Learning Experience
At Wheaton, you’ll learn in small classes with professors who will know your name and invest in your success. You’ll have direct access to industry experts with advanced degrees who bring real-world experience to every lesson.
Learn by Doing
- Analyze: Master critical thinking through small-group discussions and real-world problem-solving
- Collaborate: Partner with faculty on original, high-impact research in our cutting edge labs
- Create: Bring your ideas to life in our makerspaces, theaters, art, film, and design studios
- Experience: Access funded internships to connect classroom lessons to in-demand career skills
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Flexible Curriculum
There are no general education requirements here. You’ll have the freedom to fulfill core requirements in your major and explore other interests across the sciences, social sciences, and humanities.
- Honors Pathways: open doors to prestigious scholarships, fellowships and advanced research
- Double Major: combine interests and still graduate on time without the need for additional semesters
- Expand Impact: add a concentration or minor to broaden your expertise and gain a competitive edge in the job market
- Study Abroad: gain global experience in your field as early as your first semester
Career Connections
Through our Life and Career Design Institute and alumni network, you’ll align classroom learning with career-connected field experience. One of our students recently interned in the U.S. House of Representatives with Congressman Gabe Amo ’10.
“Wheaton gave me the independence to study what is relevant to my interests. The professors are excited to be here every day and connect with the students. Being a student here has opened more doors for me than I ever expected.”
Elizabeth McKinley ‘26
Political Psychology (Self-Designed Major)
Small Classes. Big Opportunities.
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