Attached to this Description Education Wheeling Jesuit University, founded in 1954, is the youngest of America's twenty-eight Jesuit colleges and universities. The University offers a carefully designed core curriculum as foundation for study in any one of thirty-five majors offered in the liberal arts and sciences, nursing, allied health, business, and preprofessional studies. In addition, the University offers master's degrees in physical therapy, business administration, accounting, nursing, and theology. Campus Life Students come from more than twenty states, with the majority from the East and Midwest.
International students come from twenty-one different countries.
Residential housing is available to all students who wish to live on campus and during all school breaks. Student organizations and clubs offer an array of cultural and social activities, including dramatics, a University newspaper and magazine, cinema, concerts, and community services. Intercollegiate sports include men's and women's basketball, cross-country, golf, soccer, swimming, and track and field and women's volleyball. Club and intramural sports include basketball, football, ice hockey, lacrosse, rugby, softball, tennis, and volleyball. The International Student Office coordinates and advises international students and assists them with campus and cultural adjustments.