Briarwood College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

Briarwood College, also referred to as Briarwood, is a private associate's college in Southington, Connecticut that was founded as the Briarwood Secretarial School in 1966. The name was changed to Briarwood College in 1979. The campus is over 40 acres.

The college offers associate’s degree, bachelor’s degree and certificate programs in diverse areas of study. It is well-known for its programs in occupational therapy assistance, mortuary science, criminal justice, and dental hygiene.

Briarwood College has numerous student organizations including Cheerleaders, Student Government, Health Club, Dorm Council, SOTA (Student Occupational Therapy Association), Psi Beta (national honor society in psychology), and Student Ambassadors. The sports teams, which are known as the Wildcats, compete in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA)’s Division III level.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in nutrition and exercise therapy, media, security and law enforcement, hospitality, and funeral and mortuary science.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High female/male ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Associates Colleges.

Features of note:

• Open admission; accepts all qualified candidates.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 702 in 2009-2010 (353 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 61% of the student body. About 12% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Room and Board

Briarwood provides on-campus housing for 210 of its 353 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (14 awarded)

• Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping
• Business, Management, Marketing & Related Support Services
• Fashion Merchandising
• General Merchandising/Sales/Related Marketing Operations

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (4 awarded)

• Child Care and Support Services Management

FUNERAL AND MORTUARY SCIENCE (11 awarded)

• Funeral Service and Mortuary Science

HOSPITALITY (3 awarded)

• Hotel/Motel Administration/Management
• Tourism and Travel Services Management

LAW (4 awarded)

• Legal Administrative Assistant/Secretary
• Legal Assistant/Paralegal

LIBERAL ARTS (3 awarded)

• General Studies

MEDIA (5 awarded)

• Communications Technologies/Technicians & Support Services
• Radio and Television Broadcasting Technology/Technician

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (6 awarded)

• Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician
• Medical Administrative/Executive Assistant and Medical Secretary
• Medical Office Management/Administration
• Medical Transcription/Transcriptionist

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (36 awarded)

• Dental Assisting/Assistant
• Dental Hygiene/Hygienist
• Medical/Clinical Assistant
• Nuclear Medical Technology/Technologist
• Pharmacy Technician/Assistant

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (9 awarded)

• Dietitian Assistant
• Occupational Therapist Assistant

OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION (3 awarded)

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
• Executive Assistant/Executive Secretary

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (12 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration
• Criminal Justice/Safety Studies