Hastings College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a self-contained town.

Overview

Hastings College, established in 1882 is a private, co-educational, Presbyterian liberal arts college sitting on a 109-acre campus in Hastings, Nebraska. Hastings College's recent enrollments have been more than 1,000 students every year.

The college offers the liberal arts program of study, and the personalized program of study. Students can opt for courses in art, biology, business, history, computer science, mathematics, music, nursing, psychology, religion, religion, women’s and gender studies, and teacher education, among others.

Hastings College supports a large number of clubs and organization. Students are members of fraternities such as the Beta Chi, Eta Phi Lambda, Psi Theta Epsilon, and Tau Beta Alpha, and sororities like Alpha Phi Sigma, Alpha Delta Alpha, Alpha Omega, and Chi Omega Psi. There are several other clubs including the Hastings College Democrats, Multicultural Student Union, Outdoor Club, Rodeo Club, and Habitat For Humanity. The college was placed on the list of the U.S. News & World Report, America's Best Colleges 2007. Princeton Review also ranked Hastings College among the best colleges in the Midwestern region.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Presbyterian Church (USA) religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in education and teaching, media, music, and science.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.

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.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 1,153 in 2009-2010 (1,241 full-time equivalent).

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

Undergrads are 70% of enrolled students and graduate students are 30%.

Students under 25 years old represent 94% of the student body. About 1% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Hastings provides on-campus housing for 801 of its 1,241 (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 Great Plains Athletic Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 347 male students received the aid (men were 69% of those receiving aid) and 158 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 31% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

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

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Single Postbaccalaureate (Education).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (55 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Commerce
• Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (3 awarded)

• Computer Science

DESIGN (0 awarded)

• Graphic Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (2 awarded)

• Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (72 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Biology Teacher Education
• Business Teacher Education
• Chemistry Teacher Education
• Drama and Dance Teacher Education
• Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• History Teacher Education
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Physics Teacher Education
• Psychology Teacher Education
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Social Science Teacher Education
• Spanish Language Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching
• Speech Teacher Education
• Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

FINE ARTS (4 awarded)

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

LIBERAL ARTS (25 awarded)

• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
• German Language and Literature
• History
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (1 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (22 awarded)

• Advertising
• Broadcast Journalism
• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Journalism

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (0 awarded)

• Health Services Administration
• Health/Health Care Administration/Management

MUSIC (6 awarded)

• Music Pedagogy
• Music Performance
• Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (7 awarded)

• Kinesiology and Exercise Science
• Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (7 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (31 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Biopsychology
• Chemistry
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (17 awarded)

• Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling
• Health/Medical Psychology
• Psychology