Cox College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a medium-sized city.

Overview

Lester L. Cox College of Nursing and Health Science at Springfield, Missouri was originally established in 1907 as the Burge Deaconess Training School for Nurses. After undergoing a few changes in name, it came to be known as Cox College, since 2008. It is a private college focusing on imparting education in the field of healthcare.

Cox College offers the students with associate’s, bachelor’s and certificate degree programs in a number of courses related to health services. Programs are offered in areas such as nursing, dietetic internship, medical transcription and medical billing/coding. The college also offers facilities of continuing education programs for students.

Cox College has an active student life comprising of student organizations such as National Student Nurses’ Association, Student government Association, and Ambassador Program. The college also offers the students with financial aid in the form of institutional scholarships.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in nursing and emergency medicine.
• Numerous part-time students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• High faculty salary.
• High female/male ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Associates Colleges.

Features of note:

• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 427 in 2009-2010 (414 full-time equivalent).

About 14% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 86% of the class.

Students under 25 years old represent 48% of the student body. About 7% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 49% are full-time and 51% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

Room and Board

On-campus housing is not available.

Graduate School Focus

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

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (11 awarded)

• Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician
• Medical Transcription/Transcriptionist

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (131 awarded)

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