Organization: WHEATON COLLEGE
Mission: Wheaton College provides a transformative liberal arts education for intellectually curious students in a collaborative, academically vibrant residential community that values a diverse world.
Activities: Wheaton College (the "college") is a private, coeducational, liberal arts college located in Norton, Massachusetts and is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education, Inc. Founded as a Female Seminary in 1834 and chartered as a four-year college in 1912, the college became coeducational in 1988. The college provides academic, residential and other services to a diverse student population of more than 1,700 drawn from schools predominately in the Northeast region of the United States, as well as from many other U.S. states and territories and more than 70 countries. The College's mission is to provide a transformative liberal arts education for intellectually curious students in a collaborative, academically vibrant residential community that values a diverse world. The curriculum features more than 100 majors and minors in the arts, business, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. The College offers the Bachelor of Arts degree at the undergraduate level, and the Masters of Arts degree under special circumstances.
NTEE category: Universities
Secondary category: Arts, Culture & Humanities