Jacksonville University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

Jacksonville University, also referred to as JU, is located in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. The university was established in the year 1934 and was then known as William J. Porter University. It gained university status in the year 1956. The campus spreads over an area of more than 190 acres. Students are offered degree programs areas such as nursing, business administration, and science. JU has the following degree-granting colleges under it:

• College of Arts and Sciences
• College of Fine Arts
• Davis School of Business

Jacksonville University is home to various Greek fraternities and sororities including Phi Delta Theta, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Gamma Phi Beta, Alpha Epsilon Phi and Delta Sigma Theta. Students also participate in sports such as football, soccer, and track and field.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in nursing and emergency medicine and business and management.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Masters Colleges and Universities I.

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

Student enrollment was 3,418 in 2009-2010 (2,804 full-time equivalent).

About 49% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 51% of the class.

Undergrads are 88% of enrolled students and graduate students are 12%.

Students under 25 years old represent 60% of the student body. About 12% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 99% are full-time and 1% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Jacksonville University provides on-campus housing for 1,585 of its 2,804 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

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

Athletics

School sports include football (Pioneer Football League), basketball (Atlantic Sun Conference), baseball (Atlantic Sun Conference), and track (Atlantic Sun Conference).

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 83 male students received the aid (men were 47% of those receiving aid) and 94 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 53% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

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

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate With Arts & Sciences (Business Dominant).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (19 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies
• Visual and Performing Arts

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (256 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Commerce
• Finance
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Management Information Systems
• Management Science
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (5 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (11 awarded)

• Dance
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (29 awarded)

• Drama and Dance Teacher Education
• Education
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Reading Teacher Education

FINE ARTS (1 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fine Arts and Art Studies

LIBERAL ARTS (87 awarded)

• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• Geography
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (3 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (20 awarded)

• Mass Communication/Media Studies

MEDICINE (14 awarded)

• Orthodontics/Orthodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)

MUSIC (10 awarded)

• Music Management and Merchandising
• Music Performance
• Music Theory and Composition
• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (318 awarded)

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

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (19 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education
• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (1 awarded)

• Film/Cinema Studies

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (0 awarded)

• Philosophy

SCIENCE (28 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (16 awarded)

• Psychology

TRANSPORTATION (38 awarded)

• Airline/Commercial/Professional Pilot and Flight Crew
• Aviation/Airway Management and Operations