Coe College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a medium-sized city.

Overview

Coe College is a private, four-year, liberal arts college in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and was founded in 1851 as The School for the Prophets. It offers more than 40 majors in various fields including Accounting, African-American Studies, American Studies, Art, Asian Studies, Athletic Training and Biochemistry. The college awards both undergraduate and graduate degrees in several subjects. U.S. News & World Report ranked Coe College 98th among other national liberal arts colleges in "America's Best Colleges" publication (2009). The department of Music in Coe College is famous for its excellence in the course offered.

Coe has an active Greek life. The campus hosts several social fraternities and sororities like the Lambda Chi Alpha, Sigma Nu, Phi Kappa Tau, and Tau Kappa Epsilon. Coe College also has several student clubs like Accounting Club, Coe Environmental Club, and College Republicans.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Presbyterian Church (USA) religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in art studies, science, therapy and counseling, liberal arts, nutrition and exercise therapy, and drama and performing arts.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of students.
• High faculty salary.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).

School characteristics:

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

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.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 1,326 in 2009-2010 (1,395 full-time equivalent).

About 43% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 57% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 95% 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

Coe College provides on-campus housing for 1,040 of its 1,395 (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 Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

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

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Single Postbaccalaureate (Education).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (14 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (39 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (4 awarded)

• Computer Science

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (0 awarded)

• Environmental Studies

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (6 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (20 awarded)

• Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching

LIBERAL ARTS (68 awarded)

• African-American/Black Studies
• American Literature (United States)
• Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies
• Asian Studies/Civilization
• Creative Writing
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• German Language and Literature
• History
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies

MATHEMATICS (4 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (4 awarded)

• Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication

MEDICINE (0 awarded)

• Neuroscience

MUSIC (6 awarded)

• Music Performance
• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (23 awarded)

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

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (23 awarded)

• Athletic Training/Trainer
• Health and Physical Education

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (8 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (34 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Molecular Biology
• Physical Sciences
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (34 awarded)

• Psychology