Western New England College facilitates student learning. The College prepares students to bring multiple perspectives of understanding to help them achieve balance and flexibility as proactive solution seekers in the rapidly changing global environment in which they work and live.
Western New England College is committed to being a leader regionally and recognized nationally in providing integrated professional and liberal learning. The College is characterized by a synergy that results internally from the collaboration of its programs in Arts and Sciences, Business, Engineering, and Law and externally from the important strategic partnerships and alliances forged with the local and regional business, educational, and civic communities.
The College provides excellence in teaching for all students--full-time, part-time, undergraduate, graduate, and law--in an environment that proactively supports achievement and success in academics for all students and where all activities, curricular and co-curricular, are viewed as educationally purposeful. All students are regarded as a resource in excellence whose special talents and attributes will be challenged by their educational program to assure success in their professional and personal development and lives.
Western New England College is a private, independent, coeducational college founded in 1919. Located on a classical suburban campus in Springfield, Massachusetts, it serves approximately 4,000 students on its main campus and at six satellite sites within Massachusetts. Undergraduate and graduate programs are offered through the Schools of Arts and Sciences, Business, Engineering, and Law. It is commonly known by its acronym, WNEC.
In its America's Best Colleges rankings released August 18, 2007, U.S. News and World Report lists Western New England College in the top tier of its "North" category among colleges and universities that provide a full range of undergraduate and master's programs.
Western New England College is one of 258 colleges featured in Student Horizons' Colleges of Distinction guide, profiling American colleges that are the "best places to learn, to grow, and to succeed".
The Springfield Division of Northeastern College, known as Springfield-Northeastern, was established in 1919. Evening classes, held in the YMCA building on Chestnut Street in Springfield for students studying part-time, were offered in law, business, and accounting. The first 13 graduates were recognized in 1922 with the degree of Bachelor of Commercial Science. In 1923 the first seven law graduates were recognized. In 1951 the Springfield Division of Northeastern University became Western New England College. Western New England College was chartered on July 17, 1951.
On April 26, 1956, 34 acres for the current Wilbraham Road campus were purchased. In that same year the first day program was started; it was in engineering, with 53 students enrolled. The first building, originally known as East Building and later renamed Emerson Hall in recognition of Western New England College’s first trustees chairman, opened in 1959.
The charter was expanded in 1959 to permit the college to grant the bachelor’s degree in any field of business administration, science, engineering, education, and law, and certain master’s degrees. The School of Arts and Sciences was established in 1967, and the college received accreditation as a general purpose institution in 1972.
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| Percent of Students International: | 0% |
| On-Campus Housing Available: | Yes |
| Percent of Students Living On-Campus: | 62% |
| Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: | No |
| Member of: | NAA, NCAA |
| Sports Include: |
Football (New England Football Conference) Basketball (Great Northeast Athletic Conference) Baseball (Great Northeast Athletic Conference) Track (Great Northeast Athletic Conference) |
| Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) | Expenses | ||
Published Tuition and Fees: |
$ 23,064 | ||
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 21,600 | ||
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 1,464 | ||
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 2,874 | 19% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 1,271 | 14% | |
Institutional Grants: |
$ 7,444 | 83% | |
Student Loans: |
$ 5,593 | 87% | |
Any Aid: |
93% |
| Acceptance Rate: | 75% (Selective) |
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| SAT Scores: | |
| % of Students Submitting SAT Scores: | 98% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Verbal: 480, Math: 480 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Verbal: 570, Math: 600 |
| Application Fee: | $ 50.00 |
| Formal Demonstration of Competencies: | Not Required |
| High School Diploma or Equivalent: | Required |
| High School GPA: | Required |
| High School Rank: | Not Required |
| High School Record: | Required |
| Recommendations: | Required |
| TOEFL: | Not Required |
| Test Scores: | Required |
