Doane College

Location and Contact Information

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

Overview

Doane College is located in Crete, Nebraska, United States. It was established in the year 1872. This college is considered to be the first liberal arts and sciences college in the state of Nebraska. Doane College has two other campuses located in Grand Island and Lincoln. The college offers various academic programs in subjects such as accounting, education, information science and technology, journalism, and political science.

Doane College is home to more than 60 student clubs and organizations. These include the Campus Crusade for Christ, Club Internationale, Doane Republicans, and Students for Change. The college also supports Greek fraternities and sororities such as Delta Kappa Pi, Sigma Phi Theta, Tau Sigma Zeta, Greek Council, Alpha Pi Epsilon, and Alpha Omega.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• United Church of Christ religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in mathematics, science, music, drama and performing arts, education and teaching, and liberal arts.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: 4-1-4 plan.
• Carnegie classification: Masters Colleges and Universities II.

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.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 894 in 2009-2010 (907 full-time equivalent).

About 46% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 54% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 98% of the student body. About 0% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

Room and Board

Doane provides on-campus housing for 860 of its 907 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 21 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, 65 male students received the aid (men were 71% of those receiving aid) and 26 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 29% 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 (5 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (31 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (6 awarded)

• Computer Science
• Information Science/Studies

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (4 awarded)

• Environmental Studies

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (5 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (50 awarded)

• Business Teacher Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Special Education and Teaching

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (1 awarded)

• Child Care and Support Services Management

LIBERAL ARTS (39 awarded)

• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• English Language and Literature/Letters
• German Language and Literature
• History
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies

MATHEMATICS (6 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (6 awarded)

• Journalism

MUSIC (7 awarded)

• Music

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (1 awarded)

• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (28 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (9 awarded)

• Psychology