Citadel Military College Of South Carolina

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a medium-sized city.

Overview

Citadel Military College of South Carolina, also referred to as The Citadel, is a state-supported, comprehensive college located in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. It was founded in the year 1842. The Citadel has more than 12 academic departments organized into 5 schools that offer over 15 majors and more than 20 minors. Kiplinger's magazine ranked The Citadel among its "Best Values in Public Colleges" for the year 2006. The campus, which spreads across an area of 300 acres, consists of more than 25 buildings. It also includes a ten-acre grass parade ground.

Student life at Citadel Military College of South Carolina is diverse. The undergraduate cadets at The Citadel are associates of the South Carolina Corps of Cadets. Their official mascot is the General and Boo V.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in security and law enforcement, business and management, engineering, and education and teaching.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High male/female ratio.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• High faculty salary.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• 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.
• 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 3,328 in 2009-2010 (3,397 full-time equivalent).

About 93% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 7% of the class.

Undergrads are 64% of enrolled students and graduate students are 36%.

Students under 25 years old represent 75% 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

The Citadel provides on-campus housing for 2,135 of its 3,397 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 20 meals weekly.

Athletics

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

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 176 male students received the aid (men were 77% of those receiving aid) and 54 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 23% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

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

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate Comprehensive.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (256 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (4 awarded)

• Computer Science
• Computer and Information Sciences

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (164 awarded)

• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Reading Teacher Education
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Social Science Teacher Education

ENGINEERING (56 awarded)

• Civil Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

LIBERAL ARTS (120 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
• French Language and Literature
• German Language and Literature
• History
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (4 awarded)

• Mathematics

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (7 awarded)

• Kinesiology and Exercise Science

SCIENCE (46 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physics

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (67 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (44 awarded)

• Psychology
• School Psychology