Mars Hill College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a rural site not far from an urban area.

Overview

Mars Hill College, also known as MHC, is a private, co-ed, liberal-arts College. MHC was founded in 1856 by southern Baptists. Originally, MHC was known as French Broad Baptist Academy. In 1859, the college got its present name. MHC offer bachelor's degree in several subjects with majors over 30 subjects that include history, international studies, music and science. MHC also operates programs in Adult Education. There is an impressive enrollment of international students in MHC.

MHU has an active campus life. It operates several student clubs, organizations, and associations for the student's benefit. Wren College Union, the campus activity board, and student's sports club are some of the centers of student activity. Apart from this, there are several wellness centers and counseling centers in the campus. The Cadenza' is a campus magazine and 'The Hilltop' is the campus newspaper published weekly by the students.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Baptist religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in education and teaching, mathematics, drama and performing arts, music, and art studies.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of students.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Large number of programs of study offered.

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.
• 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 1,245 in 2009-2010 (1,253 full-time equivalent).

About 59% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 41% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 81% 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

Mars Hill provides on-campus housing for 943 of its 1,253 (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

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the South Atlantic Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 169 male students received the aid (men were 64% of those receiving aid) and 97 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 36% 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)

ART STUDIES (6 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (57 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management
• Fashion Merchandising

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (1 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (5 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (71 awarded)

• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Special Education and Teaching
• Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (10 awarded)

• Social Work

LIBERAL ARTS (28 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• History
• International Relations and Affairs
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (5 awarded)

• Mathematics

MUSIC (4 awarded)

• Music Performance
• Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (8 awarded)

• Athletic Training/Trainer
• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (7 awarded)

• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (16 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Zoology/Animal Biology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (13 awarded)

• Psychology