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6.2%	Black (non-Hispanic)
0.4%	American Indian or Alaskan Native
9.7%	Asian or Pacific Islander
9.9%	Hispanic
62.6%	White (non-Hispanic)
6.0%	total international (nonresident aliens)
5.1%	race/ethnicity unreported/unknown

Undergraduate breakdown:


6.8%	Black (non-Hispanic)
0.4%	American Indian or Alaskan Native
10.6%	Asian or Pacific Islander
8.4%	Hispanic
60.8%	White (non-Hispanic)
6.0%	total international (nonresident aliens)
7.1%	race/ethnicity unreported/unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT

Campus size:

170 acres

City or town school is located in:

Middletown

Population of city/town:

45,000

Nearest major city:

New York or Boston

Distance of nearest major city:

100 miles

LIVING ON CAMPUS

Institution offers housing:

yes

Campus housing available to all unmarried students regardless of year:

yes

Housing types (% in housing type, if given):

coed dorms (49%)
women's dorms (2%)
men's dorms (2%)
fraternity housing (3%)
single-student apartments (20%)
married-student apartments
special housing for disabled students (2%)
special housing for international students (1%)
other housing including Program housing, wood-framed houses for seniors (21%)

Percent of freshmen who live in school housing:

100%

Percent of students who live in school housing:

98%

Percent of students who live off campus:

Students required to live on campus:

All students must live on campus unless they request and are granted off-campus status.

Percent of all students who have cars on campus:

30%

Student conduct policies:

class attendance policies set by individual instructors, honor code, hazing prohibited

Alcohol is permitted on campus to students of legal age:

yes

STUDY FACILITIES

Every student is required to lease or own a computer:

Every student is required to take a computer course:

Computer equipment is provided in:

residence halls, library, computer center/lab(s)

Total number of microcomputers available to students:

185

Other computer facilities/services:

IT support services.

Internet access provided to all students:

yes

E-mail services/accounts provided to all students:

yes

School has a library on campus:

yes

Additional library facilities/collections:

Scores and recordings. Archives. Special collections. Art, psychology, and science libraries.

Museums and other special academic buildings/equipment on campus:

Art galleries, art center, music hall, African and African-American studies center, public affairs center, language lab, electron microscope, observatory, nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometers.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES

Remedial learning services:

Writing Workshop and Math Workshop

Additional services offered:

nonremedial tutoring, placement service, health service, women's center, day care, health insurance

Counseling services:

minority student, veteran student, older student, birth control, career, personal, academic, psychological, religious

Career placement services:

internships, career/job search classes, interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

Number of social fraternities on campus:

Number of fraternities that have chapter houses:

Percent of men who join fraternities:

Number of social sororities on campus:

Percent of women who join sororities:

Student activities:

student government, student newspaper, literary magazine, yearbook, radio station

School newspaper(s):

The Argus

Number of honor societies:

Total number of registered organizations:

231

Campus-based religious organizations:

Catholic Student Association, Buddhist, Havurah-Jewish Student Organization, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, Muslim Student Association

Minority student organizations:

African Student's Association, Indonesian Society, Japan Society, Kol Israel, Korean Students' Association, Lac Viet - Vietnam Club, Nosotras, PADThai Culture and Society, Pangea, PINOY (Filipino Students Org), Shakti, Ajua Campos, Student of Color Coalition, Students for a Free Palestine, Taiwanese Cultural Society, Ujamaa, WesConnection, West Indian Student Association, Women of Color Collective, Alliance of Progressive South Asians, Asian American Student Coal (AASC), Black and Latino Brotherhood, Black Women's Collective, Chinese Adopted Sibs, Chinese Students Association, Fusion (Multiracial Student Org)

Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:

pep and other bands, orchestra, glee club, choirs, a cappella singing groups, community service groups, theatre, dance groups, film series, debating, outing club, peer education groups, team managers, departmental, political, and social action groups

ATHLETICS

School has an athletic program:

yes

Athletic director:

John Biddiscombe,
Chair/Athletics Director

Director of women's athletics:

Gale Lackey

Athletic department's mailing address:

Chair/Athletics Director
John Biddiscombe
Wesleyan University/Freeman Athletic Center
161 Cross Street
Middletown, CT 06459-0413

School mascot:

Cardinals

Athletic conference memberships:

New England Small College Athletic Conference (Division III)

Sports offered	Scholarships?	Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseball	no
Men's basketball	no
Men's crew	no
Men's cross-country	no
Men's diving	no
Men's football	no
Men's golf	no
Men's ice hockey	no
Men's lacrosse	no
Men's soccer	no
Men's squash	no
Men's swimming	no
Men's tennis	no
Men's track and field (indoor)	no
Men's track and field (outdoor)	no
Men's wrestling	no
Women's basketball	no
Women's crew	no
Women's cross-country	no
Women's diving	no
Women's field hockey	no
Women's golf	no
Women's ice hockey	no
Women's lacrosse	no
Women's soccer	no
Women's softball	no
Women's squash	no
Women's swimming	no
Women's tennis	no
Women's track and field (indoor)	no
Women's track and field (outdoor)	no
Women's volleyball	no

Percent of students in varsity/club intercollegiate sports:

50%

GETTING AWAY

Public transportation serves campus:

yes

Nearest international airport:

Hartford/Bradley International (35 miles)

Nearest other airport:

New York or Boston (near campus)

Nearest passenger train service:

Meriden (6 miles)

Nearest passenger bus service:

Middletown (near campus)

PAYING THE BILLS

Institutional employment is available:

yes

Percent of full-time undergraduates working on campus:

79%

Off-campus employment opportunities for undergraduates are:

fair

Freshmen are discouraged from working for first term:

AFTER GRADUATION

Percent of graduates who pursue further study:

15% immediately, 20% within one year of graduation

List of graduate schools most often selected by recent graduates:

Columbia University (NY);University of Chicago (IL);University of Connecticut (CT);University of Pennsylvania (PA);University of Virginia (VA);Wesleyan University (CT)

Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major:

58% within six months of graduation, 80% within one year of graduation, 80% within two years of graduation

List of firms that most frequently hire graduates:

Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley, Mitchell Madison Group

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