Emory And Henry College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a rural area.

Overview

Emory and Henry College was founded in 1836 in Emory, Virginia. It is the oldest college in Southwest Virginia. This college was named after Bishop John Emory, a reputed church leader, and Patrick Henry, a celebrated patriot of the American Revolution and Virginia's first governor. The college offers degrees and certificate programs in different fields of study including mass communications, computer information management, education, business administration, biology and environmental studies.

Emory and Henry College has an active Greek life with fraternities and sororities of Beta Lambda Zeta, Delta Omicron Pi, Sigma Upsilon Nu, Alpha Beta Chi, and Delta Rho Delta. The other student clubs and organizations include the American Chemical Society, the Commuter Student Organization, College Republicans, Rainbow Connection and Students for the Ethical Treatment of Animals.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• United Methodist religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in drama and performing arts, science, and education and teaching.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.

School characteristics:

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

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.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 1,015 in 2009-2010 (829 full-time equivalent).

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

Undergrads are 94% of enrolled students and graduate students are 6%.

Students under 25 years old represent 92% of the student body. About 3% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Emory And Henry provides on-campus housing for 751 of its 829 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

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

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

Emory And Henry offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Master.

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

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (5 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (18 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• International Business/Trade/Commerce

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (0 awarded)

• Computer Science
• Computer and Information Sciences

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (4 awarded)

• Environmental Science
• Environmental Studies

DESIGN (1 awarded)

• Graphic Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (7 awarded)

• Acting
• Directing and Theatrical Production
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts
• Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (67 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Biology Teacher Education
• Business Teacher Education
• Chemistry Teacher Education
• Education
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• French Language Teacher Education
• History Teacher Education
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Physics Teacher Education
• Spanish Language Teacher Education
• Teacher Education/Profess Development, Levels & Methods

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (4 awarded)

• Community Organization and Advocacy

FINE ARTS (1 awarded)

• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (44 awarded)

• American Government and Politics (United States)
• Anthropology
• Creative Writing
• East Asian Studies
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• European Studies/Civilization
• French Language and Literature
• French Studies
• Geography
• History
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Near and Middle Eastern Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Public/Applied History and Archival Administration
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Spanish and Iberian Studies

MATHEMATICS (1 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (12 awarded)

• Mass Communication/Media Studies

MUSIC (3 awarded)

• Music Performance
• Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (15 awarded)

• Athletic Training/Trainer
• Health and Physical Education
• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (4 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (26 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (13 awarded)

• Psychology