Carson-Newman College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a small suburb.

Overview

Carson-Newman College is a Baptist, liberal arts college located in Jefferson City, Tennessee, United States. This private college was established in 1851 as the Mossy Creek Missionary Baptist Seminary. It became a college within a few years and was named Carson College in 1880. In 1889, Carson College merged with Newman College, which was an all women's school, and formed the first coeducational institute in the South. Carson-Newman College currently sits on a 100-acre campus. It offers enrollment to more than 1,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students every year.

Carson-Newman College offers various graduate and undergraduate programs of study. Students can opt for courses in art, athletic training, biochemistry, child and family studies, business, sociology, religion, computer science, film studies, nursing, languages, mathematics, and history, among others.

Students of Carson-Newman College are involved in a number of clubs and organizations such as the Council for Exceptional Children, Kappa Delta Pi, and Student Tennessee Education Association.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Baptist religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in music, nursing and emergency medicine, education and teaching, therapy and counseling, religion and philosophy, and family and social work.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.

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 have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• 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 2,032 in 2009-2010 (2,025 full-time equivalent).

About 49% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 51% of the class.

Undergrads are 77% of enrolled students and graduate students are 23%.

Students under 25 years old represent 85% of the student body. About 4% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Carson Newman provides on-campus housing for 1,290 of its 2,025 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 21 meals weekly.

Athletics

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

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 160 male students received the aid (men were 67% of those receiving aid) and 78 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 33% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

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

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate Professional (Education Dominant).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (0 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (41 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing/Marketing Management
• Small Business Administration/Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (6 awarded)

• Computer Science
• Computer and Information Sciences

DESIGN (6 awarded)

• Graphic Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (1 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (91 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Biology Teacher Education
• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Elementary and Middle School Administration/Principalship
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education
• French Language Teacher Education
• History Teacher Education
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Spanish Language Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching
• Teacher Education, Multiple Levels
• Teacher Education/Profess Development, Levels & Methods
• Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

ENGINEERING (0 awarded)

• Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (25 awarded)

• Child Development
• Consumer Economics
• Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management
• Consumer Services and Advocacy
• Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies
• Housing and Human Environments
• Human Services

FINE ARTS (2 awarded)

• Painting

LIBERAL ARTS (23 awarded)

• Ancient Near Eastern/Biblical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Creative Writing
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
• General Studies
• History
• International Economics
• Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (1 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (10 awarded)

• Advertising
• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Journalism
• Mass Communication/Media Studies
• Public Relations/Image Management
• Radio, Television, and Digital Communication

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (1 awarded)

• Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management

MEDICINE (16 awarded)

• Health/Medical Preparatory Programs

MUSIC (14 awarded)

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

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (75 awarded)

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

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (12 awarded)

• Athletic Training/Trainer
• Kinesiology and Exercise Science
• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (3 awarded)

• Photography

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (16 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (12 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (37 awarded)

• Counseling Psychology
• Psychology