Asbury College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a town not far from a more urbanized area.

Overview

Asbury College, founded in 1890, is a Christian liberal arts institution located in Wilmore, Kentucky. The college campus is spread across an area of 65 acres. It offers associate's, bachelor’s, master's degree and degree completion programs on a wide range of subjects with over 40 majors, some of which include:

• Education
• Social Work
• Arts
• Science

The College also offers alternative certification programs, Internships, exchange programs.

Asbury College has an active campus life. It has several clubs and organizations operating within the campus. The student's Congress is one such organization which organizes several student activities like Fall Variety Show, Homecoming, movies in the Student Center and battle of the bands. The student's clubs also organize adventure programs which include a challenge course and adventure race.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in media, music, fine arts, mathematics, drama and performing arts, and religion and philosophy.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of students.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.

School characteristics:

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

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 1,550 in 2009-2010 (1,386 full-time equivalent).

About 37% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 63% of the class.

Undergrads are 91% of enrolled students and graduate students are 9%.

Students under 25 years old represent 80% of the student body. About 6% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Asbury provides on-campus housing for 1,168 of its 1,386 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 20 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, 20 male students received the aid (men were 38% of those receiving aid) and 33 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 62% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Asbury offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Master.

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Single Postbaccalaureate (Education).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ANIMAL SCIENCE AND CARE (2 awarded)

• Equestrian/Equine Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (35 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Commerce

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (2 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (41 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Educational/Instructional Media Design
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Special Education and Teaching
• Teacher Education, Multiple Levels
• Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (9 awarded)

• Social Work

FINE ARTS (14 awarded)

• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (63 awarded)

• Ancient Near Eastern/Biblical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Creative Writing
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• History
• Latin Language and Literature
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies

MATHEMATICS (6 awarded)

• Computational Mathematics
• Mathematics and Statistics
• Mathematics

MEDIA (57 awarded)

• Journalism
• Radio and Television Broadcasting Technology/Technician

MEDICINE (0 awarded)

• Health/Medical Preparatory Programs

MUSIC (10 awarded)

• Music Management and Merchandising
• Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (9 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education
• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management
• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (32 awarded)

• Bible/Biblical Studies
• Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology
• Philosophy
• Religious Education
• Theological and Ministerial Studies
• Youth Ministry

SCIENCE (12 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physical Sciences

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (15 awarded)

• Psychology