Central Methodist University-College Of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a town not particularly near any major cities.

Overview

Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts & Sciences is one of the academic departments of Central Methodist University, a private, coeducational, four-year institution located in Fayette, Missouri. David Rice McAnally and Nathan Scarritt founded the university as Central Methodist College on April 13, 1853. The university offers associate's, bachelor's, and master's degree programs in many areas of sciences, education, and liberal arts.

The athletics teams of Central Methodist University are known as the Eagles, and participate in basketball, football, golf, cross country, softball, track and field, soccer, and volleyball. The university also has a Spirit Squad, consisting of cheerleading and dance teams.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• United Methodist religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in science, nutrition and exercise therapy, and education and teaching.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.

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 have meal (board) plans.
• 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 1,031 in 2009-2010 (1,003 full-time equivalent).

About 50% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 50% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 91% of the student body. About 2% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

Room and Board

CMU provides on-campus housing for 700 of its 1,003 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

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

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Heart of America Athletic Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 237 male students received the aid (men were 74% of those receiving aid) and 84 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 26% 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)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (24 awarded)

• Accounting
• Banking and Financial Support Services
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Commerce
• Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
• General Merchandising/Sales/Related Marketing Operations
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Management Information Systems

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (1 awarded)

• Computer Science

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (0 awarded)

• Environmental Science

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (1 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (44 awarded)

• Business Teacher Education
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Social Science Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (3 awarded)

• Child Care and Support Services Management

LIBERAL ARTS (23 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• History
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (2 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (7 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MUSIC (3 awarded)

• Music Performance
• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (28 awarded)

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

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (17 awarded)

• Athletic Training/Trainer
• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management
• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (1 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (24 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography
• Physics

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (7 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (5 awarded)

• Psychology