Wheaton College

Wheaton College

Wheaton College is a private American four-year Christian liberal arts college in Wheaton, Illinois, a suburb 25 miles west of Chicago. The college was founded by abolitionists in 1860. Drawing 2,500 undergraduates from all 50 United States, 50 countries, and over 55 church denominations, Wheaton offers 40 majors in the arts, humanities, literature, foreign languages, social sciences, and natural sciences. Wheaton is noted for its "twin traditions of quality academics and deep faith," according to Time magazine and is ranked 20th among all national liberal arts colleges in the number of alumni who go on to earn PhDs. Wheaton is included in Loren Pope's influential book Colleges That Change Lives. Wheaton College was ranked 15th in "Best Undergraduate Teaching" by the U.S. News & World Report for national liberal arts colleges. The school was ranked 56th overall among national liberal arts colleges by U.S. News & World Report for 2013. Forbes lists Wheaton among the Top 100 Colleges and Universities in its 2014 rankings. Wheaton College is also noteworthy for having been a stop on the Underground Railroad and graduating Illinois' first African-American college graduate.

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