Concordia College At Moorhead

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a medium-sized suburb.

Overview

Concordia College is a privately-administered, liberal arts college run by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA). It is located in Moorhead, Minnesota. The college was established on October 31, 1891, and formally organized in the year 1913. Concordia College at Moorhead now grants admission to more than 2,000 students every year.

The academic departments of Concordia College at Moorhead include the following:

• Communication Studies and Theatre Art
• English
• History
• Nursing
• Physics
• Social Work

The athletic teams of Concordia College at Moorhead are known as the Cobbers. The teams participate in intercollegiate volleyball, football, soccer, cross country, golf, fast pitch softball, and tennis. There are also several on-campus clubs and organizations includding the Alpha Psi Omega (Theatre Honor Society), Art Club, Circulo Hispano, Eta Sigma Phi (Classical Studies Honor Society), Delta Phi Alpha/ Kappa Tau (German Honor Society), Feminist Majority Alliance, Fashion Club, and Exotic Animal Care and Husbandry.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Evangelical Lutheran Church religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in music, science, media, family and social work, mathematics, and drama and performing arts.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.

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.
• 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 2,823 in 2009-2010 (2,999 full-time equivalent).

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

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

Students under 25 years old represent 98% of the student body. About 0% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 100% are full-time and 0% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Concordia provides on-campus housing for 1,790 of its 2,999 (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

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

Graduate School Focus

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

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (0 awarded)

• Architecture and Related Services

ART STUDIES (0 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (75 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Finance and Financial Management Services
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Management Information Systems and Services
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (3 awarded)

• Computer Science

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (3 awarded)

• Environmental Studies

CONSTRUCTION TRADES (4 awarded)

• Apparel and Textiles

DESIGN (5 awarded)

• Graphic Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (10 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (78 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Biology Teacher Education
• Business Teacher Education
• Chemistry Teacher Education
• Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• French Language Teacher Education
• German Language Teacher Education
• Health Teacher Education
• Latin Teacher Education
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Physics Teacher Education
• Social Studies Teacher Education
• Spanish Language Teacher Education
• Speech Teacher Education
• Teacher Education/Profess Development, Levels & Methods

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (42 awarded)

• Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services
• Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies
• Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services
• Social Work

FINE ARTS (0 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (117 awarded)

• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Creative Writing
• Economics
• English Composition
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• German Language and Literature
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• International Relations and Affairs
• International/Global Studies
• Latin Language and Literature
• Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Russian Language and Literature
• Scandinavian Studies
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies

MATHEMATICS (7 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (35 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Communication and Media Studies
• Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs
• Journalism
• Organizational Communication
• Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
• Public Relations/Image Management

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (14 awarded)

• Health and Medical Administrative Services
• Health/Health Care Administration/Management
• Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management

MUSIC (23 awarded)

• Music Performance
• Music Theory and Composition
• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (26 awarded)

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

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (14 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education
• Health and Physical Education/Fitness

OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION (0 awarded)

• Office Management and Supervision

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (15 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (78 awarded)

• Biological and Biomedical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (28 awarded)

• Psychology