Paine College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a medium-sized city.

Overview

Paine College is based in Augusta, Georgia. This private, historically black, coeducational college was established as Paine Institute in 1883 by the leadership of the United Methodist Church and the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. The institute was renamed Paine College in 1903.

Paine College is a comprehensive liberal arts college offering Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degree programs. It is organized into the following five divisions-

• Business Administration
• Education
• Humanities
• Natural Sciences
• Mathematics
• Social Sciences

Paine College’s campus occupies an area of 57 acres. Its athletic teams are nicknamed the Lions, and compete in basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball and golf. Some of the notable alumni of the college include internationally acclaimed author and film writer Frank Yerby, NASA consultant and the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in Geology Mack Gipson, Jr., and Hip hop musician Pastor Troy.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• United Methodist religious affiliation.
• Historically black college.
• Many students concentrating in mathematics, media, and therapy and counseling.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Racially diverse student body.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Selective admissions.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Large number of students.
• High female/male 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 have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• 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

Paine College is a historically black college.

Student enrollment was 863 in 2009-2010 (857 full-time equivalent).

About 35% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 65% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 91% of the student body. About 2% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Paine College provides on-campus housing for 533 of its 857 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 19 meals weekly.

Athletics

The school is in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 39 male students received the aid (men were 56% of those receiving aid) and 31 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 44% 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 (10 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Commerce
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing/Marketing Management

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (0 awarded)

• Environmental Science

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (1 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (7 awarded)

• Biology Teacher Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• History Teacher Education
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
• Mathematics Teacher Education

LIBERAL ARTS (18 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• History
• Sociology

MATHEMATICS (2 awarded)

• Mathematics and Computer Science
• Mathematics

MEDIA (8 awarded)

• Broadcast Journalism
• Journalism
• Public Relations/Image Management

MUSIC (0 awarded)

• Music Performance

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (2 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (5 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (5 awarded)

• Criminology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (18 awarded)

• Counseling Psychology
• Experimental Psychology
• Psychology
• Social Psychology