Butler University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

Butler University was established 1855 by Ovid Butler, abolitionist and attorney. This university is located in Indianapolis, Indiana and enrolls more than 4,000 students on an annual basis. The campus covers a total area of over 290 acres. The students of Butler University are offered more than 60 degree programs in 5 colleges which are:

• Business Administration
• Education
• Jordan College of Fine Arts
• Liberal arts and Sciences
• Pharmacy and Health Sciences

The university has several Greek organizations including Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Chi, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Delta Tau Delta and Alpha Phi Alpha. The notable alumni of this university includes Peter Lupus, actor and body builder; George Ryan, Former Illinois Governor; and Lance McAllister, Cincinnati talk show host. The students take part in active sports offered by the university such as basketball, softball, cross country and soccer.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

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

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Masters Colleges and Universities I.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 4,438 in 2009-2010 (3,973 full-time equivalent).

About 39% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 61% of the class.

Undergrads are 79% of enrolled students, graduate students are 16%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 5%.

Students under 25 years old represent 87% of the student body. About 2% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 100% are full-time and 0% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Butler provides on-campus housing for 2,026 of its 3,973 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Athletics

School sports include football (Pioneer Football League), basketball (Horizon League), baseball (Horizon League), and track (Horizon League).

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 103 male students received the aid (men were 54% of those receiving aid) and 87 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 46% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Butler offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Professional Practice).

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate With Arts & Sciences (Business Dominant).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (16 awarded)

• Arts Management

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (207 awarded)

• Accounting
• Actuarial Science
• Business Administration and Management
• Finance
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (11 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences
• Information Science/Studies

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (25 awarded)

• Dance
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (133 awarded)

• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Music Teacher Education
• Secondary Education and Teaching

LIBERAL ARTS (108 awarded)

• Anthropology
• Creative Writing
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• General Studies
• German Language and Literature
• History
• International Relations and Affairs
• Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies

MATHEMATICS (6 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (73 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia
• Journalism
• Radio and Television
• Recording Arts Technology/Technician

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (96 awarded)

• Physician Assistant

MEDICINE (129 awarded)

• Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada])

MUSIC (27 awarded)

• Conducting
• Music Performance
• Music Theory and Composition
• Music
• Piano and Organ

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (8 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (61 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Science, Technology and Society

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (5 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Safety Studies
• Criminology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (39 awarded)

• Communication Disorders
• Psychology