Felician College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

Felician College is located in Lodi, New Jersey, United States. It was founded in 1923 by the Felician Sisters as the Immaculate Conception Normal School. On March 26, 1942, it became Immaculate Conception Junior College. The college adopted its current name in June 1967. In addition its main campus, the college has another campus in Rutherford, New Jersey, which is home to a historic building called the Iviswold Castle.

Felician College's athletic teams participate in a wide variety of sports including volleyball, golf, cross county, basketball, soccer, softball, and baseball. They are nicknamed the Golden Falcons. The college is a member of the Eastern College Athletic Conference and the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference. The Golden Falcons also compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Roman Catholic religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in nursing and emergency medicine, education and teaching, and business and management.
• High female/male ratio.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Racially diverse student body.
• 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 may study abroad.
• 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 2,040 in 2009-2010 (1,742 full-time equivalent).

About 69% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 31% of the class.

Undergrads are 82% of enrolled students and graduate students are 18%.

Students under 25 years old represent 51% of the student body. About 19% 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

Felician provides on-campus housing for 490 of its 1,742 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

The school is in the Division II Independents for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 71 male students received the aid (men were 54% of those receiving aid) and 60 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 46% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

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

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Single Postbaccalaureate (Education).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (2 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (137 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (1 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences
• Information Science/Studies

DESIGN (1 awarded)

• Graphic Design

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (102 awarded)

• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Secondary School Administration/Principalship
• Special Education and Teaching

FINE ARTS (0 awarded)

• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (34 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Social Sciences

MATHEMATICS (1 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (0 awarded)

• Communications Technology/Technician

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (108 awarded)

• Family Practice Nurse/Nurse Practitioner
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (10 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (32 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Natural Sciences

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (7 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (17 awarded)

• Psychology