Coker College

Location and Contact Information

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

Overview

Coker College was founded by Major James Lide Coker as the Welsh Neck High School in 1894. The Coker College for Women was created in 1908. Coker College officially became co-educational in 1969. It is located in Hartsville, South Carolina. Students are offered degrees and certificates in different areas of study, including art education, criminology, business administration, medical technology, elementary education and sports management.

Students at Coker College are involved in several clubs and organizations, including the Student Government Association, Omicron Delta Kappa, Phi Sigma Iota, International Student Organization, Campus Crusade for Christ and Art Club. In addition, students participate in intramural and intercollegiate sports like basketball, cross country, golf and tennis.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in family and social work, business and management, and mathematics.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.
• High female/male ratio.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.

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.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 1,099 in 2009-2010 (923 full-time equivalent).

About 60% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 40% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 58% of the student body. About 13% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 99% are full-time and 1% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Coker provides on-campus housing for 470 of its 923 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 21 meals weekly.

Athletics

The school is in the Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 94 male students received the aid (men were 58% of those receiving aid) and 68 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 42% 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 (67 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Commerce

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (1 awarded)

• Computer Science

DESIGN (2 awarded)

• Graphic Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (3 awarded)

• Acting
• Dance
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts
• Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (14 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Biology Teacher Education
• Chemistry Teacher Education
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• History Teacher Education
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Social Studies Teacher Education

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (20 awarded)

• Social Work

FINE ARTS (3 awarded)

• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (30 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• History
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Technical and Business Writing

MATHEMATICS (4 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (10 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (0 awarded)

• Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist

MUSIC (1 awarded)

• Music
• Piano and Organ
• Voice and Opera

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (12 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education/Fitness
• Kinesiology and Exercise Science
• Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies
• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (0 awarded)

• Commercial and Advertising Art
• Photography

SCIENCE (4 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (7 awarded)

• Corrections
• Corrections and Criminal Justice
• Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration
• Criminology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (17 awarded)

• Counseling Psychology
• Psychology