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Barton College, a four-year, private, liberal arts college, believes in college on a first-name basis. Providing students with a strong academic focus and opportunities for leadership development, Barton unites its smaller size with an intentional application of collaborative learning in every aspect of the students’ college experience.

 

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Founded in 1902

Barton College is a four-year, private, liberal arts college located in Wilson, N.C.

The Barton Experience focuses on academic excellence within a wide range of professional and liberal arts programs leading to baccalaureate and graduate degrees, including master’s degrees.

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#6

Best Value Regional Colleges (South)
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New Undergraduate Programs
Accounting, Electronic Arts, and Pharmaceutical Chemistry

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#10

Best Regional Colleges (South)
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95%

of Barton College students complete an internship, undergraduate research, or field experience

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BEST Undergraduate Teaching Regional Colleges (South)
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New Academic Calendar including 8 Bulldog Days and a January Term with distinctive and engaging experiences

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Best Regional Colleges (South)
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New Graduate Programs
in Education, Criminology, Criminal Justice Sciences, and Kinesiology

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10

Best Regional Colleges (South)
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New Graduate Programs
in Education, Criminology, Criminal Justice Sciences, and Kinesiology

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History

Nationally recognized through academics and athletics, Barton College is a community of learners freely examining the intellectual and cultural experiences of an interdependent world to understand humanity’s rich heritage and to improve the quality of all existence.

Vision

Barton College takes advantage of its smaller size and its historic commitment to students to create a unique undergraduate experience centered on a passionate belief in a community of active learners. Barton graduates will be well-prepared for life and for success in their chosen careers because they will possess a lifelong commitment to learning, service, and achievement. We will gain national recognition for the value of the Barton experience.

Mission

Barton College is committed to providing programs and opportunities to encourage the intellectual, spiritual, social, and cultural development of its students and to challenge them for future leadership and service to their local and global communities.

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At Barton, we meet you where you are and get you to where you want to be. Your personal and academic goals become our goals to help you plan the best path to achieve your aspirations. There are lots of opportunities for you to follow your specific interests.

A strong foundation of knowledge

Becoming a critical care transport nurse, whether you transport patients in a helicopter or in an ambulance, isn’t something that you can achieve overnight. It takes time and experience. Most important, you have to have a strong foundation of knowledge to build on, and that’s what Barton gave me.

Hillary Manning

Class of 2006 • Critical Care Transport Nurse

I use the skills I learned at Barton

The small, intimate classes prepared me to teach my content area, manage a classroom, and uphold the teaching standards. I also cultivated lasting relationships with my professors. Years later one still serves as my mentor. Now, as a principal, I use the skills I learned at Barton to foster creativity and growth in current classroom leaders.

Krystal Lane Cox

Class of 2007 • Principal, Wilson Academy of Applied Technology, Wilson, N.C.

You become an individual with a name

“You become an individual with a name when you walk through the doors of Barton College. Once you enroll, it becomes a home for you. Completing the RN-BSN program at Barton opened up opportunities for me to teach nursing students and to pursue my Master’s Degree in Nursing Education. Now, I am enrolled in a Doctor of Nursing Leadership Program, with plans to graduate in 2021. I am thankful for the opportunity I had to expand my education at Barton.”

Amber Williams

Class of 2016

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Helping Others Through Hard Moments: Blake Burdack ’21 on His Mental Health Career

October 10, 2025

Posted in AchievementAlumniNews

When Blake Burdack arrived at Barton College from Australia in 2017, he was focused on two things: excelling in his sport and diving deep into his studies. “I really felt like it was something that I was really hungry for,...

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Barton Art Galleries Presents Friends of the Visual Arts Fall Lecture with Writer and Critic Colony Little

September 30, 2025

Posted in Cultural ArtsEventsLecturesNews

WILSON, N.C. — September 29, 2025 — Barton Art Galleries will present the Friends of the Visual Arts Fall Lecture featuring acclaimed arts writer and critic Colony Little on Tuesday, Oct. 28, at 6 p.m. in the Case Art Building...

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Barton Art Galleries Welcomes Home Alumnus Benjamin Hawley as Fall Artist-in-Residence

September 29, 2025

Posted in Cultural ArtsEventsExhibitionsFriends of Visual ArtsNews

WILSON, N.C. — September 29, 2025 — Barton College will welcome home alumnus Benjamin Hawley as the fall 2025 artist-in-residence at the Barton Art Galleries. His exhibition, “A sentence that cannot be taken in or forgotten,” will be on view...

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