Lincoln Memorial University

Lincoln Memorial University, popularly referred to as LMU, is located in Harrogate, Tennessee, United Staes. It was established in 1897. This private, four-year, liberal arts institute has a 1,000 acre campus and offers enrollment to more than 3,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students. LMU offers various undergraduate majors, graduate and professional programs, and doctoral degrees in subjects such as business administration, education, nursing, medical sciences, osteopathic medicine, art, music, and wildlife and fisheries management.

Lincoln Memorial University supports a large number of student organizations on campus. Among the Greek organizations are fraternities such as Alpha Lambda Zeta, Gamma Lambda Sigmon, and Sigma Pi Beta, and sororities including Delta Theta Sigma, Kappa Pi Omega, and Zeta Tau Kappa. There are also several honor societies including Alpha Chi, Alpha Gamma Sigma Chapter of Sigma Tau Delta-English Honorary Society, Phi Alpha-Social Work Honorary Society, and Psi Chi-Psychology National Honor Society. LMU also sponsors sports teams in basketball, golf, soccer, cross country, softball, tennis, volleyball, and baseball. The teams are nicknamed the Railsplitters and the Lady Railsplitters.

Highlights

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

• Many students concentrating in education and teaching.
• High female/male ratio.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.

Other important characteristics:

• Library on-campus
• Campus housing available
• Student meal (board) plan
• Distance learning available
• Part-time classes available
• ROTC
• Athlete financial aid

Degrees Awarded (in 2008-2009)

Students

Student enrollment was 3,255 in 2007-2008 (2,936 full-time equivalent).

About 32% of the freshmen class in 2008-2009 was male and women were 68% of the class.

Undergrads are 46% of enrolled students and graduate students are 54%.

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

Among freshmen students, 89% are full-time and 11% are part-time.

Tuition and Other Costs (2008-2009)

Financial Aid: Lincoln Memorial participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

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

Faculty

Tenure (2008-2009):

Housing and Meals

Lincoln Memorial provides on-campus housing for 705 of its 2,936 (full-time) students (as of 2008-2009).

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

Athletics

The school is in the South Atlantic Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 67 male students received the aid (men were 46% of those receiving aid) and 80 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 54% of students receiving such aid) .

Admissions (2008-2009)

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