Motto | Find Yourself |
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Type | Private Liberal Arts College |
Established | 1858 |
Religious affiliation
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United Methodist Church |
Endowment | $29.6 million |
President | Barton D. Darrell |
Academic staff
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More than 88 percent of faculty have a Ph.D. or terminal degree |
Students | 716 (Fall 2014) |
Location | Owensboro, Kentucky, USA |
Campus | Suburban; 55 acre (.22 km²) campus near the southern bypass |
Colors | Purple and white |
Athletics |
NCAA Division II G-MAC, Independent (football) |
Sports | 17 varsity teams |
Mascot | Panthers |
Affiliations |
IAMSCU CIC |
Website | www.kwc.edu |
Kentucky Wesleyan College (KWC) is a private Methodist college in Owensboro, a city on the Ohio River, in the U.S. state of Kentucky. KWC is east of Evansville, Indiana, north of Nashville, Tennessee, west of Louisville, Kentucky, and east of St. Louis, Missouri. Daviess County is home to 94,000 residents.
Kentucky Wesleyan College is known for its liberal arts programs. Fall 2014 enrollment was 716 students. http://www.kwc.edu
Kentucky Wesleyan College was founded in 1858 by the Kentucky Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. It was originally located in Millersburg. Classes began in 1866 and the first commencement took place in 1868. At first, it was a training school for preachers but soon business and liberal arts classes were added to the curriculum. In 1890 the school was moved to Winchester and soon after women began to be admitted for the first time. In 1951, the school moved to its present location in Kentucky's fourth largest city, Owensboro.
Kentucky Wesleyan offers 30 majors and 12 pre-professional programs and has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9:1. Academics are divided into four divisions: Fine Arts & Humanities, Natural Sciences & Mathematics, Professional Studies, and Social Sciences.
Kentucky Wesleyan College also offers a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice & Criminology, and a Bachelor of Science in General Studies completely Online. Tuition for the online business degree is extremely competitive and affordable. Financial aid is available for all students who qualify.