Marian University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

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

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Roman Catholic religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in business and management and nursing and emergency medicine.
• High female/male ratio.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.

School characteristics:

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

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 2,143 in 2009-2010 (1,947 full-time equivalent).

About 46% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 54% of the class.

Undergrads are 86% of enrolled students and graduate students are 14%.

Students under 25 years old represent 61% of the student body. About 13% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

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

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Marian provides on-campus housing for 713 of its 1,947 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

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

Athletics

School sports include football (Mid-States Football Association), basketball (Mid-Central College Conference), baseball (Mid-Central College Conference), and track (Mid-Central College Conference).

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 76 male students received the aid (men were 48% of those receiving aid) and 84 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 53% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Marian offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Master.

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Single Postbaccalaureate (Education).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (1 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies
• Arts Management

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (206 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Finance
• Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing/Marketing Management

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (67 awarded)

• Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Teacher Education, Multiple Levels

FINE ARTS (0 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation

LIBERAL ARTS (27 awarded)

• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• History
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (0 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (1 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MUSIC (0 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (104 awarded)

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

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (12 awarded)

• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (6 awarded)

• Commercial and Advertising Art
• Photography

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (10 awarded)

• Christian Studies
• Pastoral Studies/Counseling
• Philosophy
• Religious Education
• Theology/Theological Studies

SCIENCE (19 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (13 awarded)

• Psychology