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Baldwin Wallace University

Berea, Ohio

https://www.bw.edu

#399 National Colleges

72.69% Admission Rate
Not Very Selective

2,925 Undergraduates Enrolled

  • Private nonprofit
  • Master's Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
  • Four-year, full-time, selective, higher transfer-in
  • Four-year, medium, highly residential
Baldwin Wallace University (BW) is a private university in Berea, Ohio. It was founded in 1845 as Baldwin Institute by Methodist businessman John Baldwin. The school merged with nearby German Wallace College in 1913 to become Baldwin-Wallace College.

BW has two campus sites: Berea, which serves as the main campus, and BW at Corporate College East in Warrensville Heights. Today BW enrolls around 3,050 full-time undergraduate students, 800 evening and weekend adult learners, and 830 graduate students. BW recruits students throughout Ohio but also students from all over the United States and internationally. Baldwin Wallace's motto is "Creating contributing, compassionate citizens of an increasingly global society." Baldwin Wallace's athletic teams compete as members of NCAA Division III athletics in the Ohio Athletic Conference.

BW is known for its education, business, neuroscience, and music programs. BW is home to the Riemenschneider-Bach Institute and the Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music. The BW Conservatory holds the title for the oldest collegiate Bach Festival in the nation. The college's radio station WBWC is known throughout the Cleveland area.

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Location

City
Berea, Ohio

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Locale
Suburb: Large (outside principal city, in urbanized area with population of 250,000 or more)

Region
Great Lakes (IL, IN, MI, OH, WI)

Academics

Predominant Degree Awarded
Predominantly bachelor's-degree granting

Highest Degree Awarded
Graduate degree

Most Popular Fields

Field % Students
Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services 20.3%
Health Professions And Related Programs 13.6%
Visual And Performing Arts 13.5%
Biological And Biomedical Sciences 8.4%
Education 7.9%
Psychology 6.2%
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies 4.6%
Social Sciences 4.4%
Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs 3.5%
English Language And Literature/Letters 3.1%
History 2.5%
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting And Related Protective Services 2.0%
Mathematics And Statistics 2.0%
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 1.9%
Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services 1.9%
Physical Sciences 1.6%
Natural Resources And Conservation 0.9%
Public Administration And Social Service Professions 0.6%
Engineering 0.6%
Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics 0.4%
Philosophy And Religious Studies 0.3%

Cost

Tuition
$33,530.00

Percentage Students Receiving Aid
79.80%

Average Net Cost After Aid
$22,917.00

Admissions

SAT Scores

1175 Composite Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 620 570 520
Verbal 633 577 520

ACT Scores

24 Cumulative Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 26 23 20
English 27 24 20