Connecticut College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a small city.

Overview

Connecticut College, also known as Conn College or Conn, is a private, liberal arts college located in New London, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1911. This is a highly selective, coeducational, and residential college that occupies a large 750-acre campus.

Connecticut College offers a number of academic programs in arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences. The college operates through four major centers. These are

• Ammerman Center for Arts and Technology
• Goodwin-Niering Center for Conservation Biology and Environmental Studies
• Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy
• Toor Cummings Center for International Studies and the Liberal Arts

Conn College students are actively associated with various cultural, media oriented, political, religious and spiritual, and academic clubs and associations. Some of these organizations are Psi Chi National Psychology Honor Society, Slavic Chorus and Russian Choir, Film Society, Connecticut College Democrats, and Multi-faith Student Council, among others.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in liberal arts, drama and performing arts, mathematics, fine arts, science, and music.
• Large number of students.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Selective admissions.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High faculty salary.

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.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 1,852 in 2009-2010 (2,054 full-time equivalent).

About 38% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 62% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students and graduate students are 0%.

Students under 25 years old represent 98% of the student body. About 1% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

Room and Board

Connecticut College provides on-campus housing for 1,745 of its 2,054 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 20 meals weekly.

Athletics

The school is in the New England Small College Athletic Conference for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

Connecticut College 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 (8 awarded)

• Architecture and Related Services

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (2 awarded)

• Computer Science

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (13 awarded)

• Dance
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (0 awarded)

• Music Teacher Education

ENGINEERING (0 awarded)

• Engineering Physics

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (17 awarded)

• Family Systems
• Human Development and Family Studies

FINE ARTS (28 awarded)

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

LIBERAL ARTS (229 awarded)

• African Studies
• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Anthropology
• Area Studies
• Chinese Language and Literature
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• East Asian Studies
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies
• French Language and Literature
• German Language and Literature
• Hispanic-American,Puerto Rican & Mexican-American/Chicano Studies
• History
• International Relations and Affairs
• Italian Language and Literature
• Japanese Language and Literature
• Latin American Studies
• Medieval and Renaissance Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Russian Language and Literature
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Urban Studies/Affairs
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (12 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDICINE (8 awarded)

• Neuroscience

MUSIC (12 awarded)

• Music

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (7 awarded)

• Film/Cinema Studies

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (19 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (58 awarded)

• Astrophysics
• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Botany/Plant Biology
• Chemistry
• Ecology
• Molecular Biology
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (27 awarded)

• Psychology