Wesleyan University
private liberal arts college in Middletown, Connecticut, United States
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Wesleyan University is a private university[1]. It ranks in the top 0.51% of private university entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,619 views/month, #3 of 589).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: National Humanities Alliance[3], Center for Research Libraries[4], Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition[5]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Middletown[6]
- Country: United States[7]
- Instance of: private not-for-profit educational institution[8]
- Named after: John Wesley[9]
- Postal code: 06459[10]
- Part of: Little Three[11]
- Commons category: Wesleyan University[12]
- Industry: higher education[13]
- Has part(s): Davison Art Center[14]
- Inception: 1831[15]
- Coordinate location: 41.55562, -72.655844[16]
- Significant event: mixed-sex education[17]
- Official website: https://www.wesleyan.edu/[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Wesleyan University[19]
- Commons gallery: Wesleyan University[20]
- Employees: 1015[21]
- Commons Institution page: Wesleyan University[22]
- Owner of: WESU[23]
- Count of students: 2922[24], 3440[25]
- Total assets: 1,706,429,000[26]
- Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education: baccalaureate colleges: arts and sciences focus[27], very high undergraduate[28], research doctoral: STEM-dominant[29], four-year, medium, highly residential[30], arts & sciences focus, some graduate coexistence[31], four-year, full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in[32]
- Language used: English[33]
- Category for alumni of educational institution: Category:Wesleyan University alumni[34]
- Category for employees of the organization: Category:Wesleyan University faculty[35]
Why It Matters
Wesleyan University has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]