Wesleyan University
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| Type | Private liberal arts college |
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| Established | 1831 |
| Endowment | $838.0 million (2015) |
| President | Michael S. Roth |
| Provost | Joyce Jacobsen |
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Academic staff
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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 |
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| Website | wesleyan.edu |
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| University rankings | |
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| National | |
| Forbes | 9 |
| Liberal arts colleges | |
| U.S. News & World Report | 14 |
| Washington Monthly | 11 |
Wesleyan University (/ˈwɛzliᵻn/ WEZ-lee-in or /ˈwɛsliᵻn/ 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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