Concordia University-Saint Paul

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

Concordia University St. Paul, also known as CSP, is a liberal arts university located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. It was established in 1893 to provide high school students with a Christian learning environment. The university offers a wide variety of degrees and programs in diverse areas of study. CSP is organized into the following academic colleges:

• College of Arts and Sciences
• College of Business and Organizational Leadership
• College of Education
• College of Vocation and Ministry

CSP’s campus hosts several clubs and organizations for the overall development of its students. Some of the popular organizations are the Concordia Students Education Association, History Club, Lambda Pi Eta Communication Honor Society, and Concordia Television Production. The university's student-run campus newspaper is called "The Sword."

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in education and teaching, security and law enforcement, family and social work, computer science and engineering, business and management, and religion and philosophy.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.

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.
• 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 2,644 in 2009-2010 (2,351 full-time equivalent).

About 55% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 45% of the class.

Undergrads are 64% of enrolled students and graduate students are 36%.

Students under 25 years old represent 42% of the student body. About 20% 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

Concordia provides on-campus housing for 500 of its 2,351 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 19 meals weekly.

Athletics

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

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 121 male students received the aid (men were 62% of those receiving aid) and 74 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 38% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

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

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate With Arts & Sciences (Business Dominant).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (0 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (254 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Finance
• Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (34 awarded)

• Computer/Info Tech Services Administration & Management

DESIGN (3 awarded)

• Design and Visual Communications

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (2 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (218 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Biology Teacher Education
• Chemistry Teacher Education
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education
• Education/Teaching Individuals - Specific Learning Disabilities
• Education/Teaching of Individuals with Emotional Disturbances
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Health Teacher Education
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Reading Teacher Education
• Social Studies Teacher Education
• Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (71 awarded)

• Child Development
• Human Development and Family Studies

FINE ARTS (3 awarded)

• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (24 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• General Studies
• History
• Sociology

MATHEMATICS (3 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (10 awarded)

• Mass Communication/Media Studies

MUSIC (3 awarded)

• Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (16 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education
• Kinesiology and Exercise Science

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (29 awarded)

• Missions/Missionary Studies and Missiology
• Religious Education
• Religious/Sacred Music
• Theology/Theological Studies

SCIENCE (8 awarded)

• Biological and Physical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (72 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration
• Criminal Justice/Safety Studies

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (8 awarded)

• Psychology