Goucher College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a small city.

Overview

Goucher College is a private, coeducational, liberal arts college located in the northern Baltimore suburb of Towson, Baltimore County, Maryland, United States. It was established in the year 1885 as a women's college. The campus spreads across an area of more than 285 acres. The college offers a wide variety of degrees and programs in diverse areas of study.

Goucher College’s campus is home to several clubs and organizations based on the varied interests of the students. Some of the popular organizations are the Comic Book Club of Goucher College, Community Auxiliary for Service (CAUSE), Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance, Hispanic Organization for Learning and Awareness (¡HOLA!), and Goucher Climate Action Group (GCAG).

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in art studies, drama and performing arts, liberal arts, education and teaching, media, music, and medicine.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High female/male ratio.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• High faculty salary.

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.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 2,319 in 2009-2010 (1,901 full-time equivalent).

About 27% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 73% of the class.

Undergrads are 49% of enrolled students and graduate students are 51%.

Students under 25 years old represent 66% of the student body. About 9% 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

Goucher provides on-campus housing for 1,193 of its 1,901 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 19 meals weekly.

Athletics

The school is in the Capital Athletic Conference for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

Goucher 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 Postbaccalaureate With Arts & Sciences (Education Dominant).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (20 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies
• Visual and Performing Arts

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (26 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management
• Business, Management, Marketing & Related Support Services
• Management Information Systems

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (3 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (18 awarded)

• Dance
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (105 awarded)

• Education
• Secondary Education and Teaching

LAW (0 awarded)

• Pre-Law Studies

LIBERAL ARTS (127 awarded)

• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• European Studies/Civilization
• French Language and Literature
• History
• International Relations and Affairs
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution
• Political Science and Government
• Russian Language and Literature
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (5 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (27 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MEDICINE (28 awarded)

• Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies

MUSIC (8 awarded)

• Music

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (8 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (28 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (39 awarded)

• Psychology