Wingate University

Location and Contact Information

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

Overview

Wingate University is located in Wingate, North Carolina, United States. It was founded in 1896 by the North Carolina Baptist Association. The main campus spreads across an area of approximately 400 acres and has over 30 buildings. Wingate is a liberal arts university that offers a number of undergraduate majors, bachelor degrees, and master degrees in the field of business, communication, elementary education, education, physical education, and sports administration. The university also offers International study and travel programs to students.

The University is home to more than 40 clubs and organization and over 8 honor societies. It has an active Greek life that consists of fraternities such as Delta Sigma Phi, Kappa Alpha Order, Phi Beta Sigma Order, Pi Kappa Phi; and sororities such as Alpha Xi Delta, Chi Omega, Sigma Sigma Sigma, and Zeta Phi Beta.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Baptist religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in media, medicine, mathematics, nutrition and exercise therapy, art studies, and science.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, General.

Features of note:

• 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.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 2,128 in 2009-2010 (2,188 full-time equivalent).

About 48% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 52% of the class.

Undergrads are 65% of enrolled students and graduate students are 35%.

Students under 25 years old represent 70% of the student body. About 8% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Wingate University provides on-campus housing for 1,175 of its 2,188 (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, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the South Atlantic Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 158 male students received the aid (men were 63% of those receiving aid) and 93 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 37% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Wingate University offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Professional Practice).

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate Professional (Business Dominant).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (9 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (65 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Finance
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (1 awarded)

• Computer Science

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (80 awarded)

• Art Teacher Education
• Biology Teacher Education
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Reading Teacher Education
• Social Science Teacher Education
• Teacher Education/Profess Development, Subject Areas

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (14 awarded)

• Human Services

LIBERAL ARTS (50 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• General Studies
• History
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (8 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (39 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MEDICINE (52 awarded)

• Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada])

MUSIC (4 awarded)

• Music Performance

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (26 awarded)

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

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (4 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (27 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Environmental Biology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (13 awarded)

• Psychology