Dana College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a town not particularly near any major cities.

Overview

Dana College is a private, non-profit baccalaureate college in Blair, Nebraska that was founded by Danish pioneers in 1884. It started as a preparatory school. The college, which sits on 150 acres, provides bachelor degrees in English, chemistry, history, accounting, and music among others.

Dana College has numerous on-campus clubs and organizations including the Music Educators National Conference, the Student Education Association, Social Awareness Organization, Phi Alpha Chi (social work), and Alph Chi (honor society). The sports teams are nicknamed the Vikings. Some of the sports programs currently offered at Dana College include basketball, baseball, football, cross country, soccer, and wrestling. Mike Carubba, former CFL Quarterback; and Ben Henderson, a dynamic MMA fighter are some of the notable graduates of the college.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Evangelical Lutheran Church religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in nutrition and exercise therapy, business and management, and education and teaching.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• High male/female ratio.
• Large number of programs of study offered.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: 4-1-4 plan.
• 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.
• Part-time classes are available.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 546 in 2009-2010 (550 full-time equivalent).

About 60% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 40% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 93% of the student body. About 3% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Dana provides on-campus housing for 747 of its 550 (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 Great Plains Athletic Conference for major sports.

The school 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) .

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (0 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (33 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Corporate Communications

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (5 awarded)

• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (0 awarded)

• Environmental Studies

DESIGN (0 awarded)

• Graphic Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (0 awarded)

• Visual and Performing Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (29 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Biology Teacher Education
• Business Teacher Education
• Chemistry Teacher Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• History Teacher Education
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Social Science Teacher Education
• Spanish Language Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (3 awarded)

• Social Work

LIBERAL ARTS (12 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• German Language and Literature
• History
• International/Global Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Social Sciences
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (1 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (2 awarded)

• Journalism

MUSIC (1 awarded)

• Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (9 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education
• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (0 awarded)

• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (8 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (7 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Safety Studies

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (4 awarded)

• Psychology