Southern Connecticut State University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a medium-sized city.

Overview

Southern Connecticut State University, also known as SCSU or Southern, is one of four state universities in Connecticut. It is located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. It was founded in 1893 and is the third-oldest campus in the Connecticut State University system. Southern offers a wide variety of degrees and programs in diverse areas of study. The university is organized into the following academic divisions:

• School of Arts and Sciences
• School of Business
• School of Communication, Information, and Library Science
• School of Education
• School of Health and Human Services

SCSU’s atheltic teams are nicknamed the Fighting Owls. They participate in the NCAA Division II. It has a student run radio station known as WSIN. The newspaper publication of the university is called The Southern News- SCSU. The university has an active Greek life with several fraternities and sororities.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in therapy and counseling, medicine, education and teaching, fine arts, and liberal arts.
• High female/male ratio.
• Large number of students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High faculty salary.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• 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 have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

Southern Connecticut State participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 76% of students received financial aid of some sort.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 11,769 in 2009-2010 (9,278 full-time equivalent).

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

Undergrads are 68% of enrolled students and graduate students are 32%.

Students under 25 years old represent 67% of the student body. About 9% 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

Southern Connecticut State provides on-campus housing for 2,610 of its 9,278 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

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 Northeast 10 Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 110 male students received the aid (men were 58% of those receiving aid) and 80 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 42% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Southern Connecticut State offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Professional Practice).

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate Comprehensive.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (267 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (15 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (12 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (653 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Bilingual and Multilingual Education
• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Education
• Educational Evaluation and Research
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Health Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Reading Teacher Education
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
• Special Education and Teaching

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (97 awarded)

• Social Work

FINE ARTS (42 awarded)

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

LIBERAL ARTS (582 awarded)

• Anthropology
• Creative Writing
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
• French Language and Literature
• Geography
• German Language and Literature
• History
• Italian Language and Literature
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Library Science
• Library Science/Librarianship
• Political Science and Government
• Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Urban Studies/Affairs
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (20 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (116 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Journalism

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (45 awarded)

• Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

MEDICINE (83 awarded)

• Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)

MUSIC (7 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (104 awarded)

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

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (48 awarded)

• Athletic Training/Trainer
• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (6 awarded)

• Philosophy

SCIENCE (73 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Geology/Earth Science
• Physics

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (0 awarded)

• Security and Protective Services

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (246 awarded)

• Community Health Services/Liaison/Counseling
• Counseling Psychology
• Psychology
• School Psychology