Dine College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a quiet rural area.

Overview

Dine College is located in Tsaile, Arizona, United States. It was established in the year 1968. In addition to the main campus, the college operates seven other campuses located in Chinle, Crownpoint, Ganado, Kayenta, Shiprock, Tuba City, and Window Rock. The degree-granting academic divisions of the Tsaile campus of Dine College are:

• Business and Applied Sciences
• Center for Dine Studies
• Center for Dine Teacher Education
• Humanities, Fine Arts, Communications
• Math, Science, and Technology
• Social and Behavioral Sciences

Dine College is home to many student clubs and organizations including the Native American Church Club, American Indian Business Leaders Club, Residential Hall Club, Campus Ministry, Literary Club, and American Indian Science and Engineering Society.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• A tribal college.
• Many students concentrating in liberal arts, fine arts, science, and education and teaching.
• Racially diverse student body.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• Large number of students.
• High faculty salary.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Large number of programs of study offered.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Tribal colleges.

Features of note:

• Open admission; accepts all qualified candidates.
• 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.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Dine College is a tribal college.

Student enrollment was 1,527 in 2009-2010 (1,044 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 53% of the student body. About 15% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Room and Board

Dine College provides on-campus housing for 241 of its 1,044 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

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

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (25 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Commerce

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (2 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (2 awarded)

• Environmental Science

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (23 awarded)

• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Elementary Education and Teaching

ENGINEERING (0 awarded)

• Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (2 awarded)

• Social Work

FINE ARTS (8 awarded)

• Fine Arts and Art Studies

LIBERAL ARTS (83 awarded)

• American Indian/Native American Languages, Lit and Linguistics
• American Indian/Native American Studies
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Social Sciences

MEDICINE (3 awarded)

• Public Health

OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION (9 awarded)

• Office Management and Supervision

SCIENCE (15 awarded)

• Biological and Biomedical Sciences