Clearwater Christian College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a medium-sized city.

Overview

Clearwater Christian College, CCC, is a private Christian college in Clearwater, Florida that was established in 1966. CCC, which has an 138 acre campus, offers more than 15 minors and over 25 majors.

Clearwater Christian College has a variety of organizations and clubs on-campus including the student government, Greek letter organizations, fine arts groups, intramural sports, a student newspaper, the political club, yearbook, and numerous other opportunities. The sports teams of CCC are nicknamed the Cougars.

CCC participates in various scholarship, grant, and loan programs including Federal (SEOG) Supplement Educational Opportunity Grants, Florida Student Assistance Grants, the Adeeb Fayez Ayoub Scholarship, the Clearwater International Student Scholarship, and Federal Parent Loans for Undergraduate Student (PLUS).

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Undenominational religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in music, liberal arts, and therapy and counseling.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High yield: the portion of accepted students who enroll.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, General.

Features of note:

• 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.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 604 in 2009-2010 (597 full-time equivalent).

About 52% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 48% of the class.

Undergrads are 99% of enrolled students and graduate students are 1%.

Students under 25 years old represent 96% of the student body. About 1% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Clearwater Christian provides on-campus housing for 600 of its 597 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

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

Graduate School Focus

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

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (19 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (2 awarded)

• Information Science/Studies

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (21 awarded)

• Biology Teacher Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Social Studies Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching

LAW (0 awarded)

• Pre-Law Studies

LIBERAL ARTS (34 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• General Studies
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

MATHEMATICS (2 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (3 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MEDICINE (3 awarded)

• Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies

MUSIC (5 awarded)

• Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (3 awarded)

• Kinesiology and Exercise Science
• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION (2 awarded)

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
• Office Management and Supervision

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (10 awarded)

• Bible/Biblical Studies
• Pastoral Studies/Counseling
• Religious/Sacred Music
• Theology and Religious Vocations

SCIENCE (8 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (13 awarded)

• Psychology