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University of Wooster

The College of Wooster
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Motto Scientia et religio ex uno fonte
(Knowledge and religion from one source)
Type Private
Established 1866
Endowment US $274 million
President Sarah Bolton
Academic staff
171
Undergraduates 2,058
Location Wooster, Ohio, U.S.
Campus Suburban, 240 acres
Athletics NCAA Division IIINCAC
Colors Old Gold and Black
         
Nickname Fighting Scots
Website

www.wooster.edu

College of Wooster
College of Wooster is located in Ohio
College of Wooster
College of Wooster is located in the US
College of Wooster
Location OH 3, Wooster, Ohio
Built 1900
Architectural style Late Gothic Revival, Other, Collegiate Gothic
NRHP Reference # 80003246
Added to NRHP February 25, 1980

www.wooster.edu

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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