Beloit College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a small suburb.

Overview

Founded in 1846, Beloit College is located in Beloit, Wisconsin, United States. This college is Wisconsin’s oldest post secondary education institution and was established by the Friends for Education group. The campus is spread over an area of more than 60 acres. Degree and certificate programs are offered to students in the following academic divisions:

Comparative Literature

The list of student clubs and organizations in Beloit College includes Belly Dance Club, Habitat for Humanity, Humans Earth and animals Living Together Harmoniously, Outdoor Environmental Club, Model United Nations, Beloit College AIDS Network, and Beloit College Democrats. The college is a Midwest Conference member, NCAA in Division III. The athletic teams are nicknamed as The Buccaneers.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

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

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• 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 1,388 in 2009-2010 (1,283 full-time equivalent).

About 41% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 59% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 97% 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

Beloit provides on-campus housing for 1,140 of its 1,283 (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

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

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (0 awarded)

• Visual and Performing Arts

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (6 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (1 awarded)

• Computer Science

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (5 awarded)

• Environmental Studies

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (14 awarded)

• Acting
• Dance
• Directing and Theatrical Production
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts
• Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
• Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (7 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Education
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education

ENGINEERING (0 awarded)

• Engineering

FINE ARTS (19 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (145 awarded)

• Anthropology
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Comparative Literature
• Creative Writing
• East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• Economics
• English Language and Literature/Letters
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
• French Language and Literature
• German Language and Literature
• History
• International Relations and Affairs
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Russian Language and Literature
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (2 awarded)

• Mathematics

MUSIC (2 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (0 awarded)

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (13 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (56 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biological and Biomedical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
• Geology/Earth Science
• Molecular Biology
• Physics
• Science, Technology and Society

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (12 awarded)

• Psychology