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There are 194 full-time faculty and 105 part-time (adjuncts). 93% hold earned doctorates. The 20 endowed faculty chairs, allowing a tenth of the permanent faculty to hold endowed professorships. The student to faculty ratio is a very attractive 12:1.

There are 194 full-time faculty and 105 part-time (adjuncts). 93% hold earned doctorates. The 20 endowed faculty chairs, allowing a tenth of the permanent faculty to hold endowed professorships. The student to faculty ratio is a very attractive 12:1.

It costs about $33,000 per year (including room and board).  It is located in Wheaton, Illinois, a suburb west of Chicago.   

It costs about $33,000 per year (including room and board).  It is located in Wheaton, Illinois, a suburb west of Chicago.   

==History==

==History==

The college emerged in 1860 out of a local academy started in 1853 by the Wesleyans. Jonathan Blanchard, the former president of Knox College in nearby Galesburg, took over the struggling high-school-level academy in 1859 and made it a four-year college. He was famed as a staunch abolitionist and crusader for prohibition and social reform. When businessman Warren L. Wheaton gave a parcel of land to the Institute, Blanchard proposed to have the school renamed Wheaton College.  Charles Albert Blanchard, class of 1870, succeeded his father as president, serving for 43 years, from 1882 to 1925. He built new facilities including an observatory, a ladies' dormitory (Williston Hall), a modern gymnasium (Adams Hall), an "Industrial Building" (later the Academy and now Schell Hall) and Pierce Memorial Chapel.  The next president Rev. James Oliver Buswell (1926-1940), strengthened  academics and athletics, achieved academic accreditation, upgraded the library, added Ph.D.s to the teaching staff, and launched the first graduate courses.  V. Raymond Edman (1940 to 1965) was a popular leader during the postwar expansion era when the GI Bill brought hundreds of eager learners to campus.  He built a new library, a dining hall, student center, science facilities, dorms, a second gymnasium, and a chapel-auditorium as the centerpiece of worship and community.  

The college emerged in 1860 out of a local academy started in 1853 by the Wesleyans. Jonathan Blanchard, the former president of Knox College in nearby Galesburg, took over the struggling high-school-level academy in 1859 and made it a four-year college. He was famed as a staunch abolitionist and crusader for prohibition and social reform. When businessman Warren L. Wheaton gave a parcel of land to the Institute, Blanchard proposed to have the school renamed Wheaton College.  Charles Albert Blanchard, class of 1870, succeeded his father as president, serving for 43 years, from 1882 to 1925. He built new facilities including an observatory, a ladies' dormitory (Williston Hall), a modern gymnasium (Adams Hall), an "Industrial Building" (later the Academy and now Schell Hall) and Pierce Memorial Chapel.  The next president Rev. James Oliver Buswell (1926-1940), strengthened  academics and athletics, achieved academic accreditation, upgraded the library, added Ph.D.s to the teaching staff, and launched the first graduate courses.  V. Raymond Edman (1940 to 1965) was a popular leader during the postwar expansion era when the GI Bill brought hundreds of eager learners to campus.  He built a new library, a dining hall, student center, science facilities, dorms, a second gymnasium, and a chapel-auditorium as the centerpiece of worship and community.  

Wheaton displays "For Christ and His Kingdom" at its entrance and on the front of Wheaton's website.<ref>http://www.wheaton.edu/</ref>

Wheaton displays "For Christ and His Kingdom" at its entrance and on the front of Wheaton's website.<ref>http://www.wheaton.edu/</ref>

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== References ==

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