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"What Beloit turns out is a better, more effective person, and one who tends to go on getting better ... [Beloit] outproduces very selective schools in graduates who make significant contributions and achievements."
-Loren Pope
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CHARACTER |
- Independent, four-year, residential liberal arts and sciences college; chartered in 1846, Beloit is Wisconsin's oldest college.
- Founded by Yale graduates to educate students for a rapidly changing world in the mid-19th century. Beloit's flexible curriculum continues to support its mission: To provide a living and learning environment that cultivates students who are at home in the world of ideas, value learning for its own sake, and are ready for intelligent and responsible participation in the world.
- Located in south-central Wisconsin, Beloit (pop. 36,000) is 90 miles northwest of Chicago and about an hour's drive south of Madison and Milwaukee.
- Beloit's 40-acre New England-style campus is situated on river bluffs, dotted with ancient North American Indian mounds, and adjacent to historic College Park, a residential neighborhood of Victorian homes.
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WORTH NOTING |
- The Beloit College campus has been transformed by the new LEED-certified, environmentally sustainable Center for the Sciences. The innovative design of classroom and laboratory space facilitates new approaches to teaching and encourages interdisciplinary learning, critical for today's science students to take a leadership role in 21st century science.
- The Liberal Arts in Practice Center
Beloit College believes that the broadest—and best—education includes opportunities outside the classroom to test, integrate, and evaluate knowledge and skills learned in the classroom. Both a place and a cornerstone of the academic program, the Liberal Arts in Practice Center at Beloit guides students to internships, research opportunities, service in the community, and networks that mesh their academic work with career goals. At Beloit, students build more than a transcript; they build a resume.
- Hendricks Center for the Arts
Located in downtown Beloit, just two blocks from campus, the Hendricks Center for the Arts is the new, centralized home of the college’s dance and music programs An innovative adaptation to the 48,000-square-foot historic building (once a post office, then the public library), the space includes an orchestral room, many practice rooms, four studio classrooms, a state-of-the-art film classroom, design and staging labs.
- Value and Affordability
Beloit College routinely appears among the top schools rated as a "Best Value" in higher education in Kiplinger's and U.S. News. A robust financial aid program of both merit and need-based aid makes this high value education affordable. Visit Beloit's "Financial Aid Estimator" at www.beloit.edu/afford which will provide guidance on the aid available based on your family's circumstances.
- Nearly half of all Beloit students spend a semester studying abroad. Programs are available in Brazil, China, the Czech Republic, Ecuador, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Morocco, the Netherlands, Russia, Scotland, Senegal, Tanzania, Turkey, and other countries.
- The Mackey Chair in Creative Writing brings some of America's most notable writers to teach at Beloit each year, including Billy Collins, Ursula LeGuin, Amy Hempel, and Denise Levertov.
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ENROLLMENT |
- 11:1 student-to-faculty ratio
- Students come from 49 states, 48 countries, the District of Columbia, and American Somoa.
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FACULTY & ACADEMICS |
- 94% of full-time faculty hold the most advanced degree in their field.
- BioQUEST and ChemLinks—two national science programs that initiate curricular reform in biology and chemistry undergraduate education—are headquartered at Beloit and run by Beloit faculty.
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TUITION & FEES |
- Tuition and Fees: $36,444
- Room, Board, and Fees: $7,732
- 90% of all students receive financial aid.
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CAMPUS LIFE |
- Beloit has an international flavor in the heart of the Midwest: 11% of the students are from countries outside the United States, and each year students (both international and American) formally share their experiences through International Symposium, a day when classes are cancelled so that everyone can attend student presentations.
- Students are engaged in all aspects of life at Beloit: 70% participate in intramural, club, or NCAA Division III varsity sports programs, and more than 100 student-run clubs and organizations are active on campus.
- 95% of students live on campus, either in residence halls, special interest houses, or sorority and fraternity houses.
- Frisbee golf is a favorite campus pastime. The course winds in and out of century-old trees, stretches the entire length of the 40-acre campus, and is open year-round.
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ACADEMIC PROFILE OF ENTERING CLASS |
- Median SAT scores: 630 (Verbal) / 610 (Math)
- 80% come from public high schools
- 2,107 applications received; 1,487 accepted
- Number of new first-year students: 318
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