Huston-Tillotson University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

Huston-Tillotson University, HT, traces its roots to the Tillotson College, and the Samuel Huston College. Tillotson College was originally established as the Tillotson Collegiate and Normal Institute in 1877, while Samuel Huston College was founded in 1900. These two institutes merged on October 24, 1952 to create Huston-Tillotson College. On February 28, 2005, it was renamed Huston-Tillotson University. The campus of HT is located in Austin, Texas.

Huston-Tillotson University offers a number of degree programs in the fields of humanities, fine arts, natural sciences, teacher education, kinesiology, mathematics, social and behavioral sciences, business, and technology. HT is organized into the following 2 academic divisions:

• College of Arts and Sciences
• School of Business and Technology

The athletics department of Huston-Tillotson University fields teams in baseball, basketball, cross country, soccer, track, softball, and volleyball. The teams are nicknamed the Rams, and they compete in the Red River Athletic Conference, and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Multiple Protestant Denomination religious affiliation.
• Historically black college.
• Many students concentrating in education and teaching.
• Racially diverse student body.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Selective admissions.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High male/female ratio.

School characteristics:

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

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.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Huston Tillotson is a historically black college.

Student enrollment was 785 in 2009-2010 (684 full-time equivalent).

About 47% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 53% of the class.

Undergrads are 92% of enrolled students and graduate students are 8%.

Students under 25 years old represent 79% of the student body. About 5% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Huston Tillotson provides on-campus housing for 451 of its 684 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

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

Athletics

The school is in the Red River Athletic Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 35 male students received the aid (men were 58% of those receiving aid) and 25 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 42% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Huston Tillotson offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (27 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (5 awarded)

• Computer Science

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (39 awarded)

• Teacher Education, Multiple Levels

LIBERAL ARTS (27 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• History
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology

MATHEMATICS (2 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (0 awarded)

• Mass Communication/Media Studies

MUSIC (1 awarded)

• Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (5 awarded)

• Kinesiology and Exercise Science

SCIENCE (7 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (12 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (8 awarded)

• Psychology