Academics
Westminster College has produced four Rhodes Scholars, two Truman Scholars, and a Marshall Scholar in its over 160-year history. Students can choose from 36 majors, 34 minors and 12 pre-professional programs at Westminster College. However, they can also choose to design their own course of study, tailoring a major or minor to their specific interests and goals. Westminster continuously works to challenge its students in order to prepare them for lives of success. For higher achieving students, the Westminster College Honors Program provides high impact and deep learning opportunities. Westminster’s Cadaver Program, beginning as a small independent study in the Fall of 2005, as evolved into a great opportunity for pre-med, biology, and psychology students. Select students get to explore the anatomy of the human body through scientific dissection. Westminster provides students the opportunity to continue learning into the summer with the 3-week long May Term and the 6-week long Online Classes during summer holidays.
There are 62 full-time faculty members and most hold the highest degree awarded in their fields. Students can work with faculty members on research and students & faculty form lifelong relationships at Westminster. The student-faculty ratio at Westminster College is 16:1.
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