Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University is a private institution that was founded in 1831. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 3,069 (fall 2022), its setting is city, and the campus size is 316 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Wesleyan University's ranking in the 2024 edition of Best Colleges is National Liberal Arts Colleges, #11. Its tuition and fees are $67,016.

Wesleyan University is located in Middletown, Conn., overlooking the Connecticut River. The school offers about 200 student organizations, including several a cappella groups. Greek life has a long history at Wesleyan, with several fraternities and sororities on campus, including the coed fraternity Eclectic Society, as well as secret societies like the Skull and Serpent. Wesleyan’s athletic teams compete in the NCAA Division III New England Small College Athletic Conference. The college is also part of the unofficial Little Three athletic conference with Amherst and Williams. Freshmen are required to live on campus, along with the majority of students who live in campus residence halls, apartments or houses.

Wesleyan University’s Graduate Liberal Studies Program offers students a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies. Wesleyan also grants other graduate degrees through its Master of Arts, Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy programs. Wesleyan was one of the first colleges to attempt coeducation by admitting female students from 1872 to 1912; however, after 1912, women were not officially admitted again until 1970. Students of color were first admitted in the 1960s. Wesleyan is also among the oldest of the originally Methodist colleges in the country. Nearly 50 percent of student study abroad through 150 programs located in 50 countries worldwide. Notable alumni include Robert Allbritton, owner and publisher of Politico; Michael Bay, who directed "Armageddon" and "Pearl Harbor"; and actor Bradley Whitford of the TV series "The West Wing" and film "Billy Madison."