Carroll College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a self-contained town.

Overview

Carroll College, founded in 1909, is located in Helena, Montana, USA. The founder of the college was the second Bishop of the Diocese. This institution is a private Catholic college of liberal arts. It was initially called Mount St. Charles College and changed to its current name in the year 1932. The college offers degrees in a broad range of subjects including Fine Arts, Computer science, Languages, and Literature.

Carroll College provides an active student life. It has various clubs and organizations for the overall development of the students. A few of these are American Society of Civic Engineers, Men Upholding the Dignity of Women on Campus (MUDWOC), Carroll Rodeo Club, and sociology club among others.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Roman Catholic religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in mathematics, science, and media.
• Large number of students.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.

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 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 1,409 in 2009-2010 (1,328 full-time equivalent).

About 38% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 62% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 85% of the student body. About 5% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Carroll College provides on-campus housing for 843 of its 1,328 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Frontier Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 112 male students received the aid (men were 67% of those receiving aid) and 54 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 33% 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 (6 awarded)

• Visual and Performing Arts

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (49 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (7 awarded)

• Computer Science

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (5 awarded)

• Environmental Studies

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (24 awarded)

• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Spanish Language Teacher Education
• Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

ENGINEERING (11 awarded)

• Civil Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (1 awarded)

• Public Administration

LIBERAL ARTS (33 awarded)

• English Composition
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• History
• International Relations and Affairs
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (9 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Mathematics

MEDIA (11 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (36 awarded)

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (11 awarded)

• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (1 awarded)

• Theology/Theological Studies

SCIENCE (36 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (18 awarded)

• Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling
• Psychology