WHEATON COLLEGE G-11

East Main St.
Norton, MA 02766
Tel: (508)285-7722
Free: 800-394-6003
Admissions: (508)286-8251
Fax: (508)285-8271
E-mail: admission@wheatonma.edu
Web Site: http://www.wheatoncollege.edu/

Description:

Independent, 4-year, coed. Awards bachelor's degrees. Founded 1834. Setting: 385-acre small town campus with easy access to Boston. Endowment: $147 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $10,688 per student. Total enrollment: 1,538. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 11:1. 3,460 applied, 45% were admitted. 42% from top 10% of their high school class, 76% from top quarter, 93% from top half. 103 student government officers. Full-time: 1,521 students, 63% women, 37% men. Part-time: 17 students, 71% women, 29% men. Students come from 47 states and territories, 31 other countries, 65% from out-of-state, 0.3% Native American, 4% Hispanic, 3% black, 3% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 3% international, 97% live on campus, 1% transferred in. Retention: 89% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: social sciences and history; psychology; visual/performing arts. Core. Calendar: semesters. Advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, independent study, double major, part-time degree program, internships. Off campus study at members of the Twelve College Exchange Program, American University, Williams College, Brown University, members of the Southeastern Association for Cooperation in Higher Education in Massachusetts, Connecticut College (National Theatre Institute), SALT Center for Documentary Field Studies, Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, MA). Study abroad program. ROTC: Army (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early admission, early decision, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript, 2 recommendations. Recommended: interview. Entrance: very difficult. Application deadlines: 1/15, 11/15 for early decision plan 1, 1/15 for early decision plan 2. Notification: 4/1, 12/15 for early decision plan 1, 2/15 for early decision plan 2.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $55. Comprehensive fee: $38,160 includes full-time tuition ($30,355), mandatory fees ($225), and college room and board ($7580). College room only: $4000.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 65 open to all. Most popular organizations: Student Government Association, Community Service Network, Amnesty International, a cappella singing groups, Programming Council. Major annual events: Academic Festival, Spring Weekend, Wheaton Family Homecoming. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 1,471 undergraduates lived in college housing during 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through senior year. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. Madeleine Clark Wallace Library plus 1 other with 372,322 books, 85,105 microform titles, 3,726 serials, 14,078 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $2.4 million. 285 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.