Wesleyan College Academic Life

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The student-faculty ratio at Wesleyan College is 9:1, and the school has 88.4 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students. The most popular majors at Wesleyan College include: Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other; Psychology, General; Visual and Performing Arts, General; Communication and Media Studies, Other; and Elementary Education and Teaching. The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction, is 79.5 percent.

Faculty & Classes

General education/core curriculum required Yes
Coursework required for graduation
Arts/fine arts Foreign languages
Humanities Sciences (biological or physical)
Mathematics History
English (including composition) Social science
Philosophy
Class sizes
Class sizes
Student-faculty ratio 9:1
Full-time faculty gender distribution
Full-time faculty gender distribution
Part-time faculty gender distribution
Part-time faculty gender distribution

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Majors

Five most popular majors for 2011 graduates
Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other 24%
Psychology, General 16%
Visual and Performing Arts, General 10%
Communication and Media Studies, Other 8%
Elementary Education and Teaching 8%

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Academic Programs & Offerings

Degrees offered Bachelor's, Master's
Combined-degree programs N/A
Student participation in special academic programs
First-year experiences N/A
Service learning N/A
Senior capstone or culminating academic experience N/A
Writing in the disciplines N/A
Undergraduate research/creative projects 75%

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Graduation & Retention

Average freshman retention rate 80%
4-year graduation rate 43

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* Academic Life details based on 2011 data

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