Calumet College Of Saint Joseph

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

Calumet College of St. Joseph, also known as CCSJ, is a private university located in Whiting, Indiana, USA. CCSJ has additional campuses located in Chicago, Illinois, and Merrillville, Indiana. The college was founded in the year 1951. The college offers undergraduate, accelerated programs and graduate degree programs in several subjects including business management, accounting and forensic accounting. CCSG enrolls an impressive number of international students.

CCSJ has an active campus life. There are several clubs and organizations operating in the campus. Creative Writing Club, Black Student Union, Booster Club and Media & Fine Arts Club are some of the student operated clubs in the college campus. Against the Grain' is a literary Magazine which is published by the students. Apart from this, the college also has an active Greek life with several on-campus sororities and fraternities.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Roman Catholic religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in security and law enforcement and business and management.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• High male/female ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, General.

Features of note:

• Open admission; accepts all qualified candidates.
• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• 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 1,213 in 2009-2010 (997 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 88% of enrolled students and graduate students are 12%.

Students under 25 years old represent 39% of the student body. About 24% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Room and Board

On-campus housing is not available.

Athletics

The school is in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 74 male students received the aid (men were 60% of those receiving aid) and 49 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 40% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Calumet College offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Master.

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Single Postbaccalaureate (Fields Other Than Education And Business).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (76 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business Administration, Management and Operations
• Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (6 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (33 awarded)

• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Secondary Education and Teaching

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (5 awarded)

• Human Services

LAW (8 awarded)

• Legal Assistant/Paralegal

LIBERAL ARTS (15 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Social Sciences

MEDIA (1 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (1 awarded)

• Health/Health Care Administration/Management

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (3 awarded)

• Intermedia/Multimedia

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (4 awarded)

• Religion/Religious Studies

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (173 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (4 awarded)

• Psychology