Western Illinois University

Western Illinois University Summary

Western Illinois University, founded 1899 as Western Illinois State Teachers College, is a university located in Macomb, Illinois. WIU also has a campus located in the Quad Cities in Moline, Illinois, which is referred to as Western Illinois University – Quad Cities. Founded as a teaching university, Western Illinois University currently offers 71 undergraduate majors offered over 51 degree programs and 13 pre-professional degrees at the undergraduate level. Western Illinois University’s Four-Year Tuition Guarantee model (one of the first of its kind in the nation) was used as the blueprint by Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich to institute similar measures at all State-Funded Illinois Campuses in 2004. Macomb’s Freemasons (Illinois Lodge #17) donated the land to the state in a successful effort to persuade its legislature to choose Macomb over Quincy and other candidates as the site for its “western” university.

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Western Illinois University Academics

Western Illinois University is unique in its study options. The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed. For one thing, the university has a Distance Learning, Double Major, Dual Enrollment of High School Students, ESL, External Degree Program, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, ROTC, Army, Student-Designed Major, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification and Weekend College. There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Remedial Instruction, Study Skills Assistance, Tutoring and Writing Center. Besides, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Adult (re-entering) student services, Career Counseling, Employment Service, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Legal Services, Minority Student Services, On-Campus Daycare, Personal Counseling, Placement Service, Veterans Counselor and Women’s Services can help.

The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at Western Illinois University.

Communications & Journalism:

Communications/Rhetoric, Journalism, Radio/Television

Parks, Recreation, and Fitness:

Exercise Sciences, Parks/Leisure Facilities Management

Business, Management, & Marketing:

Accounting, Business Administration/Management, Business/Managerial Economics, Construction Management, Finance/Banking, Human Resources Management, Management Information Systems, Marketing Management

Psychology:

Psychology – General

Popular majors:

fifteen percent liberal arts, fourteen percent education, thirteen percent business per marketing, thirteen percent security and protective services, seven percent communications per journalism

Education:

Bilingual/Bicultural Education, Elementary Education, Health Teacher Education, Instructional Media, Special Education

Computer Science:

Computer/Information Sciences – General

Social Sciences:

Economics, Geography, Political Science/Government, Sociology

History:

History – General

Foreign Language and Literature:

French, Spanish

Security and Protective Services:

Law Enforcement Administration

Physical Sciences:

Chemistry, Geology, Meteorology, Physics

Health and Clinical Sciences:

Clinical Laboratory Science, Communication Disorders, Health System Administration

Philosphy and Religion:

Philosophy

Biological and Biomedical Sciences:

Biology

English Language and Literature:

English Language & Literature – General

Public Administration and Service:

Social Work

School of Visual and Performing Arts:

Art – General, Drama/Theater Arts, Fine/Studio Arts, Music – General, Music – General Performance, Musical theatre

Mathematics:

Mathematics – General

Are you an international student? The Fall application deadline for international students is the 1st of March. Additionally, for international students, the application fee is 30. The cost per credit hour (overall) was $248 Cost & Savings Calculator Financial Aid International students eligible for non-need-based aid last fall.

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Western Illinois University Admissions

Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 72% and Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 79%. Remember that this can change at any time. Transfer student are not ignored. For one thing, there were two thousand, nine hundred and sixty-six total number of transfer students who applied and two thousand, one hundred and seventy total number of transfer students who were admitted. This school requires an application fee consisting of thirty dollars regular application fee, thirty dollars out-of-state application fee and Reduced fee (not specified) online application fee.

For all student applicants, the Fall application deadline is the 1st of March. SAT and ACT score reports are due the 3rd of August and For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 15th of February. Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. The regular application due date was not reported. It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, make sure to check with the university about the specific date for this year. the SAT subject section score due date was not reported.

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Western Illinois University Athletics

The Leathernecks (men), Westerwinds (women) are a member of NCAA. The following sports can be found here:

• Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Baseball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Basketball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Cross_country
• Men’s NCAA Division IAA, Men’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Men’s Scholarship Football
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Golf
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Handball
• Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Men’s Club Racquetball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Club, Women’s Club, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Soccer
• Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Women’s Scholarship Softball
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Table_tennis
• Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Track_and_field
• Men’s NCAA Division I and Women’s NCAA Division I Track_indoor
• Men’s NCAA Division I and Women’s NCAA Division I Track_outdoor
• Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Women’s Scholarship Volleyball

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Western Illinois University Financial Aid

Financial aid forms are FAFSA. Financial aid distribution is at forty-four percent scholarships per grants and fifty-six percent loans per jobs. Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school. If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics, Art, Music/Drama, Athletics, Minority Status, ROTC, Alumni Affiliation and Leadership. Likewise, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics, Art, Music/Drama, Athletics, Minority Status, ROTC, Alumni Affiliation and Leadership.

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Western Illinois University Students

Western Illinois University offers Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degrees. The school’s size is approximately eleven thousand, two hundred and seventy-six degree-seeking undergrads, one thousand, eight hundred and sixteen first-time degree-seeking freshmen and two thousand, one hundred and twenty graduate enrollment. Besides, the student body consists of ninety-six percent in-state students, four percent out-of-state students, zero percent part-time students, forty-nine percent women, fifty-one percent men, less than one percent american indian per alaskan native, one percent asian per pacific islander, eight percent black per non-hispanic, four percent hispanic, eighty percent white per non-hispanic, one percent non-resident alien, five percent race per ethnicity unreported, five percent in top 10th of graduating class, twenty-two percent in top quarter of graduating class and fifty-five percent in top half of graduating class. Besides, it is part of an Rural setting, Large town (10,000 – 49,999) and Residential campus. The university is a Public, University, Four-year, Coed, where 72 percent of the applicants were admitted and Regionally accredited.

This school features the Rural setting, Large town (10,000 – 49,999) and Residential campus. Besides, the university has many unique facilites such as geology museum, art gallery. In sum, the school is located 83 miles from Rock Island, 78 miles from Peoria.

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