Concordia College-New York

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

Concordia College is a four years liberal arts college. Located in Bronxville, New York, Concordia College has a campus area of 33 acres. The college was founded in 1881 and offers the students with value oriented education in liberal arts. Concordia College offers undergraduate programs of study in areas such as biology, business, education, English, liberal studies, social science and social work. The college also has facilities of adult studies, and offers courses such as liberal arts, business administration and behavioral studies. The college offers a nursing program as well.

Concordia College has an active Greek life comprising of the Theta Zeta Epsilon, Delta Omega Pi, Beta Sigma Psi and Alpha Sigma Chi fraternities and sororities. The college also has a number of student clubs such as anime club, business club, dance club, environmental club and the poetry society. The college also publishes a student’s yearbook named the Arcade.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in business and management and liberal arts.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• 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, 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.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 707 in 2009-2010 (738 full-time equivalent).

About 47% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 53% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 70% of the student body. About 8% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Concordia College-New York provides on-campus housing for 438 of its 738 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

The school is in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 71 male students received the aid (men were 60% of those receiving aid) and 48 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 40% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (0 awarded)

• Arts Management

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (59 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (25 awarded)

• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (11 awarded)

• Social Work

LIBERAL ARTS (53 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• History
• International Relations and Affairs
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Social Sciences

MATHEMATICS (1 awarded)

• Mathematics

OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION (0 awarded)

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (0 awarded)

• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (14 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences