Fairleigh Dickinson University-College At Florham

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

Fairleigh Dickinson University, also known as FDU, is an two-year, private university located in New Jersey, United States. It was established in 1942. FDU is the largest private university in New Jersey and serves all 21 counties of the state. The university was originally founded as Fairleigh Dickinson College and rechristened Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1956.

The university has two campuses in New Jersey:

• The College at Florham in Morris County
• The Metropolitan Campus in Teaneck

FDU also has a campus, called Wroxton College, located in part of rural England. In addition, The university operates the FDU-Vancouver campus in British Columbia, Canada. FDU offers undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees in several areas of study. It enrolls more than 11,000 students per year.

The student body of FDU is diverse and impressive. The university supports a number of fraternities and sororities such as Iota Phi Theta, Lambda Theta Phi, Phi Sigma Kappa, Sigma Chi, Zeta Tau Alpha, Theta Phi Alpha, Delta Phi Epsilon, and Phi Sigma Sigma. The sports teams of FDU are known as the Knights.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in business and management, therapy and counseling, hospitality, media, and art studies.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• High faculty salary.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High male/female ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.

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.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 3,465 in 2009-2010 (2,983 full-time equivalent).

About 48% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 52% of the class.

Undergrads are 69% of enrolled students and graduate students are 31%.

Students under 25 years old represent 74% of the student body. About 7% 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

Fairleigh Dickinson Florham provides on-campus housing for 1,570 of its 2,983 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 11 meals weekly.

Athletics

School sports include football (Middle Atlantic States Athletic Corporation), basketball (Freedom Conference), baseball (Freedom Conference), and track (Freedom Conference).

Graduate School Focus

Fairleigh Dickinson Florham offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Master.

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate Comprehensive.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (21 awarded)

• Visual and Performing Arts

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (303 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business Administration, Management and Operations
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
• Finance
• Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Marketing Research
• Marketing/Marketing Management
• Taxation

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (3 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (9 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (74 awarded)

• Teacher Education, Multiple Levels

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (1 awarded)

• Public Administration

HOSPITALITY (30 awarded)

• Hospitality Administration/Management

LIBERAL ARTS (148 awarded)

• Creative Writing
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• General Studies
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (8 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (59 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (4 awarded)

• Allied Health Diagnostic/Intervention/Treatment Professions, Oth
• Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
• Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (16 awarded)

• Cinematography and Film/Video Production

SCIENCE (56 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (135 awarded)

• Counseling Psychology
• Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• Psychology