Academics
Westmont is ranked #90 in the U.S. News & World Report "America's Best Colleges 2012" list of liberal arts colleges. The Templeton Foundation has recognized Westmont as one of the nation’s top 100 colleges committed to character development.
| University rankings | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| Forbes | 75 |
| Global | |
| Liberal arts colleges | |
| U.S. News & World Report | 90 |
| Washington Monthly | 170 |
Westmont offers 26 majors, including: alternative major, art, biology, chemistry, communication studies, computer science, economics and business, education program, engineering physics, English, history, European studies, kinesiology, liberal studies, mathematics, modern languages (English, French, German, and Spanish), music, philosophy, physical education, physics, political science, psychology, religious studies, social science, sociology / anthropology, and theatre arts.
The student/faculty ratio is 12 to 1; 96 percent of tenured and tenure-track faculty have earned terminal degrees. The average class size is 18 students. The students come from 25 states, 11 countries, and 33 Christian denominations. The graduation rate in 4 years is 87 percent.
The majors are not impacted, therefore students are able to change majors easily. Students aren't required to declare their major until the end of their sophomore year so as to graduate on time.
The weekly student newspaper is the "Horizon." It can be found online on its website.
Each summer, Westmont hosts a number of summer programs including the Summer Science Program, which teaches astronomy to high school students. The Westmont campus features a 24-inch telescope.
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“Almost all scholarly research carries practical and political implications. Better that we should spell these out ourselves than leave that task to people with a vested interest in stressing only some of the implications and falsifying others. The idea that academics should remain “above the fray” only gives ideologues license to misuse our work.”
—Stephanie Coontz (b. 1944)
“Our first line of defense in raising children with values is modeling good behavior ourselves. This is critical. How will our kids learn tolerance for others if our hearts are filled with hate? Learn compassion if we are indifferent? Perceive academics as important if soccer practice is a higher priority than homework?”
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