Fast Facts
Founding date: December 18, 1866
Location: Wooster, Ohio, a community of 27,000, approximately 55 miles southwest of Cleveland
Campus: 240 acres
Academic calendar: Semesters
Degrees conferred: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Music, and Bachelor of Music Education
Full-time faculty: 171
Full-time faculty holding Ph.D. or equivalent terminal degree: 96%
Student-faculty ratio: 10 to 1
Total enrollment (2019): 2,008
of Wooster graduates are employed within 6 months
of Wooster graduates are accepted in their top choice graduate school
- 54% female, 46% male
- 24% U.S. students of color
- 17% international
- 31% Ohio, 69% non-Ohio
- 46 states and 65 countries represented
Students living on-campus: 99%
Tuition, fees, room & board (2020-21): $66,750
Students receiving financial aid: more than 80%
The average financial aid award for students applying in 2020-21 was over $46,868.
Student Pell Grant recipients: 19%
Endowment market value (Dec. 31, 2020): $398.5 million
Athletics: 23 intercollegiate teams (NCAA Division III)
Nickname: Fighting Scots