Geneva College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

Geneva College is located in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded in the year 1848 by John Black Johnston, an RPCNA minister, and was formerly known as Geneva Hall. This college offers degrees and certificate programs in different areas of study including engineering, business administration, elementary education, psychology, and biology.

Geneva College students have access to a number of student clubs and organizations including the American Society of Civil Engineering, Alpha Psi Omega, Black Student Organization, Spanish Club, Society for Human Resource Management, Geneva College Republicans, and Creation Stewardship Club. The men of Geneva College participate in sports such as basketball, baseball, football, cross country, soccer, and track and field. The women participate in sports such as basketball, softball, volleyball, track and field, soccer, tennis, and cross country.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Reformed Presbyterian Church religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in family and social work and religion and philosophy.
• Large number of students.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High faculty salary.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Masters Colleges and Universities II.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 1,951 in 2009-2010 (2,159 full-time equivalent).

About 53% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 47% of the class.

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

Students under 25 years old represent 70% of the student body. About 17% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 100% are full-time and 0% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Geneva College provides on-campus housing for 959 of its 2,159 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

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

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 157 male students received the aid (men were 66% of those receiving aid) and 80 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 34% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

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

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate Professional (Business Dominant).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (151 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration
• Organizational Behavior Studies

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (5 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (98 awarded)

• Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Reading Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching

ENGINEERING (22 awarded)

• Chemical Engineering
• Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (50 awarded)

• Social Work

LIBERAL ARTS (51 awarded)

• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• English Composition
• English Language and Literature
• Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• History
• Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies

MATHEMATICS (4 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics

MEDIA (15 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Radio and Television Broadcasting Technology/Technician

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (6 awarded)

• Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

MUSIC (6 awarded)

• Music Performance
• Music

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (88 awarded)

• Bible/Biblical Studies
• Philosophy
• Theology and Religious Vocations

SCIENCE (20 awarded)

• Biological and Biomedical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (26 awarded)

• Counseling Psychology
• Psychology

TRANSPORTATION (0 awarded)

• Aviation/Airway Management and Operations