Daniel Webster College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a small city.

Overview

Daniel Webster College, located in Nashua, New Hampshire, was established in 1965 as the New England Aeronautical Institute. In 1978, the institute merged with Daniel Webster Junior College and came to be known as Daniel Webster College. In June 2009, the college was acquired by ITT Educational Services, Inc.

Daniel Webster College is located on a 54-acre campus in Nashua, but also operates another campus in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The college offers programs leading to associate's, bachelor's and master's degrees. It also offers an online education program meant for aviation professionals, along with a number of adult degree completion programs.

DWC is a member of the New England Collegiate Conference and the Eastern College Athletic Conference. It sponsors 15 varsity athletic teams in several different sports. DWC’s athletic teams are known as the Eagles.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in transportation, computer science and engineering, business and management, and nutrition and exercise therapy.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• High male/female ratio.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of students.
• High faculty salary.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, General.

Features of note:

• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 1,007 in 2009-2010 (954 full-time equivalent).

About 79% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 21% of the class.

Undergrads are 89% of enrolled students and graduate students are 11%.

Students under 25 years old represent 77% of the student body. About 7% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Daniel Webster provides on-campus housing for 427 of its 954 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

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

Athletics

The school is in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

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

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (61 awarded)

• Business/Commerce
• Marketing/Marketing Management
• Organizational Behavior Studies

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (28 awarded)

• Computer Programming/Programmer
• Computer Science
• Computer Software and Media Applications
• Computer Systems Analysis/Analyst
• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
• Information Science/Studies

ENGINEERING (4 awarded)

• Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
• Engineering Science

LIBERAL ARTS (9 awarded)

• General Studies
• Social Sciences

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (13 awarded)

• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (1 awarded)

• Security and Protective Services

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (1 awarded)

• Psychology

TRANSPORTATION (93 awarded)

• Air Traffic Controller
• Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew
• Aviation/Airway Management and Operations