About Daniel Webster College

ABOUT US

Daniel Webster College (DWC) was a college in Nashua, New Hampshire, United States, that operated from 1965 through 2017. It was a private, nonprofit college for most of its existence until being purchased in 2009 by ITT Educational Services, Inc., which changed the school to a for-profit model.


The main campus was located on 54 acres (22 ha) next to Nashua Airport. There were three academic buildings, a gymnasium, and an auditorium on the main campus in Nashua. Residences included four traditional dormitories and 15 townhouse-style residences.


The school offered 17 campus-based B.S. degree programs, and 9 online degree programs including the M.B.A. The school was accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. Daniel Webster's aeronautical engineering and mechanical engineering programs were accredited by ABET (the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc.).


The Daniel Webster Eagles comprised fifteen NCAA Division III varsity athletic teams. Daniel Webster College was a charter member of the New England Collegiate Conference (NECC) and a member of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC). The men's teams were baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, and volleyball; the women's teams were basketball, cross country, field hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, and volleyball. The college once also had teams in wrestling and women's ice hockey. Indoor sports were played at the Mario Vagge Gymnasium. The campus has fields for baseball, softball, and soccer/lacrosse/field hockey. Ice hockey was played off-campus at a municipal rink.