Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia, was chartered on December 23, 1836, as Georgia Female College and opened on January 7, 1839. It was renamed Wesleyan Female College in 1843 and took its current name in 1917. It is described as the first college in the world chartered to grant degrees to women, and it has the world's oldest alumnae association, begun in 1859. The Adelphean Society (1851, now Alpha Delta Pi) and the Philomathean Society (1852, now Phi Mu) began here as the first sororities. The 200-acre campus on Forsyth Road is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Undergraduate women number around 600, with a small coed graduate population. The Wolves have competed in NCAA Division III and are due to move to the NAIA in 2026-27. Degrees offered are the BA, BS and BSN, across 25 majors.
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4760 Forsyth Rd, Macon, GA 31210, United States, Georgia
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