Morris College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a small city.

Overview

School profile and reference information, including highlights, admissions, student body, degrees, and contact info.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Baptist religious affiliation.
• Historically black college.
• Many students concentrating in mathematics, nutrition and exercise therapy, business and management, media, and science.
• Racially diverse student body.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Large number of students.
• 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:

• 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.
• 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

Morris College is a historically black college.

Student enrollment was 921 in 2009-2010 (1,112 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 89% of the student body. About 5% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Room and Board

Morris College provides on-campus housing for 757 of its 1,112 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 21 meals weekly.

Athletics

The school is in the Other for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 29 male students received the aid (men were 41% of those receiving aid) and 41 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 59% 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)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (46 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management
• Business Administration, Management and Operations

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (3 awarded)

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

LIBERAL ARTS (22 awarded)

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

MATHEMATICS (4 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (9 awarded)

• Broadcast Journalism
• Mass Communication/Media Studies

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (11 awarded)

• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (4 awarded)

• Religious Education
• Theology/Theological Studies

SCIENCE (9 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (10 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (16 awarded)

• Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling