Notre Dame College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

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

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Roman Catholic religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in education and teaching.
• Large number of students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High female/male ratio.
• Selective admissions.

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.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 1,637 in 2009-2010 (1,415 full-time equivalent).

About 63% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 37% of the class.

Undergrads are 47% of enrolled students and graduate students are 53%.

Students under 25 years old represent 56% of the student body. About 12% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 99% are full-time and 1% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Notre Dame College provides on-campus housing for 651 of its 1,415 (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 American Mideast Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 92 male students received the aid (men were 52% of those receiving aid) and 85 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 48% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

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

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Single Postbaccalaureate (Education).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (0 awarded)

• Arts Management
• Visual and Performing Arts

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (32 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business, Management, Marketing & Related Support Services
• Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing/Marketing Management

DESIGN (1 awarded)

• Graphic Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (0 awarded)

• Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
• Visual and Performing Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (47 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education
• Education/Teaching Individuals - Specific Learning Disabilities
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
• Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching
• Reading Teacher Education
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Social Studies Teacher Education
• Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (0 awarded)

• Social Work

FINE ARTS (0 awarded)

• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (20 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• English Language and Literature/Letters
• History
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (0 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (8 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Public Relations/Image Management

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (0 awarded)

• Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (0 awarded)

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

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (0 awarded)

• Commercial and Advertising Art

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (4 awarded)

• Pastoral Studies/Counseling
• Theology/Theological Studies

SCIENCE (10 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biological and Biomedical Sciences
• Biological and Physical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (9 awarded)

• Psychology