Tennessee Wesleyan College

Tennessee Wesleyan College is a small university founded in 1857, located in the city of Athens in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is affiliated with the Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church. The college is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate and master's degrees of business, fine arts, humanities, natural and social sciences as well as nursing, other career-related areas, and teacher certification. In February 2016, the school announced that they would change their name to Tennessee Wesleyan University, effective July 1st, 2016. Current enrollment is over 1,100 students, and the student-to-faculty ratio is 12:1. Tennessee Wesleyan also maintains a branch campus in Knoxville, where it offers evening programs in business administration. It also conducts its nursing classes in Knoxville.