Concord University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a self-contained town.

Overview

Concord University is located in Athens, West Virginia, United States. It was founded in the year 1872. The university has another campus located in Beckley, Raleigh County. It gained university status in 2004. The degree-granting academic divisions of the university are:

• Business
• Education and Human Performance
• Fine Arts
• Interdisciplinary Studies
• Languages and Literature
• Natural Sciences
• Non-traditional Programs
• Social Sciences

Concord University supports a large number of student clubs and organizations. Some of the clubs and organizations at the Athens campus are Alpha Sigma Alpha, Baptist Campus Ministries, Campus Crusade for Christ, Pi Kappa Phi, and College Republicans. The students publish an on-campus newspaper called "The Concordian." They also operate a radio station known as WCUR, and a TV station called WMLT.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in education and teaching, hospitality, mathematics, science, and photography and commercial art.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• 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 may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• 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 2,812 in 2009-2010 (2,729 full-time equivalent).

About 44% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 56% of the class.

Undergrads are 95% of enrolled students and graduate students are 5%.

Students under 25 years old represent 79% of the student body. About 6% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 96% are full-time and 4% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Concord provides on-campus housing for 1,200 of its 2,729 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 103 male students received the aid (men were 64% of those receiving aid) and 58 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 36% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Concord 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 (73 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (1 awarded)

• Information Science/Studies

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (128 awarded)

• Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Special Education and Teaching

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (25 awarded)

• Social Work

HOSPITALITY (23 awarded)

• Tourism and Travel Services Marketing Operations

LIBERAL ARTS (88 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• General Studies
• Geography
• History
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology

MATHEMATICS (7 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (9 awarded)

• Journalism

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (0 awarded)

• Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (2 awarded)

• Athletic Training/Trainer

OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION (1 awarded)

• Office Management and Supervision

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (17 awarded)

• Commercial and Advertising Art
• Drawing

SCIENCE (35 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Geology/Earth Science

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (18 awarded)

• Psychology