Brewton-Parker College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a rural area.

Overview

Brewton-Parker College is a four-year college located in Mount Vernon, Georgia. It was established in 1904. The BPC campus is spread across an area of 280 acres. The college offers bachelor’s programs in several different fields, including arts and sciences. In addition, the college also offers teacher education and ministry programs.

BPC has an active student life. There are several clubs and organizations operated on campus, including drama club, choral club, the Council of Intramural Activities, the Circle K, Rotaract, Alpha Omega Campus Ministry, Student Activities Council and the Baptist Campus Ministry. The school’s Students Government Association organizes several educational and cultural activities throughout the yea.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Baptist religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in liberal arts, music, education and teaching, and family and social work.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of students.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.

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.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• 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 1,017 in 2009-2010 (870 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 66% of the student body. About 11% 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)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Brewton-Parker College provides on-campus housing for 424 of its 870 (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

The school is in the Georgia-Alabama-Carolina Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 120 male students received the aid (men were 63% of those receiving aid) and 70 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 37% 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)

ART STUDIES (0 awarded)

• Visual and Performing Arts

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (25 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Commerce

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (1 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (33 awarded)

• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Social Studies Teacher Education
• Teacher Education/Profess Development, Levels & Methods

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (12 awarded)

• Human Services

LIBERAL ARTS (58 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• General Studies
• History
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (0 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (7 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MUSIC (4 awarded)

• Music Performance
• Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (9 awarded)

• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (12 awarded)

• Bible/Biblical Studies
• Christian Studies
• Religion/Religious Studies
• Religious/Sacred Music

SCIENCE (2 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (8 awarded)

• Psychology