Wheaton College is a private liberal arts and sciences college in Norton, Massachusetts. Located on a beautiful New England campus, the college offers a flexible curriculum, a new Life and Career Design Institute, innovation spaces, and unique living and learning communities. Let’s get down to the basics so you can quickly explore why Wheaton may be the perfect place for you.
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Key Numbers
| Established | 1834 |
| Student population | 1,773 |
| Academic programs | 100+ |
| Norton, Massachusetts, campus | 400 acres |
| Distance from Boston/Providence | 35/25 miles |
| Best Classroom Experience (Princeton Review) | Top 25 |
| Students living on campus (4 years of housing guaranteed) | 96% |
| Success rate for Wheaton graduates, within 6 months | 95% |
| Alumni | 22,000 |
| Countries where alumni live | 80 |
Campus
| Residence halls | 19 |
| Theme Houses for students with shared interests or identities such as first-generation students, sustainability, or film and new media studies | 16 |
| Places to dine, including traditional dining halls, grab-and-go and cafés | 4 |
| Wheaton’s Innovation Spaces on campus, including the Fab Lab, Digital Lab, The Shop, maker labs and more | 10 |
| Life and Career Design Institute | 1 |
| Theaters | 2 |
| Art galleries | 2 |
| Student-faculty research labs | 23+ |
| Telescopes on a rooftop observatory | 24 |
| Ponds | 1 |
| Competition-ready athletic fields | 5 |
| Outdoor tennis courts | 7 |
| Athletic Center with pool, courts, indoor track and other facilities | 1 |
| State-of-the-art Nursing Suite with five simulation labs including ICU, Pediatrics, Labor and Delivery, Medical Surgical and a Community Room | 1 |
Educational Experience
| Majors and Minors | 100+ |
| 4+1 Master’s Programs | 3 |
| Student-faculty ratio | 11.7:1 |
| Average class size | 15–20 |
| Student internships, funded through Wheaton | 200+ |
| Students guaranteed access to internship funding | 100% |
| Study abroad programs in more than 45 countries | 100+ |
| Dual-degree programs and degree partnerships with nearby institutions (e.g. communications, engineering) | 6 |
| Programs with pre-professional prep and advising (e.g. law, medicine) | 9 |
| Number of prestigious scholarships and fellowships won since 2000 (e.g. Rhodes, Fulbright and Watson) | 260+ |
| Pieces of artwork and artifacts in the college’s permanent collections | 7,000+ |
Student Life
| Student clubs and organizations | 100+ |
| Men’s and women’s NCAA Division III and Intercollegiate teams | 24 |
| Club and intramural sports | 16+ |
| U.S. states and foreign countries represented at Wheaton | 42/39 |
| Students employed on campus (2023–2024) | 45% |
| International students | 4.10% |
| Students of color | 25% |
| Female/male ratio | 65%/34% |
First-Year Class Profile
| Applications | 5,836 |
| Accepted | 3,952 |
| Enrolled | 511 |
| Men | 36% |
| Women | 63% |
| Domestic multicultural | 26% |
| International citizens | 3.1% |
| States | 30 |
| Countries and territories | 30 |
| Mean GPA (unweighted) | 3.72 |
Top Majors/Academic Interests
(at the point of enrollment)
- Psychology
- Nursing
- Business and Management
- Biology
- Creative Writing
- Education
- Computer Science
- Neuroscience
- Pre-Medicine
- Criminal Justice
*Results based on a knowledge rate of 65% for the classes of 2014 through 2021.