Lees-McRae College

Location and Contact Information

275 College Drive
Banner Elk, NC 28604-0128
USA
Main Tel: 82889852410
Web Site

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.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

ItemCost
State Tuition and fees$ 21,875
Room and board$ 7,400
Books and supplies$ 950
Other$ 3,220

Financial Aid

Lees McRae participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 83% of students received financial aid of some sort.

Grants% of
Students		Average
Amount
Any Grant83%$17,495
Institutional Grant83%$12,156
Federal Grant37%$4,615
Pell Grant37%$3,619
Other Federal Grant17%$2,201
State or Local Grant53%$5,138

Loans% of
Students		Average
Amount
Student Loan67%$7,522
Federal Loan67%$6,887
Other Loan4%$9,782

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

Similar Schools

Based on proprietary BrainTrack computer comparisons against all other US colleges, these schools appear to be most similar to Lees-McRae College:

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 SchoolLocationEnrollment
1University of Saint MaryLeavenworth, KS955
2Mars Hill CollegeMars Hill, NC1,245
3Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts & SciencesFayette, MO1,031
4Dana CollegeBlair, NE546
5Dakota Wesleyan UniversityMitchell, SD730
6Iowa Wesleyan CollegeMount Pleasant, IA843
7Campbellsville UniversityCampbellsville, KY2,830
8Tennessee Wesleyan CollegeAthens, TN988
9Bethany CollegeLindsborg, KS587
10Hannibal-Lagrange CollegeHannibal, MO1,099

Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

DegreeTotal
Earned		Different
Programs
Bachelor19426

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Full-Time Faculty  Total
Without tenure; tenure not available  54

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)

ApplicantsAdmitted
All60%

SAT Test Scores:

SATMiddle 50%
Verbal440-510
Math420-530

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