Le Moyne-Owen College

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

Where the school stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

• Multiple Protestant Denomination religious affiliation.
• Historically black college.
• Many students concentrating in music, business and management, mathematics, and security and law enforcement.
• Racially diverse student body.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.

Other important characteristics:

• Faculty tenure system
• Library on-campus
• Campus housing available
• Student meal (board) plan
• Study abroad option
• Weekend study option
• Part-time classes available
• ROTC
• Athlete financial aid

Degrees Awarded (in 2008-2009)

Students

Le Moyne-Owen College is a historically black college.

Student enrollment was 592 in 2007-2008 (567 full-time equivalent).

About 41% of the freshmen class in 2008-2009 was male and women were 59% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students living in the US make up 100% of incoming freshmen.

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

Tuition and Other Costs (2008-2009)

Financial Aid: Le Moyne-Owen College participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

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Housing and Meals

Le Moyne-Owen College provides on-campus housing for 144 of its 567 (full-time) students (as of 2008-2009).

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) .

Admissions (2008-2009)