Howard College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a self-contained town.

Overview

Howard College, also known as HC, is located in Big Spring, Texas, United States. It was established in 1945. The first classes were held on September 30, 1946. It moved to its present located on September 12, 1951. The college's main campus spreads across an area of more than 100 acres in Big Spring. HC has other branch campuses located in San Angelo and Lamesa. Howard College offers a wide variety of degrees and certificate programs in diverse areas of study.

There are several student clubs at HC including Phi Theta Kappa, Howard College Respiratory Care Students Association, Association of Information Technology Professionals, American Association for Medical Transcription, Texas Nursing Students Association, and Baptist Student Ministries.

HC participates in a wide variety of sports such as basketball, softball, and baseball. The men’s athletic teams are nicknamed the Hawk and the women’s teams are known as the Lady Hawk.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in computer science and engineering and beauty and cosmetology.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Large number of students.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• 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.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• 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 3,460 in 2009-2010 (2,170 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 73% of the student body. About 7% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Room and Board

Howard College provides on-campus housing for 244 of its 2,170 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

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

Athletics

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

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 71 male students received the aid (men were 61% of those receiving aid) and 45 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 39% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Associate.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (2 awarded)

• Agriculture

BEAUTY AND COSMETOLOGY (45 awarded)

• Cosmetology, Barber/Styling, and Nail Instructor
• Cosmetology/Cosmetologist
• Nail Technician/Specialist and Manicurist

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (51 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business/Commerce
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (23 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (3 awarded)

• Education
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
• Secondary Education and Teaching

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (9 awarded)

• Drafting and Design Technology/Technician
• Industrial Technology/Technician

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (11 awarded)

• Adult Development and Aging
• Child Development
• Human Development and Family Studies

LIBERAL ARTS (116 awarded)

• General Studies
• History
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Sign Language Interpretation and Translation
• Social Sciences

MEDIA (0 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (8 awarded)

• Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician
• Medical Transcription/Transcriptionist

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (35 awarded)

• Dental Hygiene/Hygienist
• Medical/Clinical Assistant
• Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiographer
• Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist
• Surgical Technology/Technologist

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (78 awarded)

• Emergency Medical Technology/Technician (EMT Paramedic)
• Licensed Practical/Vocational Nurse Training
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (0 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education

OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION (19 awarded)

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science

SCIENCE (0 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (30 awarded)

• Corrections
• Criminal Justice/Police Science
• Criminal Justice/Safety Studies

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (0 awarded)

• Psychology