Saint Michael's College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a medium-sized suburb.

Overview

Saint Michael's College was founded in 1904 by the Society of Saint Edmund. In its initial year, the college enrolled 34 students. It became coeducational in 1970. The main campus spreads across an area of more than 400 acres in Colchester, Vermont, United States. It also has another campus, known as the North Campus, one mile away from the main campus. Saint Michael's offers numerous undergraduate and graduate degrees and certificate programs and attracts students from around 20 foreign countries.

Saint Michael's is home to several student organizations such as the Alianza Society, Business Club, Computer Club, Drama Club, Founders Society, Martin Luther King, Jr. Society, Photography Club, Peace and Justice Club, Ski and Snowboarding Club, and Fly Fishing Club.

Saint Michael's participates in a wide variety of sports including baseball, golf, basketball, skiing, cross country, tennis, rugby, lacrosse, softball, field hockey, swimming and diving, volleyball, and ice hockey. Their athletic teams are nicknamed the Purple Knights and compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division II.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Roman Catholic religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in liberal arts, mathematics, science, therapy and counseling, and religion and philosophy.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• 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: Masters Colleges and Universities I.

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.
• Distance learning is available.
• 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 2,460 in 2009-2010 (2,393 full-time equivalent).

About 49% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 51% of the class.

Undergrads are 63% of enrolled students and graduate students are 37%.

Students under 25 years old represent 80% of the student body. About 9% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Saint Michael's College provides on-campus housing for 1,906 of its 2,393 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Graduate School Focus

Saint Michael's 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 Postbaccalaureate Professional (Education Dominant).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (7 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (136 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (8 awarded)

• Computer Science
• Information Science/Studies

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (3 awarded)

• Environmental Science

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (4 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (81 awarded)

• Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

ENGINEERING (2 awarded)

• Engineering

LIBERAL ARTS (150 awarded)

• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies
• French Language and Literature
• History
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (12 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (35 awarded)

• Journalism

MUSIC (9 awarded)

• Music

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (19 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies
• Theology/Theological Studies

SCIENCE (57 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physical Sciences
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (86 awarded)

• Clinical Psychology
• Psychology