Jamestown College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a self-contained town.

Overview

Jamestown College was established in 1883 by Presbyterian settlers. It is a private, co-educational college of liberal arts located in Jamestown, North Dakota. The campus of the college is spread across an area of 110 acres. The institution offers programs in more than 40 academic areas and pre-professional studies.

Jamestown College sponsors a number of student clubs and organizations, including the International Student Organization, the National Music Educator's Association, the Student North Dakota Education Association, the Jamestown College Criminal Justice Club and Jimmie Janes. The institution also has an active Greek life, with Pi Lambda Theta, Phi Beta Lambda and Psi Chi all operating chapters on campus.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Presbyterian Church (USA) religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in nutrition and exercise therapy and mathematics.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.

School characteristics:

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

Features of note:

• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• 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 1,025 in 2009-2010 (1,054 full-time equivalent).

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

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 94% of the student body. About 2% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 97% are full-time and 3% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Jamestown provides on-campus housing for 728 of its 1,054 (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

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Dakota Athletic Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 254 male students received the aid (men were 64% of those receiving aid) and 141 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 36% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (35 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Financial Planning and Services
• Management Information Systems

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (2 awarded)

• Computer Science
• Information Technology

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (24 awarded)

• Biology Teacher Education
• Chemistry Teacher Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• History Teacher Education
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Social Studies Teacher Education

FINE ARTS (3 awarded)

• Fine Arts and Art Studies

LIBERAL ARTS (10 awarded)

• English Composition
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• German Language and Literature
• History
• Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (3 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Mathematics

MEDIA (3 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (8 awarded)

• Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
• Medical Radiologic Technology/Science - Radiation Therapist

MUSIC (2 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (39 awarded)

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

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (13 awarded)

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

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (1 awarded)

• Philosophy and Religious Studies

SCIENCE (10 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (9 awarded)

• Corrections and Criminal Justice

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (8 awarded)

• Psychology