Bennett College For Women

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

Bennet College for Women at Greensboro, North Carolina was started in 1873 and was originally a co-educational institute. In 1926, the college was converted into an all women's institute. Bennet College for Women is a historically black, four-year liberal arts college.

Bennet College for Women offers students with programs leading to bachelor’s degree. The programs cover areas such as arts management, biology, business administration, computer science, political science and journalism and media studies. The college also offers dual degree programs in engineering areas such as chemical, electrical and mechanical engineering.

Bennet College for Women has a number of recreational and cultural clubs. It also has an active Greek life consisting of a number of Greek letter organizations as well as a student government association. The college has its basketball team which is nicknamed as the Belles.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• United Methodist religious affiliation.
• Historically black college.
• Many students concentrating in family and social work, media, science, art studies, and therapy and counseling.
• High female/male ratio.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Selective admissions.
• 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: 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.
• ROTC.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Bennett is a historically black college.

Student enrollment was 689 in 2009-2010 (678 full-time equivalent).

women were 100% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 97% of the student body. About 0% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 98% are full-time and 2% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

Room and Board

Bennett provides on-campus housing for 536 of its 678 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

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

Athletics

The school is in the Division III Independents 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 (3 awarded)

• Arts Management
• Visual and Performing Arts

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (9 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (1 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (8 awarded)

• Education/Teaching of Individuals with Mental Retardation
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (15 awarded)

• Social Work

LIBERAL ARTS (24 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government

MEDIA (13 awarded)

• Mass Communication/Media Studies

SCIENCE (11 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (15 awarded)

• Psychology