Meredith College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

Meredith College is a liberal arts college for women located in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. This private women’s college was established in 1891 and named after Thomas Meredith. It has a beautiful campus occupying 225 acres of land.

Meredith College offers various graduate and undergraduate degree programs to its students. One can opt for courses in education, business, and nutrition. The college conducts approximately 100 undergraduate research projects each year.

Students of Meredith College are engaged in various social and recreational activities. There are more than 90 clubs and organizations including the Residence Hall Association, Association of Meredith Commuters, Student Activities Fee Committee, Women in New Goal Settings, Meredith International Association, Meredith Entertainment Association, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, Meredith Habitat for Humanity, Colton English Club, Canaday Math & Computer Science Club, American Society of Interior Designers, and Disability Support Organization.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in family and social work, law, nutrition and exercise therapy, design, drama and performing arts, and mathematics.
• High female/male ratio.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.

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 have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 2,250 in 2009-2010 (1,961 full-time equivalent).

women were 100% of the class.

Undergrads are 88% of enrolled students and graduate students are 12%.

Students under 25 years old represent 77% of the student body. About 6% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 100% are full-time and 0% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Meredith College provides on-campus housing for 1,300 of its 1,961 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 21 meals weekly.

Athletics

The school is in the USA South Atlantic Conference for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

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

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

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (99 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Fashion Merchandising
• Finance
• Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (2 awarded)

• Computer Science
• Computer and Information Sciences

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (1 awarded)

• Environmental Science

DESIGN (52 awarded)

• Fashion/Apparel Design
• Graphic Design
• Interior Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (6 awarded)

• Dance
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts
• Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (18 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Drama and Dance Teacher Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Reading Teacher Education
• Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (53 awarded)

• Child Development
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
• Human Nutrition
• Social Work

FINE ARTS (9 awarded)

• Fine/Studio Arts

LAW (38 awarded)

• Legal Assistant/Paralegal

LIBERAL ARTS (81 awarded)

• American Government and Politics (United States)
• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Creative Writing
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• History
• International Relations and Affairs
• International/Global Studies
• Italian Language and Literature
• Medieval and Renaissance Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Public/Applied History and Archival Administration
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (7 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (25 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Mass Communication/Media Studies
• Public Relations/Image Management

MEDICINE (19 awarded)

• Health/Medical Preparatory Programs

MUSIC (5 awarded)

• Music Pedagogy
• Music Performance
• Music Theory and Composition
• Music
• Piano and Organ
• Voice and Opera

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (27 awarded)

• Clinical Nutrition/Nutritionist
• Dietetics/Dietitian (RD)
• Health and Physical Education
• Kinesiology and Exercise Science
• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (1 awarded)

• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (21 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Molecular Biology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (44 awarded)

• Psychology