Wheaton College (Massachusetts)

Wheaton College
Former names
Wheaton Female Seminary (1834–1912)
Motto"That They May Have Life and Have it Abundantly"
TypePrivate liberal arts college
Established1834 (1834) as a female seminary, 1912 chartered as a four-year women's college
AccreditationNECHE
Academic affiliations
Space-grant
Endowment$256.2 million (2023)[1]
PresidentMichaele Whelan
Academic staff
140
Students1,669 (fall 2020)[2]
Location,
U.S.

41°58′06″N 71°11′04″W / 41.968313°N 71.184529°W / 41.968313; -71.184529
CampusSuburban, residential, 478 acres
NicknameLyons
Websitewww.wheatoncollege.edu
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Wheaton College is a private liberal arts college in Norton, Massachusetts. Wheaton was founded in 1834 as a female seminary. The trustees officially changed the name of the Wheaton Female Seminary to Wheaton College in 1912 after receiving a college charter from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It remained one of the oldest institutions of higher education for women in the United States until men began to be admitted in 1988. It enrolls 1,669 undergraduate students.[3]

  1. ^ As of December 18, 2023. "Endowment Investment Report 2022-2023". Wheaton College. December 18, 2023. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  2. ^ "ENROLLMENT AND PERSISTENCE" (PDF). Retrieved October 20, 2023.
  3. ^ "Common Data Set 2020–2021" (PDF).