About Wheaton College

• Wheaton College is a Christian liberal arts college known for…
• A rigorous liberal arts curriculum
  High academic standards
  A gifted faculty who both teach and mentor
  Its vibrant commitment to evangelical Protestant Christian faith
  Bringing Christian perspectives to bear on all areas of learning
  The high caliber of its students
  The success of its alumni in leadership roles worldwide
  
  Wheaton College exists to help build the church and improve society worldwide by promoting the development of whole and effective Christians through excellent programs in Christian higher education. This mission expresses our commitment to do all things - “For Christ and His Kingdom.”
  - Wheaton College Mission Statement
• What others say about Wheaton College
• "Through a remarkable combination of intellectual stimulation and tenacious opposition to any departure from evangelical faith or practice, the College creates discussion as intense as any to be found on American campuses, and as consistently directed to ultimate issues."
  
  - A Carnegie Study of the Future of Liberal Arts Colleges
  "At Wheaton, classes are small, the professors actually teach, and the curriculum is informed with solid and well-articulated values."
  
  - The National Review College Guide: America's Top (50) Liberal Arts Schools
  "Indeed, the fusion of excellent academics and devotion to faith at Wheaton College prepares its students to do big things, 'For Christ and His Kingdom.'"
  
  - The Insider's Guide to the Colleges
  
  Top Rankings - In the 2008 edition U.S. News & World Report rankings, Wheaton College finished 59th out of 212 National Liberal Arts Colleges. (See www.usnews.com)
  
  Wheaton College ranked 9th in the nation in the total number of graduates (all fields) who went on to earn doctorates according to Franklin and Marshall University's latest survey, which included more than 900 private colleges and universities.
  
  According to The Washington Monthly's 2007 Annual College Guide, Wheaton College is ranked 3rd on the list of Top Liberal Arts Colleges in the nation. This ranking is based on the social mobility and service of students, and the research done at each school.
  
  Kiplinger's rates Wheaton 16th for Best Values in Private Colleges. Wheaton ranked 2nd for (lowest) total cost, 6th for (lowest) cost after need based aid and 3rd for (highest) percentage of aid from grants. Kiplinger's rankings measure academic quality and affordability, with quality accounting for two-thirds of the total.
  
  Colleges that Change Lives included Wheaton on this select list of 40 schools. Author Loren Pope said, "Wheaton is often called the Harvard of the evangelicals, but that moniker does not do it justice because it is head, shoulders, and heart above Harvard in its concern with good moral compasses and strong value systems, as well as in the percentage of future Ph.D.s it has turned out."
  
  Peterson's says of Wheaton, "The academic curriculum combines with the extensive cocurriculum of artistic, athletic, religious, service, and social activities to achieve a lively interaction of Christian faith, learning, and living"