Millsaps College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a medium-sized city.

Overview

Millsaps College is a private liberal arts college located in Jackson, Mississippi. The college was founded in 1890. The college’s campus is set across an area of 106 acres. The college offers bachelor’s program with majors and minors in several subjects from various fields like science, arts and fine arts. Millsaps College also offers pre-professional programs, several special programs, student research programs and writing programs.

Millsaps College has an active student life. There are several Greek clubs, organizations and honor societies that operate on campus, including Alpha Phi Alpha, Kappa Alpha Order, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Pi Kappa Alpha, Lambda Chi Alpha, Delta Delta Delta, Kappa Delta and Phi Mu.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• United Methodist religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in science, business and management, mathematics, and drama and performing arts.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High faculty salary.
• Large number of students.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• High male/female ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• 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.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 1,118 in 2009-2010 (1,195 full-time equivalent).

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

Undergrads are 87% of enrolled students and graduate students are 13%.

Students under 25 years old represent 92% of the student body. About 2% 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

Millsaps College provides on-campus housing for 1,018 of its 1,195 (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

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

Graduate School Focus

Millsaps 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)

ART STUDIES (1 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (123 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (7 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (5 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (7 awarded)

• Education

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (1 awarded)

• Public Administration

FINE ARTS (4 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (62 awarded)

• Anthropology
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• European Studies/Civilization
• French Language and Literature
• German Language and Literature
• History
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (4 awarded)

• Mathematics

MUSIC (1 awarded)

• Music

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (13 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (41 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Geology/Earth Science
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (29 awarded)

• Psychology