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Wheaton's innovative, interdisciplinary curriculum encourages active exploration of the world in all its complexity. With support from faculty, students connect classroom learning with contemporary issues in society, through research, internships, global study and service. The result: outstanding academic achievement. In the past ten years, more than 130 Wheaton students have won prestigious scholarships, including three Rhodes Scholars. Wheaton students become leaders in the communities, professional and personal, in which they live.

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School Overview:

	Wheaton College
County	Bristol County, MA
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	1,630 students
Part-Time Undergraduate	5 students

Total Enrollment	1,635 students
Total Dormitory Capacity	1,486 students
Tuition	$40,790
% Students Receiving Some Financial Aid	58%
% Students Receiving Federal Grants	22%
Avg. Amount Of Federal Grants Received	$5,631
% Students Receiving State/Local Grants	16%
Avg. Amount Of State/Local Grants Received	$2,045
% Students Receiving Institutional Grants	55%
Avg. Amount Of Institutional Grants Received	$25,985
% Students Receiving Loans	54%
Avg. Amount Of Loan Received	$4,927

School Notes:

Wheaton offers a challenging liberal arts curriculum leading to a bachelor of arts degree in more than 40 majors and 50 minors. Students choose from over 600 courses in subjects from physics to philosophy, political science to computer science, art history to theater, English to economics. In addition, Wheaton offers highly specialized courses typically found only at large universities.
The essence of a Wheaton education lies in the close collaborative relationships that develop between students and faculty. Classes are small. Students know their professors as teachers, advisors, supervisors of research projects and often as friends. The student-faculty ratio is 11-to-1 and the average class size is between 15 and 20, promoting rich intellectual discourse among students and their professors. Often, students collaborate with faculty members on research projects or artistic endeavors such as gallery exhibitions and theatre productions.
Wheaton has outstanding facilities to support academic, residential and co-curricular life including a $20 million arts facilities expansion, National Science Foundation-funded digital imaging center, and state-of-the-art library and language labs. The Balfour-Hood Campus Center houses a campus pub, café, game room, fitness center, post office, lounges, media center and videotape editing room, radio station, and meeting space for student clubs and organizations. Wheaton also boasts one of the finest NCAA Division III athletic facilities in New England in its Haas Athletic Center.
Wheaton College has begun construction of a new science center project. The Mars Center for Science and Technology is scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2011. The cost of the building is approximately $42 million. The project includes the construction of a new, three-story building and the renovation of the existing science building. It will expand facilities for scientific and interdisciplinary scholarship as well as further the college’s Connections Curriculum.
Profile last updated: 03/03/2011.

In the News:

Lockard named Wheaton men's lax coach (The Sun Chronicle)
posted on July 18, 2011 at 07:04:38 am
NORTON - Former Widener College men's lacrosse coach Jamie Lockard will become the new head coach at Wheaton College. A Widener graduate, Lockard has been involved in eight of the team's nine NCAA Tournament appearances as either a player, assistant coach or head coach since 2000.
Neighbor Notes (The Burlington Free Press)
posted on July 17, 2011 at 10:28:57 am
Gillian Mann, a junior majoring in political science at Wheaton College in Norton, Mass., has been named to the dean's list for the spring semester. She is the daughter of Susan Taylor-Mann and Steven Mann of Burlington.
Museum calendar: Graue Mill photo exhibit (The Naperville Sun)
posted on July 14, 2011 at 04:00:00 pm
ART7 West Studio: Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. At 7 W. Downer, Aurora. Visit 7weststudio.com.Adams Hall Gallery: Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays from late August to early May. Free. Closed during the summer months. At Wheaton College , north of Blanchard Hall, 500 College Ave., Wheaton. Call (630) 752-5050 or visit wheaton.edu/art. Ainsworth Photography Gallery ...
Museum calendar: Graue Mill photo exhibit (The Herald News)
posted on July 14, 2011 at 04:00:00 pm
ART7 West Studio: Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. At 7 W. Downer, Aurora. Visit 7weststudio.com.Adams Hall Gallery: Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays from late August to early May. Free. Closed during the summer months. At Wheaton College , north of Blanchard Hall, 500 College Ave., Wheaton. Call (630) 752-5050 or visit wheaton.edu/art. Ainsworth Photography Gallery ...
Museum calendar: Open Lens II at Gallery 7 (The Beacon News)
posted on July 7, 2011 at 04:04:26 pm
ART7 West Studio: Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. At 7 W. Downer, Aurora. Visit 7weststudio.com.Adams Hall Gallery: Hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays from late August to early May. Free. Closed during the summer months. At Wheaton College , north of Blanchard Hall, 500 College Ave., Wheaton. Call (630) 752-5050 or visit wheaton.edu/art. Ainsworth Photography Gallery ...