Randolph College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a small city.

Overview

Randolph College was originally established as Randolph-Macon Woman's College on March 10, 1891. Founded by William Waugh Smith, the college became coeducational in 2007. On July 1st, 2007, the institute was renamed Randolph College. It presently occupies a 100-acre campus in Lynchburg, Virginia.

Randolph College offers more than 50 majors and minors, as well as several pre-professional programs. Students can also opt for the Master of Arts in Teaching, and Master of Education degree programs. In addition, dual degree programs are available in nursing, and engineering.

Randolph College offers enrollment to students from over 35 states and 30 foreign countries. Students are members of a variety of on-campus clubs like the Arts Council, Bridges, the Catholic Students Association, Circle K, Das Stammcafe, the College Republicans, Gammas, Melpomene, Scentio Navigato, and Sock and Buskin. Randolph College also hosts a Phi Beta Kappa chapter. In addition, students publish a newspaper called "The Sundial".

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• United Methodist religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in drama and performing arts, science, liberal arts, conservation and resource management, fine arts, and mathematics.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High female/male ratio.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• High faculty salary.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).

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.
• Part-time classes are available.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 568 in 2009-2010 (539 full-time equivalent).

About 36% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 64% of the class.

Undergrads are 98% of enrolled students and graduate students are 2%.

Students under 25 years old represent 92% of the student body. About 3% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Randolph College provides on-campus housing for 733 of its 539 (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

The school is in the Old Dominion Athletic Conference for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

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

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (0 awarded)

• Business/Commerce

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (5 awarded)

• Environmental Science
• Environmental Studies

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (6 awarded)

• Dance
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (4 awarded)

• Curriculum and Instruction
• Special Education and Teaching

ENGINEERING (0 awarded)

• Engineering Physics

FINE ARTS (6 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (83 awarded)

• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Anthropology
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Creative Writing
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• History
• International Relations and Affairs
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Russian Language and Literature
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (1 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (6 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MEDICINE (1 awarded)

• Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences

MUSIC (1 awarded)

• Music History, Literature, and Theory
• Music Performance
• Music Theory and Composition

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (0 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (4 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (19 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (8 awarded)

• Psychology