College of Wooster
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| Motto | Scientia et religio ex uno fonte (Knowledge and religion from one source) |
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| Type | Private |
| Established | 1866 |
| Endowment | US $274 million |
| President | Sarah Bolton |
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Academic staff
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171 |
| Undergraduates | 2,058 |
| Location | Wooster, Ohio, U.S. |
| Campus | Suburban, 240 acres |
| Athletics | NCAA Division III — NCAC |
| Colors | Old Gold and Black |
| Nickname | Fighting Scots |
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College of Wooster
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| Location | OH 3, Wooster, Ohio |
| Built | 1900 |
| Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival, Other, Collegiate Gothic |
| NRHP Reference # | 80003246 |
| Added to NRHP | February 25, 1980 |
The College of Wooster is a private liberal arts college primarily known for its emphasis on mentored undergraduate research. It enrolls approximately 2,000 students, and is located in Wooster, Ohio, United States, approximately 95 miles (153 km) northeast of Columbus. Founded in 1866 by the Presbyterian Church as the University of Wooster, it was from its creation a co-educational institution. The school is a member of The Five Colleges of Ohio and the Great Lakes Colleges Association. As of April 30, 2015, Wooster's endowment stood at approximately $274 million.
Wooster is one of forty colleges named in Loren Pope's influential book Colleges That Change Lives, in which he called it his "original best-kept secret in higher education." It is consistently ranked among the nation's top liberal arts colleges, according to U.S. News and World Report. In US News' "Best Colleges 2017", for the fifteenth year in a row, Wooster is recognized for its “outstanding” undergraduate research opportunities and its senior capstone program, known as I.S. Only two schools have been named to both lists in each of the past fifteen years: Wooster and Princeton University.
Founded as The University of Wooster in 1866 by Presbyterians, the institution opened its doors in 1870 with a faculty of five and a student body of thirty men and four women. Wealthy Wooster citizen Ephraim Quinby donated the first 22 acres (8.9 ha), a large oak grove situated on a hilltop overlooking the town. After being founded with the intent to make Wooster open to everyone, the university's first Ph.D. was granted to a woman, Annie B. Irish, in 1882. The first black student, Clarence Allen, began his studies later in the same decade.
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