Wheaton College (Illinois)

==Academics==
[[File:WheatonOTB 1 thumbFull.jpg|200px|thumb|LEED Gold rated Meyer Science Center houses classrooms, laboratories, greenhouse, and rooftop observatory]]
The [[Higher Learning Commission]] accredits Wheaton College.

According to ''[[The Princeton Review]]'s'' "The Best 351 Colleges", "If the [[integration of faith and learning]] is what you want out of a college, Wheaton is arguably the best school in the nation with a Christ-based worldview."<ref name="ctcl.com">{{Cite web|url=https://ctcl.org/?mpfy-pin=5173|title=Wheaton College}}</ref> Students may choose from about 40 majors in many liberal arts disciplines and the sciences. The most popular undergraduate majors, based on 2021 graduates, were:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Wheaton&s=all&id=149781#programs |website=nces.ed.gov |publisher=U.S. Dept of Education |title=Wheaton College |access-date=February 21, 2023}}</ref>
*Business/Managerial Economics (64)
*Psychology (46)
*Biology/Biological Sciences (33)
*English Language and Literature (30)
*Elementary Education and Teaching (28)
*Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences (28)
*International Relations and Affairs (28)

The college is ranked 3rd most [[homophobia|LGBTQ-unfriendly]] campus by ''[[The Princeton Review]]'' in its 2020 rankings of the 386 American campuses that it surveys.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.princetonreview.com/college-rankings?rankings=lgbtq-unfriendly |title=LGBTQ-Unfriendly |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2020 |website=The Princeton Review |access-date=August 25, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Dassow |first=Daniel |date=August 25, 2020 |title=UT ranked second most LGBTQ-unfriendly college in nation |url=https://www.utdailybeacon.com/campus_news/special_issues/ut-ranked-second-most-lgbtq-unfriendly-college-in-nation/article_eca944c6-e6ea-11ea-89ba-4b403d3e2b89.html |work=The Daily Beacon |location= Knoxville |access-date=August 25, 2021}}</ref>

In 2015, ''U.S. News & World Report'' ranked Wheaton College at 56 out of 265 Best National Liberal Arts Colleges. Wheaton continued to achieve high rankings in several areas of the report:
* No. 15 in freshmen retention (95.0%) (2009 Report)<ref>[http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/liberal-arts-freshmen-least-most-likely-return "Best Colleges"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090120224749/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/liberal-arts-freshmen-least-most-likely-return |date=January 20, 2009 }}.</ref>
* No. 21 in six-year graduation rate (86%) (2007 Report)
* No. 25 in SAT/ACT scores (1250–1440) (2007 Report)
* No. 39 in the percentage of first-year students graduating in the top 10 percent of their high-school classes (54%) (2007 Report)

Wheaton College ranked ninth in the nation in the total number of graduates (all fields) who went on to earn doctorates (from 1986 to 1995) according to [[Franklin & Marshall College]]'s latest survey, which included more than 900 private colleges and universities.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://server1.fandm.edu/departments/CollegeRelations/BacOrigins/bacorigins.html |title=Baccalaureate Origins of Doctoral Recipients, 8th Edition |access-date=2005-10-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041215122033/http://server1.fandm.edu/departments/CollegeRelations/BacOrigins/bacorigins.html |archive-date=December 15, 2004 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>

Throughout 2010-2020, Wheaton College ranked 18th in the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics' survey of baccalaureate-origin institutions of non-Science-and-Engineering doctorate recipients. This ranking uses an institutional yield weighted by an institution's number of graduates.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ncses.nsf.gov/pubs/nsf22321 |title=See Table 7}}.</ref>

''[[Forbes]]'' magazine ranked Wheaton College 75th in their annual list of 650 best undergraduate institutions and gave Wheaton a financial grade of "A". ''Forbes'' also lists Wheaton among the Top 100 ROI Colleges in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wheaton.edu/Media-Center/Media-Relations/Resources-for-Media/Wheaton-College-in-the-Rankings|title=Wheaton College in the Rankings|author=ISITE Design|work=wheaton.edu|access-date=January 20, 2015}}</ref>

