Lees-McRae College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a rural area.

Overview

School profile and reference information, including highlights, admissions, student body, degrees, and contact info.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Presbyterian Church (USA) religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in education and teaching, conservation and resource management, security and law enforcement, and drama and performing arts.
• 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 programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.

School characteristics:

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

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 948 in 2009-2010 (927 full-time equivalent).

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Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 80% of the student body. About 7% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Lees McRae provides on-campus housing for 428 of its 927 (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

The school is in the Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 79 male students received the aid (men were 54% of those receiving aid) and 67 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 46% 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 (17 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (0 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (9 awarded)

• Forest Sciences and Biology
• Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management

DESIGN (8 awarded)

• Graphic Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (5 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (87 awarded)

• Drama and Dance Teacher Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching

LIBERAL ARTS (7 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• International/Global Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Sociology

MATHEMATICS (3 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (0 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MEDICINE (6 awarded)

• Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies
• Pre-Veterinary Studies

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (8 awarded)

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

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (6 awarded)

• Athletic Training/Trainer
• Health and Physical Education
• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (0 awarded)

• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (2 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (29 awarded)

• Criminology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (7 awarded)

• Psychology