Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL)

Wheaton College (Wheaton, IL)

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Wheaton College is a coeducational, private, interdenominational Christian liberal arts college located in the small town of Wheaton, Illinois. The 80-acre campus is located just 25 miles west of downtown Chicago. Wheaton is deeply historical: It was a stop on the Underground Railroad thanks to the school’s very first president, Jonathan Blanchard, who was an active abolitionist.

The current student body is made up of approximately 3000 students who have access to 40 different majors. The vast majority of students, 88 percent, live on campus.

Wheaton College is home to an internationally recognized conservatory of music where 100 percent of the faculty have their doctorate in some musical field. Outside of music, the school also recognizes dozens of student organizations and has an active sports program.

The college’s current program encompasses 10 men’s and women’s sports. Both men and women can compete in basketball, cross county skiing, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, and track and fields. There are also men’s football, baseball, and wrestling teams; women are welcome to compete in softball and volleyball. According to U.S. News & World Report, Wheaton is right in the middle of the top one hundred liberal arts schools in the country, holding the 56th spot on the list.

Wheaton College is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools.

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University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)

University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)

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Founded in 1890 by the American Baptist Education Society, the University of Chicago is a private, nondenominational, coeducational research university. Current student enrollment is almost 15,000 students, made up primarily of graduate and professional studies students. In fact, the student body consists of almost twice as many graduate students as undergraduates.

The campus occupies 211 acres in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, just seven miles south of “the Loop” (downtown). Academically, the university is split into five Divisions: Biological Sciences, Physical Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities, and the new Collegiate Division, which is responsible for interdisciplinary majors and any major that does not fit snugly into one of the other four schools.

Within those Divisions, the university currently offers 50 academic majors and 28 minors. Regardless of major, all students are required to complete an interdisciplinary core curriculum that consists of 15 classes and proficiency in a foreign language.

The University of Chicago is one of the United States’ most respected universities, which is obvious when one learns that it is currently ranked 5th in the nation and tied with Stanford on U.S. News & World Report’s list of best universities in the country. The university also boasts the largest publisher of academic books and journals in the country, the University of Chicago Press.

The University of Chicago is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association.

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