Hesston College

Location and Contact Information

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

Overview

Hesston College, located in Hesston, Kansas, was established in 1909. It is a private, two-year college with a 50-acre campus housing over 10 buildings. The college offers two-year associate’s degrees, four-year transfer programs and pre-professional programs in areas such as aviation, bible study, business, computer information technology, nursing and pastoral ministries. It also offers pre-dental, pre-medicine and pre-law programs.

Hesston College has an active athletics department, sponsoring teams in basketball, soccer, baseball, tennis and volleyball. Hesston College offers meritorious students financial aid in the form of scholarship programs and grants.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Mennonite Church religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in liberal arts, religion and philosophy, and science.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Associates Colleges.

Features of note:

• Open admission; accepts all qualified candidates.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• 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 423 in 2009-2010 (396 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 84% of the student body. About 3% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Room and Board

Hesston provides on-campus housing for 420 of its 396 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

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

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Associate.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (3 awarded)

• Business/Commerce

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (1 awarded)

• Early Childhood Education and Teaching

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (0 awarded)

• Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians

LIBERAL ARTS (82 awarded)

• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (44 awarded)

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

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (5 awarded)

• Bible/Biblical Studies
• Theology/Theological Studies

SCIENCE (10 awarded)

• Natural Sciences

TRANSPORTATION (4 awarded)

• Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew