Claremont Graduate University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

Claremont Graduate University, also known as CGU, is located in Claremont, California, United States. It was established in 1925 as Claremont University College and is the oldest graduate university in the United States. It became Claremont Graduate School and University Center in 1962 and Claremont University Center in 1967. The university settled on its present name in 1998. CGU enrolls more than 2,000 students. The campus encompasses over 15 acres and is organized into the following schools:

• School of Arts and Humanities
• School of Behavioral and Organizational Sciences
• School of Educational Studies
• School of Information Systems & Technology
• School of Mathematical Sciences
• School of Politics and Economics
• School of Religion

Some notable alumni of CGU are Stephen Cambone, the first U.S. undersecretary of defense for intelligence; Thomas Farrell, Deputy assistant secretary in the U.S. Department of State for academic programs; and Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran, the President of Kalamazoo College.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in computer science and engineering, fine arts, mathematics, religion and philosophy, business and management, therapy and counseling, liberal arts, and music.
• High faculty salary.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High male/female ratio.
• Racially diverse student body.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Extensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• Campus housing is available.
• Weekend study is an option.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 2,215 in 2009-2010 (1,308 full-time equivalent).

graduate students are 100%.

Students under 25 years old represent 13% of the student body. About 26% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Room and Board

Claremont provides on-campus housing for 241 of its 1,308 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Graduate School Focus

Claremont offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship).

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Comprehensive Doctoral (No Medical/Veterinary).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (0 awarded)

• Arts Management

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (178 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management
• Finance and Financial Management Services
• Human Resources Management and Services

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (43 awarded)

• Information Science/Studies

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (107 awarded)

• Education
• Teacher Education, Multiple Levels

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (1 awarded)

• Public Policy Analysis

FINE ARTS (33 awarded)

• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (109 awarded)

• African Studies
• Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies
• Creative Writing
• Demography and Population Studies
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• English Language and Literature/Letters
• History
• International Economics
• International Relations and Affairs
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (14 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Computational Mathematics
• Mathematics

MUSIC (10 awarded)

• Music
• Musicology and Ethnomusicology

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (30 awarded)

• Islamic Studies
• Philosophy
• Philosophy and Religious Studies
• Religion/Religious Studies
• Religious/Sacred Music

SCIENCE (0 awarded)

• Botany/Plant Biology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (57 awarded)

• Psychology