Wofford College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a small city.

Overview

Wofford College, established in 1854, is a small liberal arts college located in Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States. The campus is spread across an area of 145 acres. The college is a member of the American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta. Wofford offers a wide variety of academic majors in subjects including accounting, business economics, chemistry, computer science, chinese language and culture. It also offers several pre-professional programs.

Wofford College has an active Greek life. The campus hosts more than 12 chapters of national fraternities and sororities. There are also several student clubs and organizations in the campus. Some of the popular ones include the Senior Order of Gnomes, Pre-Ministerial Society, Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity, and Wofford Ambassadors.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• United Methodist religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in science, fine arts, and liberal arts.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of students.
• High faculty salary.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High male/female ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: 4-1-4 plan.
• 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.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 1,429 in 2009-2010 (1,571 full-time equivalent).

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

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 99% 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

Wofford College provides on-campus housing for 1,395 of its 1,571 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

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

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 36 male students received the aid (men were 75% of those receiving aid) and 12 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 25% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (86 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Finance

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (6 awarded)

• Computer Science

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (1 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (0 awarded)

• Secondary Education and Teaching

FINE ARTS (10 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation

LIBERAL ARTS (97 awarded)

• Area Studies
• Chinese Language and Literature
• Creative Writing
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• German Language and Literature
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (3 awarded)

• Mathematics

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (12 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (68 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (14 awarded)

• Psychology