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Tennessee Wesleyan College |
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In keeping with the spirit of the liberal arts, Tennessee Wesleyan College seeks within the framework of the Judeo-Christian tradition to provide for students the highest quality educational experience, to promote a personal life-style founded on integrity, responsibility, meaning, and purpose, and to prepare for a life of leadership and service in an ever changing global community. |
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| County |
McMinn County, TN |
| Title IV Eligible |
Yes |
| Carnegie Classification |
Baccalaureate (Liberal Arts) Colleges II |
| Institution Level |
4 or more years |
| Institution Control |
Private, non-profit |
| Full-Time Undergraduate |
733 students
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| Part-Time Undergraduate |
132 students
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| Total Enrollment |
865 students
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| Total Dormitory Capacity |
327 students
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| % Students Receiving Some Financial Aid |
100 % |
| % Students Receiving Federal Grants |
40 % |
| Avg. Amount Of Federal Grants Received |
$2,867 |
| % Students Receiving State/Local Grants |
78% |
| Avg. Amount Of State/Local Grants Received |
$3,909 |
| % Students Receiving Institutional Grants |
100% |
| Avg. Amount Of Institutional Grants Received |
$4,969 |
| % Students Receiving Loans |
63% |
| Avg. Amount Of Loan Received |
$2,713 |
- Tennessee Wesleyan takes pride in its role as a small church-related college affiliated with the United Methodist Church and accepts the challenge of advancing a community of learning on the main campus in Athens and at its off-campus sites. The College serves a heterogeneous student body comprising traditional and non-traditional students, non-degree-seeking adult learners, and a significant international student population.
- For almost 150 years, Tennessee Wesleyan College has been a vital institution of higher education in the Southeast. Tennessee Wesleyan is affiliated with the Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church. Students complete a required liberal arts core curriculum that spans four years and emphasizes a global perspective on history, literature, and culture. Student participation is promoted through writing assignments, discussion, and an active approach to thinking and reasoning.
- The College offers baccalaureate programs in fine arts, humanities, natural and social sciences as well as business, nursing, other career-related areas, and teacher certification. The curriculum is designed to prepare graduates to be knowledgeable, to think critically and creatively, and to develop a basis for effective judgment.
- Tennessee Wesleyan College's curriculum spans more than 25 programs of study, including our interdisciplinary programs, which allow students to combine classes from more than one subject area to create a more specialized major
- Tennessee Wesleyan College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, national origin, or physical handicap in its educational programs, admissions activities, or employment practices.
- The campus has been situated on a hill within the city limits of Athens. Today the College occupies a forty-acre tract of land two blocks north of the courthouse square. Athens, the county seat of McMinn County and a community of 15,000, is located near I-75 midway between Chattanooga and Knoxville in the heart of the Sweetwater Valley.
- Tennessee Wesleyan College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) to award bachelor's degrees.
- Profile last updated: 00/00/0000.
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