History
Oklahoma Wesleyan University was founded by the Wesleyan Church to provide higher education within a Christian environment for Wesleyan youth. Bartlesville Wesleyan College, its predecessor, was founded on the campus in Bartlesville, Oklahoma from a series of mergers of several schools. In August 2001 Bartlesville Wesleyan College became Oklahoma Wesleyan University. Oklahoma Wesleyan has ranked very well in Reports by various organizations. Oklahoma Wesleyan was ranked by CBS money watch as having the number 1 professor staff in the nation in 2011.
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