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Morris College

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

Campus Location

100 West College Street
Sumter, SC 29150-3599
USA
Main Tel: (803) 934-3200
Web Site

The campus is in a small city.

Highlights

Where the school stands out most compared to other schools (details below):

  • Baptist religious affiliation.
  • Historically black college.
  • Many students concentrating in mathematics, media, security and law enforcement, nutrition and exercise therapy, and business and management.
  • Racially diverse student body.
  • Number of dorm rooms for students.
  • Large number of programs of study offered.
  • Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
  • Good faculty-to-student ratio.
  • Large number of students.

Other important characteristics:

  • Open admission; accepts all qualified candidates
  • Faculty tenure system
  • Library on-campus
  • Campus housing available
  • Student meal (board) plan
  • Part-time classes available
  • ROTC
  • Athlete financial aid

Degrees Awarded (in 2008-2009)

DegreeTotal
Earned
Different
Programs
Bachelor10623

Students

Morris College is a historically black college.

Student enrollment was 871 in 2007-2008 (921 full-time equivalent).

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

About 0% of freshmen are from countries other than the US. Students living in the US make up 100% of incoming freshmen.

Tuition and Other Costs (2008-2009)

ItemCost
State Tuition and fees$ 9,350
Room$ 1,790
Board$ 2,468
Books and supplies$ 1,700
Other$ 2,800

Financial Aid: Morris College participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.

Faculty

Tenure (2008-2009):

Full-Time Faculty  Total
With tenure  2
Without tenure; tenure not available  42

Housing and Meals

Morris College provides on-campus housing for 715 of its 921 (full-time) students (as of 2008-2009).

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) .

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees awarded in 2008-2009 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (30 awarded)

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

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (1 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 (16 awarded)

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

MATHEMATICS (3 awarded)

  • Mathematics

MEDIA (11 awarded)

  • Broadcast Journalism
  • Journalism
  • Mass Communication/Media Studies

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (13 awarded)

  • Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (1 awarded)

  • Religious Education
  • Theology/Theological Studies

SCIENCE (11 awarded)

  • Biology/Biological Sciences

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (7 awarded)

  • Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (13 awarded)

  • Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling

Selected Careers of Interest

(Based on an automated mapping of degrees popular at Morris College with government-defined occupation categories.)

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