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Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1831 as a men's college under the Methodist Episcopal Church and with the support of prominent residents of Middletown. It became a secular, coeducational institution.

Identifiers

OPEID6 Six-digit base OPE ID (without the two-digit branch suffix)
1424
OPEID Office of Postsecondary Education Identifier, used for federal financial aid program participation
142400
IPEDS UNITID Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System identifier assigned by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
130697
DAPIP ID Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs identifier from the U.S. Department of Education
108630

Location

Middletown, CT, 6459

41.554665, -72.657146

Accreditation

New England Commission on Higher Education

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