Mount Olive College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a town not far from a more urbanized area.

Overview

Mount Olive College, also referred to as MOC, is located in Mount Olive, North Carolina, United States. It was established in 1951 by the Convention of Original Free Will Baptists. The college has other campuses in New Bern, Goldsboro, Washington, Wilmington, and Research Triangle Park. It offers degrees through the following academic schools:

• School of Arts and Sciences
• School of Professional Studies
• Tillman School of Business

MOC has many student clubs and organizations on campus. These include Alpha Phi Sigma, International Club, English Society, Phi Beta Lambda, and Psi Chi. The college's men's teams participate in sports such as golf, soccer, baseball, basketball, track and field, tennis, and volleyball. The women's teams are involved in cross country, basketball, volleyball, golf, track and field, soccer, softball, and tennis.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in business and management.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.
• Large number of students.
• Numerous part-time students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, General.

Features of note:

• 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 3,390 in 2009-2010 (2,908 full-time equivalent).

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

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 31% of the student body. About 24% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 94% are full-time and 6% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Mount Olive College provides on-campus housing for 412 of its 2,908 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 20 meals weekly.

Athletics

The school is in the Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 119 male students received the aid (men were 55% of those receiving aid) and 99 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 45% 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)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (4 awarded)

• Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations

ART STUDIES (3 awarded)

• Visual and Performing Arts

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (287 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management
• Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration
• Management Information Systems

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (15 awarded)

• Information Science/Studies

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (3 awarded)

• Environmental Science

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (85 awarded)

• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching

LIBERAL ARTS (190 awarded)

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

MATHEMATICS (0 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (75 awarded)

• Health/Health Care Administration/Management

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (51 awarded)

• Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

MUSIC (2 awarded)

• Music Performance
• Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (18 awarded)

• Kinesiology and Exercise Science
• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies
• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management
• Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (20 awarded)

• Religion/Religious Studies
• Theology/Theological Studies

SCIENCE (12 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (68 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Safety Studies

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (19 awarded)

• Clinical Psychology
• Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics
• Developmental and Child Psychology
• Psychology