===Conservatory of Music===
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Wheaton College is home to a Conservatory of Music accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music. The conservatory offers two professional music degrees: the Bachelor of Music (with emphases in performance, [[Suzuki method|Suzuki]] pedagogy, composition, history, and literature, conducting, collaborative piano, or elective studies) and the Bachelor of Music Education. All of the teaching faculty in the conservatory hold doctorates. There are approximately 200 music majors in the conservatory, with a student-faculty ratio of 7:1. Music majors and liberal arts majors alike perform in the conservatory's six large ensembles: concert choir, jazz ensemble, [[Wheaton College Men's Glee Club|men's glee club]], symphonic band, symphony orchestra, and women's chorale. Graduates include conductor John Nelson, Grammy Award-winning American soprano Sylvia McNair, and Wendy White of the [[Metropolitan Opera]].

===Artist Series===
The Artist Series at Wheaton College, operating under the umbrella of the Conservatory of Music, is a subscription concert series that brings world-class performers to the Wheaton College community. Previous Artist Series performers include the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, [[Lorin Maazel]] and the Symphonica Toscanini, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the Canadian Brass, and the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards & Band of the Coldstream Guard. The Artist Series frequently partners with Wheaton College Conservatory graduates, including the soprano Sylvia McNair and the conductor John Nelson.

===Graduate school===
The Wheaton College Graduate School was founded in 1937 to provide further theological training and ministry skills. The college and graduate school are on an 80-acre campus in Wheaton, Illinois, a 45-minute train ride west of downtown Chicago. There are approximately 550 graduate students enrolled, with a 14:1 student/faculty ratio.

The graduate school comprises six academic departments; Biblical and Theological Studies, Christian Formation & Ministry, Evangelism and Leadership, Intercultural Studies, Psychology, and Teaching. The Graduate School offers 14 [[Master of Arts]] programs and two doctoral programs, a Ph.D. in Biblical & Theological Studies and a [[Psy.D]]. in [[Clinical Psychology]]. The [[American Psychological Association]] and [[Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation]] accredit graduate school programs.

Five of the master's programs provide a flexible degree option. Wheaton offers a Biblical Studies program as a part-time, evening cohort model. The school offers Missional Church Movements and TESOL and Intercultural Studies in a summer-only format. The college also offers an Evangelism & Leadership the Christian Formation and Ministry – Outdoor and Adventure Ministry concentration in a year-round modular format.

===Off-campus study===
Wheaton gives students several off-campus study opportunities.

The college sponsors study-abroad programs in Asia, England, France, Germany, Israel, Latin America, and Spain, as well as a summer program in Washington, D.C. Participants in Wheaton-in-England, one of the most popular annual programs, take 2–3 courses in literature while studying in London and [[St Anne's College, Oxford|St. Anne's College]], Oxford.

Many students also participate in the Human Needs and Global Resources program. The HNGR program matches select students with six-month [[internship]]s in the [[Third World]], including opportunities in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.

Wheaton also sponsors a semester-long, experiential, residential program called Wheaton in Chicago. In Chicago, students complete internships and take advanced interdisciplinary coursework. Founded in 1998, it has enrolled students from more than 20 majors.

In 1935, Wheaton established the Wheaton College Science Station in the [[Black Hills]] of [[South Dakota]] for field instruction in the natural sciences.

In 1951, HoneyRock, the outdoor center for leadership development at Wheaton College, was established in Three Lakes, Wisconsin. HoneyRock is not only a year-round camp for young people, but it offers a variety of leadership schools and courses for students. Nearly 3,000 people utilize HoneyRock each year.

Due to Wheaton's membership in the [[Council for Christian Colleges & Universities]], Wheaton students may also study at the [[Wycliffe Hall, Oxford]], the Los Angeles Film Studies Center, [[Excelsia College]] in Australia, and [[Xi'an Foreign Language University]] in China. The CCCU also sponsors programs in American studies, Latin American studies, Middle Eastern studies, Russian studies, and journalism.