Austin College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a small city.

Overview

Austin College, established in 1849, is a private liberal arts college located in Sherman, Texas, United States. Austin College is spread across an area of 70 acres. The college offers bachelor's and master's degree in the following academic divisions:

• Anthropology
• Business Administration
• Chemistry

It also offers distinctive learning programs, interdisciplinary studies, pre- professional programs, majors and minors in several subjects.

U.S. News & World Report (2006) ranked Austin College among the top 100 colleges in the category of "Best Liberal Arts Colleges".

Austin College has an active campus life. It operates several student clubs and organizations which organizes wellness programs. The college also operates sororities and fraternities which include Alpha Delta Chi, Chi, Chi Delta Eta and Gamma Gamma Gamma. ‘The AC Observer’ is the student newspaper which is published bi-monthly. Apart from this the college also organizes several religious programs.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Presbyterian Church (USA) religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in mathematics, liberal arts, art studies, science, and therapy and counseling.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of students.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High faculty salary.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: 4-1-4 plan.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, Liberal Arts.

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.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 1,298 in 2009-2010 (1,329 full-time equivalent).

About 48% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 52% of the class.

Undergrads are 97% of enrolled students and graduate students are 3%.

Students under 25 years old represent 99% of the student body. About 0% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Austin College provides on-campus housing for 951 of its 1,329 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 19 meals weekly.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

Austin College 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)

ART STUDIES (11 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (46 awarded)

• Business/Commerce

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (1 awarded)

• Computer Science

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (4 awarded)

• Environmental Studies

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (23 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Drama and Dance Teacher Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Speech Teacher Education

LIBERAL ARTS (119 awarded)

• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• German Language and Literature
• History
• International Economics
• International Relations and Affairs
• Latin American Studies
• Latin Language and Literature
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (11 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (14 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MUSIC (0 awarded)

• Music

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (11 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (37 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (52 awarded)

• Psychology