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About Wilkes University

Wilkes University is a private, non-denominational American university located in Wilkes-Barre, which is a city in the northeastern part of the US state of Pennsylvania, serving as the county seat of Luzerne County, with a population of more than 43 000 inhabitants, at the time of the 2000 census.

The university was established in 1933 and first started as a satellite campus of Bucknell University, in 1940, becoming an independent institution, naming itself Wilkes College, after English radical politician John Wilkes, achieving university status in 1990.

Wilkes offers its students major and minors, in various areas of study, through the College of Art, Humanities & Social Sciences, College of Graduate and Professional Studies, College of Science and Engineering, School of Education, Jay S. Sidhu School of Business and Leadership, and Nesbitt College of Pharmacy & School of Nursing.

Athletics

Wilkes' athletic teams are known as the Colonels and they compete in NCAA Division III, as members of the Middle Atlantic Conference, in all sports except wrestling, which is a member of the Metropolitan Wrestling Conference. Their distinctive colors are blue and gold.

Quick Facts

Address: 84 West South Street, Wilkes-Barre, PA.

Student/Faculty Ratio: 15:1.

Average Class Size: freshmen classes, 22 students; upper-level classes, 17 students; graduate classes, 15 students.

Campus Size: Urban, 27 acres.

Motto: `Unity Amidst Diversity`.