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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.

Campus Location

807 Walker Ave
Memphis, TN 38126-6595
USA
Main Tel: (901) 435-1500
Web Site

The campus is in a large city.

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)

DegreeTotal
Earned
Different
Programs
Bachelor10021

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)

ItemCost
State Tuition and fees$ 10,298
Room$ 2,542
Board$ 2,310
Books and supplies$ 1,200
Other$ 750

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

Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.

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)

ApplicantsAdmitted
Men49%
Women47%
All48%

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees awarded in 2008-2009 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (1 awarded)

  • Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (29 awarded)

  • Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (5 awarded)

  • Computer Science

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (11 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 (7 awarded)

  • Social Work

LIBERAL ARTS (15 awarded)

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

MATHEMATICS (0 awarded)

  • Mathematics

MUSIC (5 awarded)

  • Music

SCIENCE (10 awarded)

  • Biology/Biological Sciences
  • Chemistry

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (17 awarded)

  • Criminal Justice/Safety Studies

Selected Careers of Interest

(Based on an automated mapping of degrees popular at Le Moyne-Owen College with government-defined occupation categories.)

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