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Wesleyan University
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private liberal arts college in Middletown, Connecticut, United States
Key facts
- Type
- Private university
- Established
- 1831 ; 195 years ago ( 1831 )
- Accreditation
- NECHE
- Academic affiliations
- Annapolis Group CLAC COFHE NAICU Oberlin Group Space-grant
- Endowment
- $1.64 billion (2025)
- President
- Michael S. Roth
- Provost
- Nicole Stanton
- Academic staff
- 430 (fall 2020)
- Students
- 3,053 (fall 2020)
- Undergraduates
- 2,852 (fall 2020)
- Postgraduates
- 201 (fall 2020)
- Campus
- Small city, 360 acres (150 ha)
- Student newspaper
- The Wesleyan Argus
- Colors
- Cardinal and black
- Sports nickname
- Cardinals
- Sporting affiliations
- NCAA Division III - NESCAC NEISA
- Website
- wesleyan.edu
via Wikipedia infobox
Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Education, Funder
- Founded
- 1831
- Location
- Middletown, United States
- Status
- Active
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Wikidata facts
- Named after
- John Wesley
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Middletown
- Industry
- higher education
- Employees
- 1015
- Official website
- www.wesleyan.edu
- Image
- College row at wesleyan.jpg
- Students count
- 3440
- Admission rate
- 0.21
- Significant event
- mixed-sex education
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- Commons category
- Wesleyan University
- topic's main category
- Category:Wesleyan University
- inception
- 1831-00-00
- postal code
- 06459
- category for alumni of educational institution
- Category:Wesleyan University alumni
- Commons gallery
- Wesleyan University
- category for employees of the organization
- Category:Wesleyan University faculty
- street address
- 237 High St, Middletown, CT, 06459
- API endpoint URL
- shibboleth.wesleyan.edu/idp/shibboleth
- social media followers
- 8270
- total assets
- 1706429000
- endowment
- 1572651000
- admission yield rate
- 0.27
- language used
- English language
- academic calendar type
- semester
- Commons Institution page
- Wesleyan University
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Encyclopedic overview
Wesleyan University (/ˈwɛsliən/ WESS-lee-ən) is a private liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1831 as a men's college under the Methodist Episcopal Church and with the support of prominent residents of Middletown. It became a secular, coeducational institution.
Wesleyan is a primarily undergraduate institution with a small graduate program. It offers 47 majors as part of an open curriculum. The college accepted female applicants from 1872 to 1909, but did not become fully coeducational until 1970. Before full coeducation, Wesleyan alumni and other supporters of women's education established Connecticut College in 1912. Wesleyan, along with Amherst and Williams colleges, is part of "The Little Three." Its teams compete athletically as a member of the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) in NCAA Division III.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wesleyan University” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.