Reputation
Wheaton College is consistently ranked amongst the top liberal arts colleges by various publications. For 2011, a national collective of guidance counselors ranked Wheaton among the top 50 liberal arts colleges in the country, while U.S. News & World Report ranked it 59th in Best Liberal Arts Colleges. The Princeton Review also recognizes Wheaton as a standout Northeastern college and as one of the 373 best colleges in the United States, while College Prowler ranks Wheaton as one of the top 114 schools in academics. Since 2000, over 130 prestigious scholarships have gone to Wheaton students, including 3 Rhodes Scholarships. In 2011 Newsweek/The Daily Beast placed Wheaton at number 19 of 25 in their "Braniacs" schools ranking.
Wheaton has an equally impressive reputation for athletics. It is ranked as one of the top 50 NCAA Division III institutions in the final United States Sports Academy (USSA) Directors' Cup standings. Of 420 schools competing in Division III, Wheaton ranks seventh in New England for an annual program that recognizes the best overall collegiate athletics programs in the country. Among 312 scoring institutions, the Wheaton Lyons tallied 338.5 points, placing them at 48th place nationally.
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