Garrett College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a rural area.

Overview

Garrett College was established in 1971, overlooking the Deep Creek Lake and situated in the Wisp ski area of Alleghany Mountains. It has a campus area of over 60 acres. The college aims at providing students with affordable higher education and instilling in them high ethical standards. Garrett College offers the students with associate's degrees and certificate programs in areas such as liberal arts, mathematics, fine and performing arts, juvenile justice and adventure sports. The college also offers distant learning programs for the students.

Garrett College has an active student government association as well as numerous clubs. The college offers student activity clubs such as art club, adventure sports club, math club, wildlife club and women’s athletic club. The college has vibrant athletic teams which take part in number of sports as basketball, baseball and volleyball. The college athletes are nicknamed as Lakers and Lady Lakers.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in conservation and resource management, nutrition and exercise therapy, transportation, and business and management.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• High male/female ratio.
• High faculty salary.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Associates Colleges.

Features of note:

• Open admission; accepts all qualified candidates.
• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• 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 830 in 2009-2010 (617 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 78% of the student body. About 7% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Room and Board

Garrett provides on-campus housing for 180 of its 617 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 17 meals weekly.

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Associate.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (25 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management
• Business Administration, Management and Operations
• Business/Commerce
• Management Information Systems

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (1 awarded)

• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (6 awarded)

• Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (5 awarded)

• Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Teacher Assistant/Aide

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (3 awarded)

• Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (0 awarded)

• Child Care and Support Services Management
• Human Services

LIBERAL ARTS (38 awarded)

• Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (15 awarded)

• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION (0 awarded)

• Business/Office Automation/Technology/Data Entry

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (3 awarded)

• Corrections
• Criminal Justice/Police Science

TRANSPORTATION (42 awarded)

• Truck and Bus Driver/Commercial Vehicle Operation