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We Mean Business

From Business Administration to Film Studies, OWU combines career-oriented degrees with the breadth of the liberal arts.

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History & Beauty

Ten OWU sites are on the National Register of Historical Places.

Close Collaboration

OWU works closely with the City of Delaware, a thriving small town within walking distance, in forming internships and an entrepreneurial center.

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Residential Living

Practically everyone lives on campus, fostering a close-knit community.

Student Life

OWU Rankings

One of the "best and most interesting" four-year colleges. - Forbes

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Culture

With several different cultural clubs, each year brings new celebrations of old traditions.

Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

What do you care about? Where do you want to go? Who do you want to be?

Transformational

Ohio Wesleyan’s goal is to provide every student with transformational experiences that will prepare them for the causes, careers, and graduate school opportunities they want to pursue.

We do that through close relationships with faculty-mentors—and through a unique academic program called The OWU Connection.

OWU is one of the most comprehensive liberal arts schools in the country. It is one of only 45 schools featured in Colleges That Change Lives and is ranked in the top 100 national liberal arts colleges by U.S. News & World Report. OWU’s breadth of more than 60 majors includes Business, Data Analytics, Fine Arts, Communication, and Education; scientific fields such as Neuroscience and Zoology; and a wide range of pre-professional areas, including Medicine, Law, Public Administration, and Engineering.

The OWU Connection

What makes OWU distinctive is its focus on connection—it’s the foundation of The OWU Connection.

You will Think Big as you span academic disciplines and work closely with faculty to explore the world’s important challenges.
You will Go Global. More than 400 students a year have travel-learning experiences.
You will Get Real as you connect theory to practice with hands-on learning in real-world situations through internships and mentored research.

Employers covet OWU’s well-prepared graduates. In 2021, 97% of reporting graduates were employed and/or in graduate school within six months. OWU’s new Career Connection program connects students with internship opportunities from Silicon Valley to the Mayo Clinic to New York arts world and Wall Street.

OWU students are uber-involved on the beautiful, historic, 200-acre campus in central Ohio, with more than 100 student clubs, organizations, and activities. Bishops compete on 24 varsity sports teams and students contribute more than 40,000 hours a year in volunteer service.

The OWU Connection

On campus, OWU offers over 70 majors, and about a third of students graduate with multiple majors.

Off campus, students travel around the world to study, conduct research, and shake up their view of the world. Whether it's studying abroad, taking a valuable internship, participating in a Travel-Learning Course, or proposing a Theory-to-Practice grant, students bring learning to life.

Think Big Go Global Get Real

Travel-Learning

Every semester, students are offered a variety of classes that have a travel component. Whether it's taking a semester of ecology and visiting the Alaskan tundra or a semester of Shakespeare and visiting England, students can think big.

Get Real

At OWU, you connect the classroom and the real world. A Theory-to-Practice Grant could fund your original research, internship, or creative project anywhere in the world.

Putting Theory into Practice

The University has awarded nearly $1.67 million to enable over 800 OWU students, faculty, and staff to conduct research or complete projects in 62 countries.

Studying Abroad

Immerse yourself in a new culture for a full semester. Conduct social research in Tanzania. Learn in one of Spain's historic universities — or universities in Ireland, Prague, or other sites around the world.

Scholarship Travel

Students have the opportunity to earn an array of competitive, international scholarships to study language, policy, and more across the world.

Experience This

Campus life is rich with cultural events and clubs that celebrate diversity. About a third of students are international or U.S. multicultural.

The 13:1 faculty to student ratio fosters lively classes.

97% of the Class of 2021 report being employed or attending grad school within six months of graduating.

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Residential Living

Learning outside the classroom is a valued part of the OWU experience. Students have a variety of houses to live in, from themed houses to small living units (SLUs) to YearOne communities.

Culture Fest

Every year, multicultural student organizations such as Rafiki wa Afrika, SANGAM, and more come together at Culture Fest, a celebration of international traditions.

Externships

Students are offered a variety of opportunities to conduct externships with OWU graduates in many fields.

13:1 Faculty-Student Ratio

Students overwhelmingly rate their close relationship with faculty as the best part of their OWU experience.

Here's to the 97%

97% of the Class of 2021 report having employment or attending graduate school.

Bishop Athletics

Ohio Wesleyan's athletic history traces back to the 19th century, when we hosted the first football game played by Ohio State University.

With the legacy of Branch Rickey. former scholar-athletes have moved on to play in the NFL and NBA - and to become CEOs, college professors, entrepreneurs, scientists, and doctors.

OWU's scholar-athletes continue to achieve at the highest levels on the field and in the classroom. Last year, 84 Bishops were named to the NCAC Academic Honor Roll; OWU had 4 All-America & 1 Academic All-America® selections in 2020-21.

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