Wheaton College is a private Evangelical Protestant, coeducational, liberal arts college in Wheaton, Illinois, a suburb 25 miles west of Chicago in the United States.
Wheaton College was founded in 1860. Its predecessor, the Illinois Institute, had been founded in late 1853 by Wesleyan Methodists as a college and preparatory school. Wheaton's first president, Jonathan Blanchard, was a former president of Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois and a staunch abolitionist with ties to Oberlin College. Blanchard separated the college from any denominational support and was responsible for its new name, given in honor of trustee and benefactor Warren L. Wheaton.
Students may choose from about 40 majors in many liberal arts disciplines and in the sciences. The most popular in recent years have been Business, Communications, English, and Psychology.
Programs
Anthropology
Campus type
Normal
Carnegie
Master's Colleges and Universities
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Admissions office:
Wheaton College Admissions Office
501 College Avenue
IL 60187Wheaton
Illinois
United States
Phone: (630) 752-5005
Fax: (630) 752-5285
Email: admissions@wheaton.edu
http://www.wheaton.edu/admissions/
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