Emmanuel College

Location and Contact Information

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

Overview

Emmanuel College, which was established in 1919, was originally known as the Franklin Springs Institute. Due to the Great Depression of the early 1900s, the school closed in 1931, but it reopened in 1933, and in 1939 was renamed Emmanuel College. The college presently occupies a 150-acre campus in Franklin Springs, Georgia.

Emmanuel College awards degrees in business administration, Christian ministries, education, English, history, psychology, sports management, communication studies, and worship and music ministry. It is organized into the following academic divisions:

• School of Arts and Sciences
• School of Business
• School of Christian Ministries
• School of Education

The student body of Emmanuel College has representatives from over 25 states and 5 foreign countries. The college hosts the Student Government Association, as well as several honor societies, common interest organizations, and academic organizations. In addition, students of Emmanuel College participate in sports like baseball, basketball, softball, soccer, and tennis. The men's teams are known as the Lions, while the women's teams are nicknamed the Lady Lions.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Pentecostal Holiness Church religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in music, education and teaching, and science.
• Selective admissions.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, General.

Features of note:

• 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

Student enrollment was 697 in 2009-2010 (633 full-time equivalent).

About 58% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 42% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 87% of the student body. About 2% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 99% are full-time and 1% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Emmanuel provides on-campus housing for 353 of its 633 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 20 meals weekly.

Athletics

The school is in the Georgia-Alabama-Carolina Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 50 male students received the aid (men were 53% of those receiving aid) and 45 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 47% 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)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (20 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (31 awarded)

• Business Teacher Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Social Science Teacher Education

LAW (5 awarded)

• Pre-Law Studies

LIBERAL ARTS (23 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• History
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies

MATHEMATICS (1 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (7 awarded)

• Communication and Media Studies

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (0 awarded)

• Pre-Pharmacy Studies

MEDICINE (1 awarded)

• Health/Medical Preparatory Programs

MUSIC (3 awarded)

• Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (4 awarded)

• Kinesiology and Exercise Science
• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (14 awarded)

• Pastoral Studies/Counseling
• Religious/Sacred Music

SCIENCE (12 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (7 awarded)

• Psychology