Wartburg College

100 Wartburg Blvd., Waverly, IA 50677-903 -  View Map

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• Wartburg enrolls approximately 1,800 students from throughout the United States and more than 40 other countries. More than a third of firstyear students rank in the upper 10 percent of their high school class. The academic environment is characterized by small classes and strong personal support.
• Wartburg offers more than 50 academic majors in the liberal arts and in professional areas such as business administration, education, music, and communication arts. Our graduates find satisfying jobs and are admitted into top graduate and professional schools.
• The Wartburg social work program is the oldest undergraduate social work program in Iowa. Wartburg is the only Iowa private college that offers a major in music therapy.
• Wartburg is one of of only 34 colleges profiled as a college of distinction in the central U.S. region. Wartburg ranks among the nation's top 20 comprehensive colleges on the basis of academic reputation in U.S. News & World Report's edition of America's Best Colleges. Peterson's Top Colleges for Science lists Wartburg among 200 top colleges for four-year programs in biological, geological, mathematical, and physical sciences.
• Wartburg’s location in Waverly, Iowa, offers the safety and convenience of a small town, enhanced by the advantages of a nearby metropolitan area. Waverly, a community of nearly 10,000, is recognized statewide for its progressive businesses and industries.
• Profile last updated: 06/21/2010.

In the News:

• Man who completed 'world triathlon' to speak at Wartburg (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
  posted on September 12, 2011 at 08:53:36 am
  WAVERLY, Iowa --- An adventurer who made international headlines earlier this year as the first person to complete an 8,000-mile "world triathlon" will speak Tuesday at Wartburg College.
• Putting distracted driving in perspective using simulator (KWWL Iowa)
  posted on September 8, 2011 at 11:07:49 pm
  Students at Wartburg College got a lesson in distracted driving Thursday. UNITE, a national health and wellness organization, brought a driving simulator to campus to show students what it's like to drive drunk and drive while texting.
• Waverly symphony tryouts scheduled (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
  posted on August 19, 2011 at 12:19:46 pm
  WAVERLY, Iowa --- Auditions for the Wartburg Community Symphony are set for September in Orchestra Hall at Wartburg College.
• Hundreds expected to visit Wartburg during Iowa Private College Week (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
  posted on July 23, 2011 at 10:05:54 pm
  WAVERLY, Iowa --- More than 500 high school students are expected to visit Wartburg College during Iowa Private College Week, Aug. 1-5.
• Wartburg names Kuhens new sports information director (Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)
  posted on July 19, 2011 at 09:23:41 am
  WAVERLY, Iowa --- KatieJo Kuhens has been named Wartburg College's new sports information director.

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