McDaniel College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a small suburb.

Overview

McDaniel College is a four-year liberal arts college located in Westminster, Maryland, United States. It was founded in the year 1867 as Western Maryland College. The main campus spreads across an area of 160 acres. McDaniel also operates a satellite campus in Budapest, Hungary. The college offers a wide variety of degrees and programs in diverse areas of study.

McDaniel College hosts several student clubs and organizations for the overall development of its students. Some of the clubs are the International Club, Multicultural Students Association, and Alpha Kappa Delta. The college also has an active Greek life with several fraternities and sororities on campus. The college's student-run newspaper is the "McDaniel Free Press."

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in education and teaching and nutrition and exercise therapy.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• High female/male ratio.
• Large number of students.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: 4-1-4 plan.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, Liberal Arts.

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.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 3,789 in 2009-2010 (2,833 full-time equivalent).

About 53% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 47% of the class.

Undergrads are 37% of enrolled students and graduate students are 63%.

Students under 25 years old represent 50% of the student body. About 13% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

McDaniel provides on-campus housing for 1,360 of its 2,833 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 16 meals weekly.

Athletics

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

Graduate School Focus

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

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate With Arts & Sciences (Education Dominant).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (16 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies
• Visual and Performing Arts

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (66 awarded)

• Accounting and Related Services
• Business Administration and Management
• Human Resources Development
• International Business/Trade/Commerce

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (3 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (11 awarded)

• Environmental Studies

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (0 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (400 awarded)

• Curriculum and Instruction
• Education/Teaching Individuals - Hearing Impairments
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Reading Teacher Education
• School Librarian/School Library Media Specialist
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Special Education and Teaching
• Student Counseling and Personnel Services
• Teacher Education/Profess Development, Levels & Methods
• Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (28 awarded)

• Human Services
• Social Work

FINE ARTS (2 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation

LIBERAL ARTS (153 awarded)

• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
• French Language and Literature
• German Language and Literature
• History
• Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (5 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (40 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MEDICINE (0 awarded)

• Gerontology

MUSIC (5 awarded)

• Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (67 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (10 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Philosophy and Religious Studies
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (35 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (50 awarded)

• Psychology