Baldwin Wallace University known as BW is a private, independent liberal arts and sciences college in Berea, Ohio, United States, offering bachelor's and master's degrees, certificates, and professional education programs. The university was established in 1845 as Baldwin Institute by Methodist representative John Baldwin.
BW has two campus areas. Other than the primary campus in Berea, Baldwin Wallace offers classes at Corporate College East, a division of Cuyahoga Community College in Warrensville Heights, Ohio. The site concentrates on the educational needs of working adults and their employers, enlisting students in undergrad, graduate, and executive education courses. Today BW has around 3,532 students, 2,740 full-time undergraduate students, and 172 part-time undergraduate students and 620 graduate/professional students.
BW admits students all throughout Ohio and also students from everywhere throughout the United States and internationally. Baldwin Wallace offers more than eighty majors and several cooperative and pre-professional programs. Evening and weekend programs incorporate 10 major, 2 certificate programs, and 4 professional post-baccalaureate programs. For undergrad programs, these majors lead to one of the degrees— Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Science in Education, Bachelor of Music, Bachelor of Music in Education, or Bachelor of Science in Nursing. Besides, BW also offers master's degree programs in Business: master of business administration (MBA), master of accountancy (MAcc), and master of arts in management (MAM); Education: master of arts in education (MAEd) and leadership in higher education (LHE); Health Sciences: physician assistant (PA), public health (MPH) and speech-language pathology (SLP). BW offers programmes and courses online too. It has 227 full-time faculties and the student-faculty ratio at the university is 11:1.
Other than the campus study, students likewise have the chance to expand their perspectives through various off-campus study programs. Liberal arts stay at the focal point of the academic program and there are opportunities to explore career options and develop professional skills. BW is notable in the midwest for its training, business, and sustainability programs. The Financial aid covers the wide scope of grants, scholarships, advances, and work-study help offered to students to help bring down their money-related obligation while going to BW. Sources of financial aid incorporate federal and state government programs, BW itself, and different awards from high schools, civic organizations, public agencies, and private foundations. A few types of help are need-based, with eligibility determined by an evaluation of family need. Other types of help are merit-based and recognize academic or ability-related student accomplishments.
Some notable alumni include former OSU Football coach Jim Tressel and his father Lee Tressel. The former NFL player and first Atlanta Falcons head coach Norb Hecker. The list also includes astronaut Robert F. Overmyer, the famous TV commentator and International Tennis Hall of Fame inductee Bud Collins, James Lawson who was a civil rights leader and Olympian Harrison Dillard.