Dupage Policy Journal

About 12.8 percent of the 771 degrees and certificates handed out by Wheaton College in 2017-18 were to students in theology and religious vocations programs, making them the most popular programs that year, according to the latest disclosure from the U.S. Department of Education.

The agency's National Center for Education Statistics shows the private not-for-profit institution in Wheaton conferred 50 master's degrees and 43 bachelor's degrees in theology and religious vocations programs.

But the single most popular program was for a bachelor's degree in business/managerial economics. Data shows the school gave out 73 bachelor's degrees in business/managerial economics, followed by 47 bachelor's degrees in speech communication and rhetoric and 42 bachelor's degrees in general health services/allied health/health sciences.

The college enrolled 2,944 students for 2017-18, including 2,401 in undergraduate programs and 543 in graduate programs.

Program	Bachelor's degrees awarded	Graduate and professional degrees awarded	Total degrees and certificates awarded	Percent of total
Theology/Theological Studies	-	35	35
Bible/Biblical Studies	33	-	33
Religious Education	10	14	24
Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology	-	7	7
Theology and Religious Vocations total	43	56	99	12.8
Economics, General	27	-	27
International Relations and Affairs	23	-	23
Sociology	16	-	16
Anthropology	16	-	16
Political Science and Government, General	10	-	10
Archeology	2	2	4
Urban Studies/Affairs	1	-	1
Social Sciences total	95	2	97	12.6
Clinical Psychology	-	49	49
Psychology, General	39	-	39
Psychology, Other	-	-	-
Community Psychology	-	-	-
Psychology total	39	49	88	11.4
Elementary Education and Teaching	30	-	30
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	-	27	27
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Other	-	14	14
Music Teacher Education	4	-	4
Secondary Education and Teaching	-	-	-
Education total	34	41	75	9.7
Business/Managerial Economics	73	-	73
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services total	73	-	73	9.5
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General	42	-	42
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	-	8	8
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing, Other	3	-	3
Health Professions and Related Programs total	45	8	53	6.9
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	47	-	47
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs total	47	-	47	6.1
Art/Art Studies, General	20	-	20
Music Performance, General	12	-	12
Music, Other	10	-	10
Music Pedagogy	3	-	3
Music Theory and Composition	2	-	2
Music History, Literature, and Theory	-	-	-
Music, General	-	-	-
Visual and Performing Arts total	47	-	47	6.1
English Language and Literature, General	33	-	33
English Language and Literature/Letters total	33	-	33	4.3
Biology/Biological Sciences, General	32	-	32
Biological And Biomedical Sciences total	32	-	32	4.2
Chemistry, General	18	-	18
Physics, General	7	-	7
Geology/Earth Science, General	2	-	2
Physical Sciences total	27	-	27	3.5
Mathematics, General	18	-	18
Applied Mathematics, General	6	-	6
Mathematics and Statistics total	24	-	24	3.1
Spanish Language and Literature	12	-	12
French Language and Literature	3	-	3
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other	3	-	3
German Language and Literature	-	-	-
Chinese Language and Literature	-	-	-
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics total	18	-	18	2.3
Philosophy	17	-	17
Philosophy and Religious Studies total	17	-	17	2.2
Computer Science	10	-	10
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services total	10	-	10	1.3
Engineering, Other	10	-	10
Engineering total	10	-	10	1.3
History, General	10	-	10
History total	10	-	10	1.3
Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies	-	4	4
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	2	-	2
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies total	2	4	6	0.8
Environmental Science	5	-	5
Environmental Studies	-	-	-
Natural Resources and Conservation total	5	-	5	0.6