Dowling College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

Dowling College was established in 1955 when Adelphi College offered extension classes in Sayville, Riverhead and Port Jefferson. It became a private college in 1968 after severing ties with Adelphi. It was then renamed after Robert Dowling, the chief benefactor of the college and a philanthropist, city planner and aviator. Dowling College is made up of the following campuses:

• Brookhaven Campus in Shirley
• Melville Center in Melville
• Rudolph Campus in Oakdale

Dowling College offers enrollment to more than 6,000 full and part-time graduate and undergraduate students. Courses leading to undergraduate and graduate degrees, pre-professional certificates and advanced certificates are available at this college. There are 4 schools under Dowling College:

• School of Arts & Sciences
• School of Aviation
• School of Education
• Townsend School of Business

The sports teams of Dowling College are called the Golden Lions. Its men's soccer team won the Division II National Championship in 2006.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in education and teaching and business and management.
• High faculty salary.
• Large number of students.
• Numerous part-time students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Masters Colleges and Universities I.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• 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 5,706 in 2009-2010 (4,629 full-time equivalent).

About 53% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 47% of the class.

Undergrads are 53% of enrolled students and graduate students are 47%.

Students under 25 years old represent 59% of the student body. About 12% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 93% are full-time and 7% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

Room and Board

Dowling provides on-campus housing for 503 of its 4,629 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

The school is in the New York Collegiate Athletic Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 35 male students received the aid (men were 57% of those receiving aid) and 26 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 43% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Dowling offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Other Than Research or Professional Practice).

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Single Doctoral (Education).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (521 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business, Management, Marketing & Related Support Services
• Finance and Financial Management Services
• Finance
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Marketing/Marketing Management
• Sales, Distribution, and Marketing Operations

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (22 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services
• Computer and Information Sciences

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (653 awarded)

• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Reading Teacher Education
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Special Education and Teaching

ENGINEERING (0 awarded)

• Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
• Engineering

FINE ARTS (8 awarded)

• Fine Arts and Art Studies

HOSPITALITY (0 awarded)

• Tourism and Travel Services Management

LIBERAL ARTS (128 awarded)

• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies

MATHEMATICS (12 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (15 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (19 awarded)

• Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management

MEDICINE (3 awarded)

• Gerontology
• Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences

MUSIC (3 awarded)

• Music

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (10 awarded)

• Commercial and Advertising Art

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (0 awarded)

• Philosophy

SCIENCE (21 awarded)

• Biological and Physical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Geology/Earth Science
• Physical Sciences

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (56 awarded)

• Psychology

TRANSPORTATION (44 awarded)

• Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science and Technology
• Aviation/Airway Management and Operations
• Transportation and Materials Moving