Mississippi University For Women

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a self-contained town.

Overview

Mississippi University for Women, also known as MUW, is located in Columbus, Mississippi, United States. It was founded in 1884 and was formerly known as Industrial Institute and College. The university was created by an act of the Mississippi Legislature and was established as the first public women's college in the United States.

MUW offers academic programs in over 50 areas of study. The university is divided into the following academic schools and colleges:

• College of Business
• College of Education and Human Sciences
• College of Nursing and Speech Language Pathology
• College of Arts and Sciences
• Culinary Arts Institute

MUW has over 75 student clubs and organizations. Some of them are the International Student Association, American Society of Interior Design, Kappa Delta Epsilon, and Baptist Student Union. The university has a varied international population with students from Venezuela, Kenya, India, Japan, and Vietnam.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in nursing and emergency medicine and art studies.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• High female/male ratio.
• Selective admissions.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Masters Colleges and Universities II.

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.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 2,365 in 2009-2010 (2,156 full-time equivalent).

About 18% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 82% of the class.

Undergrads are 91% of enrolled students and graduate students are 9%.

Students under 25 years old represent 64% of the student body. About 10% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 99% are full-time and 1% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

MUW provides on-campus housing for 610 of its 2,156 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 19 meals weekly.

Graduate School Focus

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

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate Professional (Fields Other Than Education And Business).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (15 awarded)

• Visual and Performing Arts

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (38 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management

COOKING AND CULINARY ARTS (18 awarded)

• Culinary Arts and Related Services

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (91 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Health Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Reading Teacher Education
• Secondary Education and Teaching

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (10 awarded)

• Family Systems

LAW (12 awarded)

• Legal Assistant/Paralegal

LIBERAL ARTS (48 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• History
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (6 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (15 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (28 awarded)

• Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

MUSIC (1 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (159 awarded)

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

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (24 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education

SCIENCE (22 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
• Physical Sciences

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (22 awarded)

• Music Therapy/Therapist
• Psychology