It is the mission of Iowa Wesleyan College to nurture an educational process that empowers its students to perceive autonomously and in mature, creative ways. This mission is accomplished through an instructional commitment to match student to curriculum; to provide vigorous, innovative teaching; and to give consisent attention to both a mastery of adaptive life skills and personalized learning. The purpose of the College is to reveal and reflect to our constituency, our ready and practical responses to a historic charge; the dynamic of liberal arts buttressed by an enduring relationship with the United Methodist Church.
< CollapseIowa Wesleyan College is a private, fully-accredited four-year college of the United Methodist Church located Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. Full-time student enrollment at Iowa Wesleyan is approximately 800.
On February 5, 1842, the Iowa Territorial Legislature passed a bill to incorporate a "literary institute" or institution of higher education, in Mount Pleasant. The bill became law on February 17. On March 11, 1843, nine years after the settlement was founded, four Mount Pleasant citizens donated twenty acres (81,000 m²) in four adjoining plots to enable the trustees "to erect a suitable building on some part of the donation, which should be used and forever appropriated as an institution of higher learning." This building, now called Pioneer Hall, is still in use today -- the oldest college building at the oldest coeducational institution of higher learning located west of the Mississippi River.
Among the college's most famous alumni are Belle Babb "Arabella" Mansfield, the first female lawyer in the United States; James Van Allen, world-renowned astrophysicist and discoverer of the Van Allen radiation belt circling the earth, Peggy Whitson, NASA Astronaut and William Andrews Clark, early 20th century business magnate.
Dr. Jay K. Simmons is the school's 28th president.
Iowa Wesleyan College offers six sports for men, and six sports for women. For men, basketball, soccer, track, baseball, football, and golf are offered. The sports for the women are identical, except for volleyball, which is offered instead of football. IWC will reinstate Cross Country for men and women beginning in August of 2009.
In 2006, for the first time in school history, both the men's and women's basketball teams qualified for the national tournament.
Iowa Wesleyan is a NAIA Division II school, and a member of the Midwest Collegiate Conference. Their mascot is the Tiger.
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| Percent of Students International: | 6% |
| On-Campus Housing Available: | Yes |
| Percent of Students Living On-Campus: | 69% |
| Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: | No |
| Member of: | NAA, NAIA |
| Sports Include: |
Football (Mid-States Football Association) Basketball (Midwest Classic Conference) Baseball (Midwest Classic Conference) Track (Midwest Classic Conference) |
| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | Expenses | ||
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 16,950 | ||
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 3,040 | 66% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 3,124 | 28% | |
Institutional Grants: |
$ 3,731 | 99% | |
Student Loans: |
$ 5,551 | 98% | |
Any Aid: |
99% |
| Acceptance Rate: | 59% (Highly Selective) |
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| SAT Scores: | |
| % of Students Submitting SAT Scores: | 10% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Verbal: 410, Math: 410 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Verbal: 500, Math: 520 |
| ACT Scores: | |
| % of Students Submitting ACT Scores: | 76% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Composite: 16, Verbal: 15, Math: 15 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Composite: 21, Verbal: 21, Math: 20 |
| Formal Demonstration of Competencies: | Recommended |
| High School Diploma or Equivalent: | Recommended |
| High School GPA: | Required |
| High School Rank: | Required |
| High School Record: | Required |
| Recommendations: | Required |
| TOEFL: | Required |
| Test Scores: | Required |
