Huntingdon College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a medium-sized city.

Overview

Huntingdon College was established as the Tuskegee Female College in 1854 in Montgomery, Alabama. It was renamed the Alabama Conference Female College in 1872. In 1910, the college moved to a 58-acre plot in Montgomery's Cloverdale section, and was again renamed the Woman's College of Alabama. It assumed its present name in 1934 after admitting its first male student.

The campus of Huntingdon College is spread across an area of 71 acres. The college offers a liberal arts core curriculum leading to a wide range of pre-professional programs and academic majors. Teacher certification programs are also offered for elementary, secondary and P-12 levels. Huntingdon College is best known for its programs in the areas of business and science.

Huntingdon College is a member of the NCAA-Division III, and sponsors athletic teams in a variety of sports, which are known as the Hawks. The college also operates over 50 student organizations, including fraternities and sororities like Sigma Phi Epsilon, Kappa Alpha Psi, Alpha Omicron Pi and Alpha Kappa Alpha. The Princeton Review has ranked Huntington College as a "Best Value" college, and as one of the best liberal arts colleges in the Southeast.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• United Methodist religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in science, business and management, nutrition and exercise therapy, and music.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Racially diverse student body.

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.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 1,082 in 2009-2010 (988 full-time equivalent).

About 58% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 42% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 77% of the student body. About 8% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Huntingdon provides on-campus housing for 544 of its 988 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

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

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Independent Southeast Region 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 (95 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Commerce

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (1 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (12 awarded)

• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching

FINE ARTS (2 awarded)

• Fine Arts and Art Studies
• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (19 awarded)

• Creative Writing
• English Language and Literature
• History
• International/Global Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (3 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (8 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MUSIC (5 awarded)

• Music Performance
• Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (18 awarded)

• Athletic Training/Trainer
• Health and Physical Education
• Kinesiology and Exercise Science
• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies
• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (9 awarded)

• Religion/Religious Studies
• Religious Education

SCIENCE (26 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Cell Biology and Anatomy
• Chemistry

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (7 awarded)

• Psychology