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The College Of Wooster

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The College of Wooster is an independent residential liberal arts college offering a rigorous and comprehensive education to students with the capacity and motivation to become educated leaders in a complex society. Nationally recognized for its focus on independent learning, Wooster requires every graduate to complete a significant Independent Study project. Wooster values co-education, diversity in its many forms, a global perspective, and the heritage arising from its origin as a college founded by Presbyterians.

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School Overview:

	The College Of Wooster
County	Wayne County, OH
Title IV Eligible	Yes
Carnegie Classification	Baccalaureate (Liberal Arts) Colleges I
Institution Level	4 or more years
Institution Control	Private, non-profit
Full-Time Undergraduate	1,803 students
Part-Time Undergraduate	51 students

Total Enrollment	1,854 students
Total Dormitory Capacity	1,820 students
% Students Receiving Some Financial Aid	95%
% Students Receiving Federal Grants	15%
Avg. Amount Of Federal Grants Received	$4,042
% Students Receiving State/Local Grants	53%
Avg. Amount Of State/Local Grants Received	$1,282
% Students Receiving Institutional Grants	96%
Avg. Amount Of Institutional Grants Received	$13,793
% Students Receiving Loans	54%
Avg. Amount Of Loan Received	$4,094

School Notes:

The College of Wooster is an independent liberal arts college, founded in 1866 and nationally recognized for an innovative curriculum that emphasizes independent learning.
Independent Study (I.S.) is the most distinctive feature of Wooster's curriculum. The I.S. program offers all Wooster students the opportunity to explore what interests them most, and create an original research project, written work, performance or exhibit of artwork, supported one-on-one by a faculty mentor. U.S. News & World Report has ranked Wooster's I.S. program the number two senior capstone experience in the nation, second only to Princeton University.
Washington Post education reporter and columnist Jay Mathews ranks Wooster number four on a list of America's "outstanding but underappreciated" colleges in his book: Harvard Schmarvard: Getting Beyond the Ivy League to the College That Is Best for You
Wooster ranks 18th in the nation among liberal arts colleges whose graduates earned Ph.D.'s between 1966 and 2002. The College is situated on 240 acres and populated by approximately 1,800 undergraduate students, 150 faculty, and numerous staff members.
Profile last updated: 02/03/2010.

In the News:

Campus News: Area students named to College of Wooster dean's list (The News-Herald)
posted on July 18, 2011 at 12:06:18 am
The College of Wooster has released its spring semester dean's list. Included are the following area students, who achieved a grade point average of 3.65 or above:
Ohio Light Opera savors the wit and tunefulness in Porter and Hart's "Jubilee" (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
posted on July 2, 2011 at 09:19:01 pm
The 1935 show is the first Porter musical in the repertoire of the company in residence at the College of Wooster.
College's $28M addition includes solar roof (The Marion Star)
posted on June 27, 2011 at 11:28:55 am
WOOSTER (AP) - The College of Wooster says a $28 million addition to its physical education building will include what it believes is the largest solar roof at a college facility in the United States.
Ohio college's $28M addition includes solar roof (Washington Examiner)
posted on June 26, 2011 at 04:00:49 pm
The Associated Press The Associated Press WOOSTER, Ohio A private college in northeast Ohio says a $28 million addition to its physical education building will include what it believes is the largest solar roof at a college facility in the United States. The Akron Beacon Journal reports the solar roof is expected to be unveiled later this year at the College of Wooster, about 50 miles southeast ...
more news (Estes Park Trail Gazette)
posted on June 24, 2011 at 12:37:26 pm
Eleanor Shaw Linegar, 97, was born July 2, 1913, in Gouverneur, N. Y., to Karl and Winnifred Fenner. She grew up in Gouverneur and Lorain, Ohio, graduating from Lorain High School in 1930. Eleanor attended the College of Wooster, earning a BA in math education.