Westminster College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a town not particularly near any major cities.

Overview

Westminster College was originally founded as Fulton College in 1849. Established by the Presbyterians, the institute received its present name in 1851. This private liberal arts college occupies an 86-acre campus in Fulton, Missouri. More than 1,000 students from over 20 states and 40 countries enroll in Westminster College-Fulton every year.

Students at Westminster College-Fulton are offered over 30 majors, more than 30 minors and several pre-professional programs to choose from. The academic divisions of the institute are:

• Center for Teaching Excellence
• Humanities
• Natural & Mathematical Sciences
• Social Sciences

Westminster College-Fulton has an active Greek life, with the presence of fraternities and sororities like Beta Theta Pi, Delta Tau Delta, Kappa Alpha Order, Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Chi, Kappa Alpha Theta and Kappa Kappa Gamma. There are also several other clubs and organizations, including the African Union, All-STARS Program, the Da Vinci Art Club, D.E.X., the Yoga Club and Young Life. The sports teams of the institute are nicknamed the Blue Jays.

Westminster College-Fulton has consistently appeared on the lists of the best colleges published by the U.S. News & World Report, The Princeton Review, Kaplan-Newsweek and The Washington Post. Forbes magazine also ranked the college 39th on its list of the 50 Best American Colleges in 2008.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Presbyterian Church (USA) religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in science, conservation and resource management, mathematics, and business and management.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• High male/female ratio.
• Large number of students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Good faculty-to-student 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.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

Westminster College participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 99% 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 1,000 in 2009-2010 (1,014 full-time equivalent).

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

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 98% of the student body. About 0% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Westminster College provides on-campus housing for 625 of its 1,014 (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 (Upper Midwest Athletic Conference), basketball (St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference), baseball (St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference), and track (St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference).

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (63 awarded)

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

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (5 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (8 awarded)

• Environmental Science
• Environmental Studies

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (25 awarded)

• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Secondary Education and Teaching

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (2 awarded)

• Youth Services/Administration

LIBERAL ARTS (44 awarded)

• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• History
• International/Global Studies
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (2 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (3 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs
• Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (0 awarded)

• Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
• Pre-Pharmacy Studies

MEDICINE (0 awarded)

• Public Health

MUSIC (0 awarded)

• Music Management and Merchandising
• Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (6 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education
• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (4 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (32 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (9 awarded)

• Psychology