Millikin University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a small city.

Overview

Millikin University, also known as MU, is located in Decatur, Illinois, United States. It was established in 1901. It was founded by James Millikin, a well-known Decatur businessman. The university's first women dormitory was opened in September 1907. The MU campus spreads across an area of approximately 2,000 acres. The university presently enrolls about 2,400 students and offers a wide variety of academic degrees and vocational programs in diverse areas of study. It also runs a bi-weekly newspaper called the "Decaturian." MU is organized into the following academic schools and colleges:

• College of Arts & Sciences
• College of Fine Arts
• College of Professional Studies
• Tabor School of Business

MU recognizes a number of fraternities and sororities such as Omega Psi Phi, Delta Sigma Phi, Alpha Tau Omega, Tau Kappa Epsilon, Phi Mu Alpha, Alpha Chi Omega, Delta Sigma Theta, Sigma Alpha Iota, Sigma Lambda Gamma, and Delta Delta Delta.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Presbyterian Church (USA) religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in music, drama and performing arts, mathematics, and science.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.

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.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 2,344 in 2009-2010 (2,360 full-time equivalent).

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

Undergrads are 97% of enrolled students and graduate students are 3%.

Students under 25 years old represent 84% of the student body. About 4% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Millikin University provides on-campus housing for 1,406 of its 2,360 (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 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

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

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Single Postbaccalaureate (Business).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (1 awarded)

• Arts Management

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (158 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business Administration, Management and Operations
• Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
• Finance
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (4 awarded)

• Computer Science

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (42 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts
• Visual and Performing Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (93 awarded)

• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Social Science Teacher Education

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (20 awarded)

• Social Work

FINE ARTS (12 awarded)

• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (46 awarded)

• Creative Writing
• English Language and Literature
• History
• International Relations and Affairs
• International/Global Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (10 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (32 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MUSIC (52 awarded)

• Music Performance
• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (63 awarded)

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

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (29 awarded)

• Athletic Training/Trainer
• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (6 awarded)

• Commercial and Advertising Art

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (1 awarded)

• Philosophy

SCIENCE (50 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physics

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (1 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (21 awarded)

• Art Therapy/Therapist
• Psychology