Le Moyne-Owen College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

LeMoyne-Owen College, LOC, is a private, historically black institute in Memphis, Tennessee. LOC was formed through the merger of Owen College and LeMoyne College in 1968. It offers Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Arts, and the Bachelor of Business Administration degrees in diverse study areas. The undergraduate program at LOC is offered through 5 academic divisions:

• The Division of Business and Economic Development
• The Division of Education
• The Division of Fine Arts and Humanities
• The Division of Natural and Mathematical Sciences
• The Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences

LeMoyne-Owen College has a number of Social Greek Organizations, Honor Societies, Performing Arts groups, and Academic and Professional Organizations. Some of them are the Business Students Association, the Mathematics and Computer Science Club, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Debut Kashmir Modeling Society, and the Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society. The sports teams are known as Magicians and they participate in the National Collegiate Athletic Association.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Multiple Protestant Denomination religious affiliation.
• Historically black college.
• Many students concentrating in music, security and law enforcement, and business and management.
• Racially diverse student body.
• Numerous part-time students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• High female/male 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.
• Weekend study is an option.
• 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

Le Moyne-Owen College is a historically black college.

Student enrollment was 693 in 2009-2010 (688 full-time equivalent).

About 41% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 59% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 64% of the student body. About 11% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 68% are full-time and 32% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

Room and Board

Le Moyne-Owen College provides on-campus housing for 164 of its 688 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

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

Athletics

The school is in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 30 male students received the aid (men were 53% of those receiving aid) and 27 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 47% 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)

ART STUDIES (1 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (21 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (3 awarded)

• Computer Science

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (3 awarded)

• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Social Studies Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (3 awarded)

• Social Work

LIBERAL ARTS (9 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Sociology

MATHEMATICS (0 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (1 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MUSIC (4 awarded)

• Music

SCIENCE (5 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (8 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Safety Studies