Rankings and recognition
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Carnegie classification
A Liberal Arts College or College with an Arts & Sciences focus
Institutional classification used for academic peer grouping.
Athletics
NCAA Division III
NCAA division where available from verified imports.
Editorial spotlight
Wheaton College-Massachusetts — editorial overview (Norton, MA)
About 30 minutes northeast of Providence, Rhode Island, is the small town of Norton, and Wheaton College. It’s important not to confuse this Wheaton with the exact same name in Illinois. There is no relationship between them. Wheaton was a women’s college until 1988, when it beca...
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