Davis & Elkins College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a self-contained town.

Overview

Davis & Elkins College, D&E, was founded by the United States Senators, Henry Gassaway Davis and Stephen Benton Elkins, in September, 1904. The campus is spread across 170 acres in Elkins, West Virginia. This liberal arts college is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church.

Davis & Elkins College offers more than 30 programs leading to associate's, and bachelor's degrees. Courses are available in the fields of arts, sciences, pre-professional, and professional studies. D&E also offers workshops in dance, music, folklore, and craft through the Augusta Heritage Center.

Davis & Elkins College is home to Greek societies like Alpha Psi Omega, Beta Alpha Beta, Phi Alpha Theta, Sigma Tau Delta, and Alpha Chi. Students also participate in other on-campus clubs and organizations like the Student Assembly, Music Society, Spanish Club, Student Nurses' Association, Common Ground, Wilderness Adventure Club, and International Student Organization. In addition, they publish a literary magazine called the "Aurora", and a newspaper known as the "Senator".

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Presbyterian Church (USA) religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in nutrition and exercise therapy and nursing and emergency medicine.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.

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 may study abroad.
• 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 580 in 2009-2010 (549 full-time equivalent).

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

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 77% of the student body. About 5% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 100% are full-time and 0% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Davis & Elkins provides on-campus housing for 572 of its 549 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

The school is in the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 69 male students received the aid (men were 57% of those receiving aid) and 53 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 43% 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 (10 awarded)

• Accounting
• Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping
• Business Administration and Management
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• International Marketing
• Management Information Systems and Services
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (1 awarded)

• Computer Science
• Information Science/Studies

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (2 awarded)

• Environmental Science
• Forestry
• Natural Resources/Conservation

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (1 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts
• Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology
• Theatre/Theatre Arts Management

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (12 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Business Teacher Education
• Drama and Dance Teacher Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (0 awarded)

• Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians

HOSPITALITY (2 awarded)

• Hospitality Administration/Management

LIBERAL ARTS (16 awarded)

• Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• History
• International Economics
• Political Science and Government
• Regional Studies (US, Canadian, Foreign)
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (0 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (0 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (0 awarded)

• Health/Health Care Administration/Management

MEDICINE (0 awarded)

• Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)

MUSIC (0 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (49 awarded)

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

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (11 awarded)

• Kinesiology and Exercise Science
• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management
• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies
• Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies
• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION (0 awarded)

• Office Management and Supervision

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (0 awarded)

• Religion/Religious Studies
• Religious Education

SCIENCE (1 awarded)

• Biological and Biomedical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Biopsychology
• Chemistry

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (4 awarded)

• Criminology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (6 awarded)

• Psychology