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Location:
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Greencastle
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Enrollment:
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2,255 |
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Faculty:
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230 |
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Course Offerings:
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Liberal arts
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DePauw University is a private, selective, coeducational, residential liberal arts undergraduate institution founded in 1837. The University boasts an academically strong study body of over 2,200,
230 faculty members distinguished in their fields, and outstanding campus facilities. Current students represent 42 states,
1 U.S. territory and 23 foreign countries.
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With 36 major buildings on the 655 acre campus, DePauw
offers the latest in facilities and technology to meet the
needs of today's students. The campus includes a new
480 acre nature park, several new and expanded academic
buildings, and recently expanded living facilities for
students. East College, built in 1877 and the focal
point of the university, is listed in the National Register
of Historic Places.
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DePauw has nationally recognized programs in
its College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and School of
Music. The centerpiece of DePauw's academic programs is its
nationally recognized competence program which seeks to
ensure that students are certified in three areas:
writing, quantitative reasoning, and oral communication.
Twenty-two departments represent 47 potential majors and
disciplines. The curriculum is a traditional one with
students choosing courses in six groups: natural
sciences and mathematics, social and behavioral sciences;
natural sciences and mathematics, social and behavioral
sciences; literature and the arts; historical and
philosophical understanding; foreign language; and self
expression.
Five Honors Programs at the University
include Honor Scholars, Information Technology Associates
Program, management Fellows, media Fellows, and Science
Research Fellows. Special learning opportunities are
also available through Winter Term and International Study.
DePauw has been recognized by Standard and
Poor's as 8th in the nation among 800 liberal arts colleges
and universities as a source of top business executives.
DePauw is ranked 16th in the nation among private liberal
arts colleges as the baccalaureate source for Ph.D. degrees
in all fields. U.S. News and World Reports
ranks DePauw in the top tier of national liberal arts
colleges. In 2004, DePauw was ranked the 3rd "most
wired" college campus in the United States by the
Princeton Review. |
Other nearby colleges and universities 60 miles, one hour radius:
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| Butler
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Indianapolis |
| Indiana State University - |
Terre Haute
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| Indiana University - |
Bloomington
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| Indiana University/Purdue University -
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Indianapolis
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| Purdue University -
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West Lafayette
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| Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology - |
Terre Haute |
| University of Indianapolis -
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Indianapolis
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Wabash College
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Crawfordsville
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