Davenport University

Davenport University, or DU, was founded in 1866. The main campus of the university is located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In addition, DU has branch campuses in many places throughout Michigan as well as in Northern Indiana. The university offers a number of bachelor and master degrees as well as certificate programs. DU is organized into the following academic units:

• Donald W. Maine School of Business
• School of Health Professions
• School of Technology

DU offers several scholarship programs for the academically talented students. Some of these are the Alumni Legacy Endowed Scholarship, Michael D. Davis Endowed Scholarship, Alfred and Eleanor Dinsmore Nursing Scholarship, and John Dishaw Memorial Scholarship.

There are a wide variety of student clubs at DU. Some of these student run organizations are the Students in Free Enterprise, Distributive Education Clubs of America, and International Students Club.

Davenport University Highlights

Where Davenport University stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

• Many students concentrating in medical adminstration, business and management, nursing and emergency medicine, office and administration, and computer science and engineering.
• Large number of students.
• Numerous part-time students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High female/male ratio.
• High yield: the portion of accepted students who enroll.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.

Other important characteristics:

• Library on-campus
• Campus housing available
• Study abroad option
• Distance learning available
• Weekend study option
• Part-time classes available
• Athlete financial aid

Degrees Awarded (in 2007)

Davenport Students

The student enrollment at Davenport was 11,606 in 2007 (6,552 full-time equivalent).

About 42% of the freshmen class in 2007 was male and women were 55% of the class.

Undergrads are 94% of enrolled students and graduate students are 6%.

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

Among freshmen students, 62% are full-time and 38% are part-time.

Tuition and Other Costs

Financial Aid: Davenport 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

Davenport provides on-campus housing for 184 of its 6,552 (full-time) students (as of 2007).

Davenport Athletics

Davenport is in the Independent Great Lakes Region for major sports.

Davenport offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 71 male students received the aid (men were 70% of those receiving aid) and 30 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 30% of students receiving such aid) .

Davenport Admissions (2007)