Dana College

Dana College is a private baccalaureate college of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. The college was established by Danish pioneers in 1884 and originally started as a preparatory school. It has a 150-acre campus in Blair, Nebraska. The college has its traditional liberal arts reading program, which has been a tradition at the college for over 50 years. Dana College offers the students with associate’s and bachelor’s degrees for the students in both science and arts. Degree programs in music, musical theater, Spanish, sports management and religion are also offered.

The Dana College has an active student government association and there are a host of activities such as the peace fest and Great Plains conference that have active participation of students. The college has a well awarded athletics department which has nationally ranked teams in almost all sports.

Dana College Highlights

Where Dana College stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

• Evangelical Lutheran Church religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in education and teaching, family and social work, and security and law enforcement.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High male/female ratio.

Other important characteristics:

• Faculty tenure system
• Library on-campus
• Campus housing available
• Student meal (board) plan
• Study abroad option
• Part-time classes available
• Athlete financial aid

Degrees Awarded (in 2007)

Dana Students

The student enrollment at Dana was 634 in 2007 (616 full-time equivalent).

About 57% of the freshmen class in 2007 was male and women were 43% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students living in the US make up 100% of incoming freshmen.

Tuition and Other Costs

Financial Aid: Dana participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.

Faculty

Tenure (2007):

Housing and Meals

Dana provides on-campus housing for 544 of its 616 (full-time) students (as of 2007). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

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

Dana Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. Dana is in the Great Plains Athletic Conference for major sports.

Dana offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 77 male students received the aid (men were 66% of those receiving aid) and 40 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 34% of students receiving such aid) .

Dana Admissions (2007)

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