Marist College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

Marist College is a private, co-educational, liberal arts college located in Poughkeepsie, New York. It was established in 1929 as Marian College. It was renamed "Marist College" in 1960. The college stretches over an area of more than 180 acres of land. It grants admission to over 4,000 students every year.

The schools under Marist College are:

• The School of Communication & the Arts
• The School of Computer Science & Math
• The School of Graduate & Continuing Education
• The School of Liberal Arts
• The School of Management
• The School of Science
• The School of Social & Behavioral Sciences

The college's campus is home to a number of Greek-letter fraternities and sororities. The fraternities include Alpha Phi Delta, Phi Kappa Sigma and Theta Delta Chi. The sororities include Alpha Sigma Tau, Kappa Kappa Gamma and Sigma Sigma Sigma.

Marist's athletics teams are known as the Marist Red Foxes. The schools fields teams in baseball, basketball, football, swimming, softball and track & field.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in media, computer science and engineering, business and management, and therapy and counseling.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Selective admissions.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of students.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Masters Colleges and Universities I.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• 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 5,828 in 2009-2010 (5,419 full-time equivalent).

About 45% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 55% of the class.

Undergrads are 85% of enrolled students and graduate students are 15%.

Students under 25 years old represent 82% of the student body. About 6% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Marist provides on-campus housing for 3,053 of its 5,419 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

School sports include football (Independent Northeast Region), basketball (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference), baseball (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference), and track (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference).

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 110 male students received the aid (men were 44% of those receiving aid) and 139 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 56% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

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

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate With Arts & Sciences (Fields Other Than Education And Business).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (416 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Fashion Merchandising
• Management Information Systems

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (75 awarded)

• Computer Programming/Programmer
• Computer Science
• Computer Software and Media Applications
• Information Science/Studies
• Information Technology

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (3 awarded)

• Environmental Science

DESIGN (13 awarded)

• Fashion/Apparel Design

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (136 awarded)

• Biology Teacher Education
• Chemistry Teacher Education
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• French Language Teacher Education
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Social Studies Teacher Education
• Spanish Language Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (59 awarded)

• Public Administration
• Social Work

FINE ARTS (19 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fine/Studio Arts

LAW (39 awarded)

• Legal Assistant/Paralegal

LIBERAL ARTS (130 awarded)

• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• General Studies
• History
• Political Science and Government
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (12 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Mathematics

MEDIA (248 awarded)

• Advertising
• Animation, Interactive Tech, Video Graphics and Special Effects
• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Communication and Media Studies
• Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs
• Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia
• Journalism
• Organizational Communication
• Public Relations/Image Management
• Radio and Television

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (7 awarded)

• Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (5 awarded)

• Athletic Training/Trainer

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (2 awarded)

• Philosophy

SCIENCE (61 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Biomedical Sciences
• Chemistry

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (40 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (158 awarded)

• Counseling Psychology
• Educational Psychology
• Mental Health Counseling/Counselor
• Psychology
• School Psychology