Miles College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

Miles College is a historically black college located in Fairfield, Alabama, United States. It was established in 1905 by the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church. Originally, it was known as Miles Memorial College and was named after Bishop William H. Miles. Later in 1941, the college was renamed Miles College. The college campus covers more than 50 acres. Miles College offers an array of degrees and certificate programs and is organized into the following academic divisions:

• Division of Business & Accounting
• Division of Communications
• Division of Education
• Division of Humanities
• Division of Natural Sciences & Mathematics
• Division of Social & Behavioral Sciences

Miles College has officially recognized several Greek-lettered Organizations. Some of these fraternities and sororities include Alpha Phi Alpha, Kappa Alpha Psi, Delta Sigma Theta, Zeta Phi Beta, Alpha Kappa Alpha, Omega Psi Phi, Phi Beta Sigma, Phi Beta Lambda, and Sigma Gamma Rho.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Christian Methodist Episcopal religious affiliation.
• Historically black college.
• Many students concentrating in family and social work, music, security and law enforcement, business and management, media, and science.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Racially diverse student body.
• Large number of students.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, General.

Features of note:

• Open admission; accepts all qualified candidates.
• 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

Miles College is a historically black college.

Student enrollment was 1,786 in 2009-2010 (1,838 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 83% of the student body. About 3% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Room and Board

Miles College provides on-campus housing for 747 of its 1,838 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

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 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 97 male students received the aid (men were 70% of those receiving aid) and 41 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 30% 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 (0 awarded)

• Visual and Performing Arts

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (73 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Management Information Systems

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (6 awarded)

• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (1 awarded)

• Environmental Science

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (21 awarded)

• Biology Teacher Education
• Chemistry Teacher Education
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Social Science Teacher Education

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (34 awarded)

• Child Development
• Social Work

LIBERAL ARTS (16 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• History
• Political Science and Government

MATHEMATICS (2 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (16 awarded)

• Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs

MUSIC (3 awarded)

• Music Pedagogy
• Music

SCIENCE (21 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (26 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration