Cameron University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a small city.

Overview

Cameron University is a four-year, state-funded university located in Lawton, Oklahoma. It was founded in 1908. Its first classes were held in the basement of a bank building on November 16, 1909. The university is named after Rev. E. D. Cameron, a Baptist minister and Oklahoma’s first State Superintendent of Schools. Cameron University offers over 50 degrees through its two-year, four-year and graduate programs. Cameron is the only university in Oklahoma that offers associates, bachelors and masters degree programs at a single site.

Cameron University also offers weekdays and evening classes. It utilizes television, the Internet and a statewide fiber-optics network to provide classes around the world. The campus is home to several student clubs and organizations. It also has an active Greek life with several fraternities and sororities.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in drama and performing arts, education and teaching, music, security and law enforcement, and nutrition and exercise therapy.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of students.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Masters Colleges and Universities I.

Features of note:

• Open admission; accepts all qualified candidates.
• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• 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 5,449 in 2009-2010 (4,235 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 92% of enrolled students and graduate students are 8%.

Students under 25 years old represent 55% of the student body. About 12% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Room and Board

Cameron provides on-campus housing for 597 of its 4,235 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

The school is in the Lone Star Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 11 male students received the aid (men were 42% of those receiving aid) and 15 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 58% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

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

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

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (11 awarded)

• Agriculture

ART STUDIES (12 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (160 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Commerce
• Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
• Management Information Systems

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (7 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences
• Information Technology

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (32 awarded)

• Visual and Performing Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (140 awarded)

• Agricultural Teacher Education
• Chemistry Teacher Education
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Foreign Language Teacher Education
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Reading Teacher Education
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Social Studies Teacher Education

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (34 awarded)

• CAD/CADD Drafting and/or Design Technology/Technician
• Electrical/Electronic/Communications Engr Technology/Technician
• Engineering Technologies/Technicians
• Mechanical Drafting and Mechanical Drafting CAD/CADD

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (15 awarded)

• Child Care and Support Services Management
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences

LIBERAL ARTS (142 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
• General Studies
• History
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology

MATHEMATICS (6 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (22 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (12 awarded)

• Allied Health Diagnostic/Intervention/Treatment Professions, Oth
• Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist

MUSIC (11 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (0 awarded)

• Nursing Administration (MSN, MS, PhD)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (32 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education

SCIENCE (23 awarded)

• Biological and Physical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physics

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (90 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Police Science
• Criminology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (71 awarded)

• Psychology
• Social Psychology