors and awards bachelor's of arts, bachelor's of science, bachelor's of music, bachelor's of music education, master's of arts, Ph.D. in Biblical and Theological Studies and a Psy.D. in Clinical Psychology.

There are approximately 2,400 undergraduates and 500 graduate students from 50 states and 48 countries enrolled at Wheaton College. More than 190 full-time and about 102 part-time faculty members are on staff, and more than 90 percent have doctorates or the highest degree attainable in their field. The student to faculty ratio is 12 to one, and the average class size is made up of 23 students. All Wheaton classes are taught by professors.

Wheaton College has two underclass residence halls that house first and second year students. Second, third, and fourth year students may live in one of two upperclass residence halls. Third and fourth year students may apply to live in one of 15 college owned apartments or 16 houses.

Quick Facts

Students are from 32 church denominations.

More than 75 percent of Wheaton College's students are from outside Illinois.

About 40 percent of students participate in intramural sports.

More than 65 percent of Wheaton College's graduates are employed six months after graduation and more than 20 percent are in Graduate School.

More than half of first-year students graduated in the top 10 percent of their high school graduating class.

Approximately 63 percent of undergraduate students receive need-based and non-need-based scholarships and grants.

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