Westminster College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a town not far from a more urbanized area.

Overview

Westminster College was founded in 1852. Its objective was to create a college that would endorse Christian values while focusing on the educational, social, and emotional development of its students. The college occupies a 300-acre campus and provides many facilities including more than 20 buildings, several athletic fields, a 100-acre outdoor laboratory, 10 tennis courts, and the Brittain Lake. Westminster College offers degrees and certificate programs in various disciplines including the Arts, Science, Business, Communication, Health, Education and others.

The Washington Monthly Annual College Guide for the year 2007 ranked Westminster College in the 15th position among liberal arts colleges in the country. Students of Westminster College are active in various extra-curricular activities such as the athletic teams, student clubs, and student organizations. The college's fraternities include Phi Kappa Tau, Alpha Sigma Phi, Theta Chi, Sigma Nu, Sigma Phi Epsilon, and its sororities include Phi Mu, Kappa Delta, Sigma Kappa, Alpha Gamma Delta, and Zeta Tau Alpha.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Presbyterian Church (USA) religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in media, music, mathematics, science, education and teaching, and liberal arts.
• Large number of students.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High faculty salary.

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 may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

Westminster College participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 100% 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 1,516 in 2009-2010 (1,578 full-time equivalent).

About 38% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 62% of the class.

Undergrads are 92% of enrolled students and graduate students are 8%.

Students under 25 years old represent 93% 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

Westminster College provides on-campus housing for 1,158 of its 1,578 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Presidents' Athletic Conference for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

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

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Single Postbaccalaureate (Education).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (0 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (59 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• International Business/Trade/Commerce

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (3 awarded)

• Computer Science
• Information Science/Studies

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (3 awarded)

• Environmental Science

DESIGN (1 awarded)

• Design and Visual Communications

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (2 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (89 awarded)

• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Education
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• History Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Reading Teacher Education

FINE ARTS (0 awarded)

• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (80 awarded)

• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• German Language and Literature
• History
• Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies
• International Relations and Affairs
• Latin Language and Literature
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (9 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (40 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Public Relations/Image Management
• Radio and Television

MUSIC (10 awarded)

• Music Performance
• Music Theory and Composition
• Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (1 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education/Fitness

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (6 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies
• Religious Education
• Religious/Sacred Music

SCIENCE (44 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Molecular Biology
• Neurobiology and Neurophysiology
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (10 awarded)

• Psychology