Muhlenberg College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a medium-sized city.

Overview

Muhlenberg College is a private, liberal arts college which was initially established as the Allentown Seminary in 1848. Its founder was Reverend Samuel K. Brobst, a reformed Lutheran minister. It was named after Henry Melchior Muhlenberg, a patriarch of the Lutheran Church in America. Even though the college was historically affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, it maintains a religiously diverse student body.

The site where the present campus is located was purchased by the college in 1905. The campus spreads over an area of 81 acres. Programs offered by the college include an accelerated program, double major, cross-registration, independent study, internships, honors program, army ROTC (Off Campus), student-designed major, visiting/exchange student program, and teacher certification, in addition to associate and bachelor degrees. Four sororities are affiliated with the college. They are Phi Sigma Sigma, Alpha Chi Omega, Phi Mu, and Delta Zeta. The college's three fraternities are Delta Tau Delta, Phi Kappa Tau, and Sigma Phi Epsilon. In 2008, the U.S. News & World Report ranked Muhlenberg College at the 71st position among liberal arts colleges.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Evangelical Lutheran Church religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in drama and performing arts, music, media, art studies, therapy and counseling, and science.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• Large number of students.
• Selective admissions.
• High faculty salary.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.

School characteristics:

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

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 2,492 in 2009-2010 (2,806 full-time equivalent).

About 42% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 58% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 90% of the student body. About 4% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Muhlenberg College provides on-campus housing for 1,996 of its 2,806 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Centennial Conference for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (14 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies
• Arts Management

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (119 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business Administration, Management and Operations
• Finance
• Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration
• Management Information Systems

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (5 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences
• Information Science/Studies

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (7 awarded)

• Environmental Science

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (53 awarded)

• Dance
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts
• Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
• Visual and Performing Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (116 awarded)

• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Anthropology
• Area Studies
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• English Language and Literature/Letters
• Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies
• French Language and Literature
• German Language and Literature
• German Studies
• History
• International Relations and Affairs
• Political Science and Government
• Russian Studies
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (8 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (43 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (0 awarded)

• Health/Health Care Administration/Management
• International Public Health/International Health

MEDICINE (15 awarded)

• Neuroscience

MUSIC (15 awarded)

• Music

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (2 awarded)

• Film/Cinema Studies

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (5 awarded)

• Jewish/Judaic Studies
• Philosophy
• Philosophy and Religious Studies
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (54 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biological and Physical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Biopsychology
• Chemistry
• Natural Sciences
• Physical Sciences
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (61 awarded)

• Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics
• Psychology