Hanover College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a town not particularly near any major cities.

Overview

Hanover College is a co-educational liberal arts college located in Hanover, Indiana. HC was founded in the year 1827 by revered John Finley Crowe. It is the oldest private college in Indiana. HC’s campus is spread across an area of 650 acres overlooking the Ohio River. HC offers several degree programs including business, biology, political science and education, along with pre-law and pre-medicine.

The Martial Arts Club, the Table Top Club and the Ballroom Dance Association are some of the clubs operating on campus. The college has an active Greek life, with Alpha Delta Pi, Kappa Alpha Theta, Lambda Chi Alpha and Sigma Chi all housing chapters at the school. Students also operate a newspaper known as The Triangle.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Presbyterian Church (USA) religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in mathematics, drama and performing arts, liberal arts, science, and media.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High faculty salary.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Large number of students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: 4-1-4 plan.
• 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 may study abroad.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 926 in 2009-2010 (933 full-time equivalent).

About 48% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 52% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 99% of the student body.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Hanover provides on-campus housing for 980 of its 933 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Athletics

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

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (6 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (2 awarded)

• Computer Science

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (1 awarded)

• Environmental Studies

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (7 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (5 awarded)

• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching

FINE ARTS (4 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (93 awarded)

• Anthropology
• Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• History
• International/Global Studies
• Medieval and Renaissance Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (7 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (16 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MUSIC (2 awarded)

• Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (5 awarded)

• Kinesiology and Exercise Science

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (15 awarded)

• Ethics
• Philosophy
• Theology/Theological Studies

SCIENCE (26 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Exercise Physiology
• Geology/Earth Science
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (21 awarded)

• Psychology