Goshen College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a small city.

Overview

Goshen College was established in 1894 as the Elkhart Institute of Science, Industry and the Arts. It is a private college of liberal arts located in Goshen, Indiana. The campus of the college is spread across an area of more than 130 acres. Goshen College offers its master's degrees in environmental science through the Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center. Goshen College offers over 30 majors and more than 30 minors. It also provides a number of pre-professional programs in various fields of study.

Goshen College's students participate in a number of clubs and organization, including the Goshen Student Women's Association, the Catholic Student Association, the Goshen College Nursing Student Association, the Social Work Action Association and the Sitting Club. The college also sponsors athletics teams in baseball, soccer, volleyball, football, softball, rugby, basketball, cross country and track & field.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Mennonite Church religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in music, art studies, drama and performing arts, mathematics, and conservation and resource management.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Large number of students.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).

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.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 957 in 2009-2010 (958 full-time equivalent).

About 38% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 62% of the class.

Undergrads are 97% of enrolled students and graduate students are 3%.

Students under 25 years old represent 85% of the student body. About 6% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Goshen provides on-campus housing for 846 of its 958 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 21 meals weekly.

Athletics

The school is in the Mid-Central College Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 55 male students received the aid (men were 51% of those receiving aid) and 53 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 49% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

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

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (10 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (39 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Commerce
• Management Information Systems

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (2 awarded)

• Computer Systems Analysis/Analyst
• Computer and Information Sciences

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (2 awarded)

• Environmental Science

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (4 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (22 awarded)

• Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Special Education and Teaching
• Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (16 awarded)

• Social Work

LIBERAL ARTS (36 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• History
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution
• Sign Language Interpretation and Translation
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (3 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Mathematics

MEDIA (12 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
• Radio and Television Broadcasting Technology/Technician

MUSIC (12 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (37 awarded)

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

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (5 awarded)

• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (21 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Molecular Biology
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (8 awarded)

• Psychology