Alice Lloyd College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a quiet rural area.

Overview

Alice Lloyd College, which is based in Pippa Passes, Kentucky, is a four-year liberal arts work college that was founded in 1923 by the journalist Alice Spencer Geddes Lloyd and June Buchanan. The objective in starting this school was to provide education locally to the leaders of the Appalachian region. They originally named it Caney Junior College.

Alice Lloyd College is one of the eight existing work colleges in the US. It requires its students to participate in a work-study program which involves working for a minimum of 10 hours per week. The tuition of Students eligible for admission at the college and coming from any of 108 counties within the Appalachian region of Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee and Ohio is paid through the Appalachian Leaders College Scholarship.

Alice Lloyd College participates in the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and sponsors teams for basketball, baseball, softball, cross country and cheerleading. Its athletic teams are called the Eagles.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in science, education and teaching, and liberal arts.
• High yield: the portion of accepted students who enroll.
• Selective admissions.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• Large number of programs of study offered.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, General.

Features of note:

• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Part-time classes are available.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 609 in 2009-2010 (612 full-time equivalent).

About 58% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 42% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 96% of the student body. About 1% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Alice Lloyd provides on-campus housing for 490 of its 612 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 17 meals weekly.

Athletics

The school is in the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 16 male students received the aid (men were 57% of those receiving aid) and 12 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 43% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (16 awarded)

• Business/Commerce

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (18 awarded)

• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Social Studies Teacher Education

LIBERAL ARTS (24 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• History
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Social Sciences

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (3 awarded)

• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

SCIENCE (27 awarded)

• Biological and Physical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences