Fast FactsFounded in 1933, Wilkes University is a private, co-ed, comprehensive institution.
 The university is located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Wilkes-Barre is located in Northeastern Pennsylvania, on the
western edge of the Pocono Mountains Region. It is the county seat of Luzerne County and has a population of about 50,000 people. Our campus encompasses thirty-three acres and includes
eight academic buildings, 20 residence halls, nine administrative buildings, the Eugene S. Farley Library, the Henry Student Center, Annette Evans Alumni and Faculty House, Sordoni Art Gallery, Burns Alumni Bell Tower and Carillon, Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts, President's Home, Arnaud C. Marts Sports and Conference Center (with the Frank M. and Dorothea Henry Gymnasium), Ralston Field Athletic Sports Complex, Munson Fieldhouse, and the Allan P. Kirby Center for Free Enterprise and Entrepreneurship. Academically, our calendar includes two fifteen-week semesters, with
optional sessions held during the summer and winter (January) breaks. Our Master's in Creative Writing program follows a different calendar.
Our enrollment includes about 2,200 full-time
undergraduate students from 19 states and 13 foreign countries. 90% of our faculty have earned their
Ph.D. or highest degree; 15:1 student:faculty ratio. Our average undergraduate class sizes are
freshmen classes, 22 students; upper-level classes, 17 students; graduate classes, 15 students. Our library facilities include
more than 220,000 volumes of books and bound journals; 1,100 current journals; 800,000 microforms. We have 16 National Honor Societies.
For current costs
please check the Financial Aid area of our site for the most current information. More than 95% of full-time undergraduate students receive some form of financial aid.
More than 98% of freshmen receive aid. Merit and need-based aid is available. They include our University, Presidential, Achievement, Transfer. Per our varsity athletics programs.
we are NCAA Division III in men's and women's intercollegiate sports. We are also a member of the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) and the Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC). Individual admissions decisions are based upon secondary-school or
preparatory-school record, class rank, and results of the SAT/ACT examination. Interviews are not required but are highly recommended. |
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