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Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University
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Type Private liberal arts college
Established 1831
Endowment $838.0 million (2015)
President Michael S. Roth
Provost Joyce Jacobsen
Academic staff
445
Students 3,138 (Fall 2015)
Undergraduates 2,897 (Fall 2015)
Postgraduates 241 (Fall 2015)
Location Middletown, Connecticut, U.S.
Campus Small city, 360 acres (1.5 km2)
Colors Cardinal and Black          
Athletics NCAA Division III
NESCAC
Sports 29 varsity teams
16 club teams
Nickname Cardinals
Affiliations
Website wesleyan.edu
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University rankings
National
Forbes 9
Liberal arts colleges
U.S. News & World Report 14
Washington Monthly 11

Wesleyan University (/ˈwɛzlin/ WEZ-lee-in or /ˈwɛslin/ WES-lee-in) is a private liberal arts college in Middletown, Connecticut, founded in 1831. Wesleyan is a Baccalaureate College that emphasizes undergraduate instruction in the arts and sciences, grants research master's degrees in many academic disciplines, and grants PhD degrees in biology, chemistry, mathematics and computer science, molecular biology and biochemistry, music, and physics.

Founded under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church and with the support of prominent residents of Middletown, the now secular university was the first institution of higher education to be named after John Wesley, the founder of Methodism. About 20 unrelated colleges and universities were subsequently named after Wesley. Wesleyan, along with Amherst College and Williams College, is a member of the Little Three colleges.


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