Morningside College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a small city.

Overview

Morningside College was founded in 1894 by the Methodist Episcopal Church. It is a private, four-year, co-educational college of liberal arts and is located in Sioux City, Iowa. The main campus of Morningside College comprises of over 20 buildings which are spread across an area of 68-acre. The student body of the college consists of students from over 20 states in the U.S and several countries around the world.

Morningside College provides an active life to the students. It hosts over 50 organizations, and several other honor societies, service groups, and student publications. Some of these are the International Students Association, Morningside Civic Union, Undergraduate Psychological Association, Morningside Photo Club, and Collegiate Music Educators. It is home to Greek fraternities and sororities like Alpha Omicron Pi sorority, Acacia Fraternity and Delta Sigma Phi.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• United Methodist religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in education and teaching.
• Large number of students.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High female/male ratio.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Racially diverse student body.

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.
• 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 1,906 in 2009-2010 (1,888 full-time equivalent).

About 50% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 50% of the class.

Undergrads are 42% of enrolled students and graduate students are 58%.

Students under 25 years old represent 58% of the student body. About 10% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

Room and Board

Morningside College provides on-campus housing for 858 of its 1,888 (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 Great Plains Athletic Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 309 male students received the aid (men were 65% of those receiving aid) and 166 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 35% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

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

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

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (72 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Corporate Communications
• Finance
• Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (7 awarded)

• Computer Programming/Programmer
• Computer and Information Sciences

DESIGN (13 awarded)

• Graphic Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (2 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (265 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Biology Teacher Education
• Chemistry Teacher Education
• Education
• Education/Teaching of Individuals with Emotional Disturbances
• Education/Teaching of Individuals with Mental Retardation
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• History Teacher Education
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Physics Teacher Education
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Spanish Language Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching

ENGINEERING (0 awarded)

• Engineering Physics

FINE ARTS (1 awarded)

• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (10 awarded)

• American History (United States)
• English Language and Literature
• History
• International Relations and Affairs
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (1 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (15 awarded)

• Advertising
• Journalism
• Mass Communication/Media Studies
• Radio and Television

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (0 awarded)

• Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist

MUSIC (2 awarded)

• Music Performance
• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (25 awarded)

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

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (2 awarded)

• Photography

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (4 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (31 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Biopsychology
• Chemistry
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (22 awarded)

• Counseling Psychology
• Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• Psychology