Illinois Wesleyan University is located in Bloomington, McLean County, IL, and has an enrollment of about 2050. Student housing is available for 1771.
The University is composed of the College of Liberal Arts, the College of Fine Arts, and the School of Nursing.
Kiplinger's ranks IWU 12th among 1600 private colleges in delivering quality education at an affordable price while U.S. News and World Report rates IWU a "best buy".
John Wesley Powell, one of the founders of the National Geographic Society, was a professor here in the 1860's. He was the first to lead students on expeditions outside "normal" boundaries, taking them to study in the Colorado Rockies.
