Beloit College

700 College St, Beloit, WI 53511

Website: Beloit College

Beloit College

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Beloit College is a private coeducational liberal arts college in Beloit, Wisconsin, USA, and a member of the Associated Colleges of the Midwest.Its current president is H. Scott Bierman and its enrollment stands at roughly 1,300 undergraduate students. The campus is noted for numerous prehistoric Indian mounds. Beloit is a tier one school, ranked by US News and World Report as 60th in the nation among liberal arts colleges.

Founding

Beloit College, the first post secondary education institution in Wisconsin, was founded by the group Friends for Education, which was started by seven pioneers from New England who agreed that a college needed to be established soon after arrival in Wisconsin Territory. The group raised funds for a college to be founded in their new town and convinced the territorial legislature to enact the charter for Beloit College into law on February 2, 1846. The first building for the college (then called Middle College) was built in 1847, and it remains in operation today. Classes began in the fall of 1847, and the college's first degrees were awarded in 1851.

History

The first president of Beloit was a Yale University graduate, Aaron Lucius Chapin, who served as president from December, 1849 until 1886, and under whose direction the college became widely known for scholastic achievement and for its willingness to experiment with new curricular approaches.

Although independent today, Beloit College was historically associated with the Congregationalist tradition, and continues to maintain a limited relationship with the United Church of Christ. However, that denomination has no congregations in the city of Beloit.

The college remained very small for almost its entire first century with enrollment topping 1,000 students only with the influx of World War II veterans in 1945-1946. The "Beloit Plan", a year-round curriculum introduced in 1964, comprising three full terms and a "field term" of off-campus study, brought the college increased national attention. The trustees decided to return to the two semester program in 1978.

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Quick Facts

Chance of Admission:
Location:
Midwest
Setting:
Small Town Setting
Type:
Private
Size:
Small (Under 2,000 Undergrad)
Mascot:
Buccaneers

Students & Campus Life

Undergraduate Enrollment:
1,385
On Campus Housing:
Available
Full Time Students:
100%
Athletic Programs:
Available
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Expenses

Average Tuition:
$ 29,908
Students Receiving Aid:
94%
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Admissions

Application Fee:
$ 35
Selectivity:
Selective
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Beloit College Degree Programs

Bachelor’s Degree Programs

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Beloit College Students & Campus Life

General

Full-Time vs. Part-Time
Full-Time 100%
Part-Time 0%
Men vs. Women
Women 57%
Men 43%
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian 89%
Other 5%
Hispanic 2%
Asian 2%
African-American 2%

Geography

In State vs. Out-of-State
Out-of-State 82%
In-State 18%
Top States for Incoming Freshman
Illinois 20%
Wisconsin 18%
Minnesota 8%
Oregon 3%
California 3%
Percent of Students International: 6%

Housing

On-Campus Housing Available: Yes
Percent of Students Living On-Campus: 84%
Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: Yes

Athletics

Member of: NCAA
Sports Include: Football (Midwest Conference)
Basketball (Midwest Conference)
Baseball (Midwest Conference)
Track (Midwest Conference)

Beloit College Expenses (Tuition & Fees)

Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) Expenses  
Published Tuition and Fees:
$ 29,908    
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 29,678    
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 230    
Financial Aid Avg. Amount Received % of Students Receiving Aid  
Federal Grants:
$ 3,689 12%  
State and Local Grants:
$ 2,345 10%  
Institutional Grants:
$ 14,102 88%  
Student Loans:
$ 4,135 80%  
Any Aid:
  94%  

Beloit College Admissions

Acceptance Rate: 60% (Selective)
Test Scores  
SAT Scores:  
% of Students Submitting SAT Scores: 50%
Bottom 25th Percentile: Verbal: 620, Math: 590
Top 75th Percentile: Verbal: 710, Math: 670
ACT Scores:  
% of Students Submitting ACT Scores: 73%
Bottom 25th Percentile: Composite: 25, Verbal: 24, Math: 23
Top 75th Percentile: Composite: 29, Verbal: 31, Math: 29

Application Requirements (Undergraduate Only)

Application Fee: $ 35.00
Formal Demonstration of Competencies: Not Required
High School Diploma or Equivalent: Required
High School GPA: Required
High School Rank: Required
High School Record: Required
Recommendations: Required
TOEFL: Required
Test Scores: Required

Photos

  • Middle College
    Middle College [source]
  • Womens Vollyball-2007 MWC Champions
    Womens Vollyball-2007 MWC Champions [source]
  • |Justice Richard J. Goldstone delivers the 2007 Weissberg Lecture
    |Justice Richard J. Goldstone delivers the 2007 Weissberg Lecture [source]
  • Image:Beloit seal.jpg
    Image:Beloit seal.jpg [source]
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