Cedar Crest College

Cedar Crest College is a private, liberal arts college for women located in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded in 1867 and is an academically independent college.

Cedar Crest College offers elementary education, secondary education, and graduate programs to its students. It also confers bachelor of arts and science degrees in various fields of study including Fine Arts, Nursing Science, Business Administration, Political Science, and Criminal justice.

Students are members of various clubs and organizations including the American Association of University Women, Alpha Psi Omega, Student Dietetic Association, Beta Beta Beta, Kappa Delta Pi, Alpha Mu Gamma, Student Penn. State Education Association, Sigma Tau Delta, and Sigma Theta Tau.

Campus Location

100 College Drive
Allentown, PA 18104-6196
USA
Main Tel: 61060646663329
Web Site

The campus is in a medium-sized city.

Highlights

Where the school stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

Many students concentrating in nursing and emergency medicine, science, therapy and counseling, art studies, and drama and performing arts.
Large number of students.
High faculty salary.
High female/male ratio.
Number of dorm rooms for students.
Good faculty-to-student ratio.
Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
Large number of programs of study offered.

Other important characteristics:

Faculty tenure system
Library on-campus
Campus housing available
Student meal (board) plan
Distance learning available
Weekend study option
Part-time classes available

Degrees Awarded (in 2008-2009)

Degree	Total Earned	Different Programs
Bachelor	327	52
Master	28	2
2-4 year degree	2	7
1-2 year certificate	1	2
Postbaccalaureate certificate	1	3

Students

Student enrollment was 1,888 in 2007-2008 (1,592 full-time equivalent).

women were 100% of the class.

Undergrads are 91% of enrolled students and graduate students are 9%.

About 1% of freshmen are from countries other than the US. Students living in the US make up 99% of incoming freshmen.

Tuition and Other Costs (2008-2009)

Item	Cost
State Tuition and fees	$ 26,968
Room	$ 4,769
Board	$ 4,240
Books and supplies	$ 1,500
Other	$ 1,500

Financial Aid: Cedar Crest participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

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Similar Schools

Based on computer comparisons against all other US colleges, these schools appear to be most similar to Cedar Crest:

	School	Location	Enrollment
1	Principia College	Elsah, IL
2	Salem College	Winston Salem, NC	992
3	Saint Joseph College	West Hartford, CT	1,773
4	College of Saint Benedict	Saint Joseph, MN	2,086
5	Agnes Scott College	Decatur, GA	892
6	Randolph College	Lynchburg, VA	656
7	Goucher College	Baltimore, MD	2,360
8	Spelman College	Atlanta, GA	2,343
9	Pacific Lutheran University	Tacoma, WA	3,661
10	Saint Mary's College	Notre Dame, IN	1,604

Housing and Meals

Cedar Crest provides on-campus housing for 548 of its 1,592 (full-time) students (as of 2008-2009). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 19 meals weekly.

Athletics

The school is in the Pennsylvania Athletic Conference for major sports.

Admissions (2008-2009)

Applicants	Admitted
Women	59%
All	58%

SAT Test Scores:

SAT	Middle 50%
Verbal	480-590
Math	480-580
Writing	470-570

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees awarded in 2008-2009 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (7 awarded)

Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (40 awarded)

Accounting
Accounting and Related Services
Business Administration and Management
Business Administration, Management and Operations
Business, Management, Marketing & Related Support Services
Human Resources Management and Services
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration
Marketing

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (4 awarded)

Computer Science
Computer and Information Sciences
Information Science/Studies

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (0 awarded)

Environmental Science

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (6 awarded)

Dance
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (32 awarded)

Early Childhood Education and Teaching
Education
Education/Teaching Individuals - Early Childhood Spec Ed Pgms
Elementary Education and Teaching
Secondary Education and Teaching
Special Education and Teaching
Teacher Assistant/Aide
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels

ENGINEERING (0 awarded)

Biomedical/Medical Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (23 awarded)

Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies
Social Work

FINE ARTS (1 awarded)

Fine Arts and Art Studies

LAW (0 awarded)

Legal Assistant/Paralegal

LIBERAL ARTS (31 awarded)

English Language and Literature
Hispanic-American,Puerto Rican & Mexican-American/Chicano Studies
History
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
Political Science and Government
Sociology
Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (5 awarded)

Mathematics

MEDIA (9 awarded)

Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (1 awarded)

Health Services Administration
Health/Health Care Administration/Management

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (7 awarded)

Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
Nuclear Medical Technology/Technologist

MEDICINE (5 awarded)

Gerontology
Neuroscience
Pre-Dentistry Studies
Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies
Pre-Veterinary Studies

MUSIC (1 awarded)

Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (90 awarded)

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

OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION (0 awarded)

Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science

SCIENCE (49 awarded)

Biochemistry
Biology/Biological Sciences
Biopsychology
Chemistry
Conservation Biology
Environmental Biology
Genetics
Physical Sciences

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (7 awarded)

Criminal Justice/Police Science
Forensic Science and Technology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (41 awarded)

Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Psychology