Keuka College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a town not particularly near any major cities.

Overview

Founded in 1890, Keuka College is located on the shores of Keuka Lake in New York State’s Finger Lakes region. The college is a private independent four-year, residential, coeducational college. It offers a vast range of majors, minors, graduate and pre-professional educations including:

• Pre-Dentistry
• Pre-Law
• Pre-Medical

The College also offers degree programs in the People's Republic of China where more than 3,000 Chinese students are studying. The U.S. News & World Reports has ranked it 9th as a "best value" and 5th in "lightest debt load” in the US.(2007)

The campus includes more than 35 clubs and campus organizations for students' recreation. It also has 15 synchronized inter-collegiate sports team for men and women. Apart from this the college hosts additional affairs like Center for Spiritual Life, Counseling Services, Health Services.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Baptist religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in nursing and emergency medicine, security and law enforcement, nutrition and exercise therapy, and business and management.
• Large number of students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High female/male ratio.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• High faculty salary.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: 4-1-4 plan.
• 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 may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 1,613 in 2009-2010 (1,417 full-time equivalent).

About 30% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 70% of the class.

Undergrads are 91% of enrolled students and graduate students are 9%.

Students under 25 years old represent 56% of the student body. About 17% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 100% are full-time and 0% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

Room and Board

Keuka College provides on-campus housing for 785 of its 1,417 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Graduate School Focus

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

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Single Postbaccalaureate (Business).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (1 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (144 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Marketing/Marketing Management

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (1 awarded)

• Environmental Science

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (0 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (76 awarded)

• Biology Teacher Education
• Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Foreign Language Teacher Education
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Reading Teacher Education
• Social Studies Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (10 awarded)

• Social Work

HOSPITALITY (0 awarded)

• Hotel/Motel Administration/Management

LIBERAL ARTS (19 awarded)

• American Sign Language (ASL)
• English Language and Literature
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Sign Language Interpretation and Translation
• Social Sciences
• Sociology

MATHEMATICS (1 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (11 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (1 awarded)

• Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist

MEDICINE (3 awarded)

• Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (113 awarded)

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

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (37 awarded)

• Occupational Therapy/Therapist

SCIENCE (4 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (59 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (6 awarded)

• Psychology