University is a private liberal arts university with campuses in Wingate and Hendersonville, North Carolina. Although affiliated with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, the university's materials identify it as promoting "Judeo-Christian principles", and there is no faith requirement for admission to, or employment at, the university.
The university enrolls more than 3,450 students. It offers 37 undergraduate majors as well as seven master's and five doctoral degrees. Academic programs are housed in the Cannon College of Arts and Sciences; the Levine College of Health Sciences; the Byrum School of Business; and the College of Professional Studies, which includes the Thayer School of Education and the School of Sport Sciences.
== History ==
In 1896, Wingate University began as The Wingate School, a primary and secondary institution founded by the Baptist Associations of Union County, North Carolina, and Chesterfield County, South Carolina, in response to a dearth of locally available public schools.
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