McMurry University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a medium-sized city.

Overview

McMurry University, also known as the MCM, was founded in 1923. It is a private co-educational university of liberal arts, located in Abilene, Texas. The campus of the university spreads across an area of 40 acres. MCM provides major in more than 40 different streams of studies. The University is organized into the following schools:

• School Of Arts and Letters
• School of Business
• School of Natural and Computational Sciences
• School of Education
• School Of Nursing
• School of Social Sciences and Religion

McMurry University hosts various active clubs and organizations run by students. These include Association of Information Technology, McMurry International Students Club, Student Ambassador Board, Student Nurses Association, and the Campus Activities Board among others. It is also home to over 10 Fraternities and Sororities like Delta Beta Epsilon, Theta Chi Lambda, Eta Epsilon Iota (HEI), and Alpha Psi Alpha.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• United Methodist religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in nutrition and exercise therapy, drama and performing arts, education and teaching, and music.
• Large number of students.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• 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.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 1,515 in 2009-2010 (1,309 full-time equivalent).

About 58% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 42% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 81% of the student body. About 5% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

McMurry provides on-campus housing for 672 of its 1,309 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 20 meals weekly.

Athletics

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

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (0 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (67 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Commerce
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Finance
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (3 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (0 awarded)

• Environmental Science

DESIGN (5 awarded)

• Design and Applied Arts

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (5 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (64 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• History Teacher Education
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Secondary Education and Teaching

FINE ARTS (7 awarded)

• Ceramic Arts and Ceramics
• Fine/Studio Arts
• Painting

LAW (0 awarded)

• Legal Assistant/Paralegal

LIBERAL ARTS (28 awarded)

• Creative Writing
• English Language and Literature
• History
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (2 awarded)

• Mathematics and Computer Science
• Mathematics

MEDIA (3 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MUSIC (6 awarded)

• Music
• Piano and Organ
• Voice and Opera

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (13 awarded)

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

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (24 awarded)

• Athletic Training/Trainer
• Kinesiology and Exercise Science

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (4 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (11 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biological and Physical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Natural Sciences
• Physics

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (0 awarded)

• Corrections and Criminal Justice

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (15 awarded)

• Psychology