Iowa Wesleyan College

School Description

Provided by Iowa Wesleyan College

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.

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Iowa Wesleyan College

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Iowa 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.

Athletics

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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Quick Facts

Chance of Admission:
Location:
Midwest
Setting:
Small Town Setting
Type:
Private
Affiliation:
United Methodist
Size:
Small (Under 2,000 Undergrad)

Students & Campus Life

Undergraduate Enrollment:
754
On Campus Housing:
Available
Full Time Students:
100%
Athletic Programs:
Available
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Expenses

Average Tuition:
$ 16,950
Students Receiving Aid:
99%
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Admissions

Selectivity:
Highly Selective
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Students

General
Full-Time vs. Part-Time
Full-Time 100%
Part-Time 0%
Men vs. Women
Men 55%
Women 45%
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian 78%
African-American 10%
Hispanic 7%
Other 5%
Asian 0%
Geography
In State vs. Out-of-State
Out-of-State 65%
In-State 35%
Top States for Incoming Freshman
Iowa 35%
Illinois 33%
Missouri 15%
Idaho 1%
Florida 1%
Percent of Students International: 6%

Housing

On-Campus Housing Available: Yes
Percent of Students Living On-Campus: 69%
Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: No

Athletics

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%  

Selectivity (Undergraduate Only)

Acceptance Rate: 59% (Highly Selective)
Test Scores  
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

Application Requirements (Undergraduate Only)

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

Degree Programs at Iowa Wesleyan College

Bachelor's Level Majors
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