Profile

Founded: 1787; chartered in 1829

Location: 400 East College Street, Georgetown Kentucky 40324

Campus: 104 acres, three antebellum buildings, nine academic buildings, fifteen residence halls, and four apartment-style buildings

Type: Baccalaureate -Liberal Arts; residential; a Christian college in the Baptist tradition

Calendar: Two fifteen-week semesters, two mini-terms, two five week summer sessions

Degrees/Majors:

  • Bachelor of Arts
  • Bachelor of Science
  • Bachelor of Music
  • Bachelor of Music Education
  • Master of Arts
  • 39 undergraduate majors
  • graduate education

Enrollment: 1407 undergraduate, 503 graduate

Student/Faculty: 13:1

Faculty Ph.D.: 89%

Fall 2006 Entering Class: Average 23.45 ACT; 3.48 HS GPA

Financial Aid: 25 million distributed in 2006-2007 to 96% of student body

Athletics:

  • NAIA
  • Mid-South Conference
  • 16 sports plus cheerleading and dance

Alumni:

  • 15,000;
  • 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. Territories, and 34 foreign countries

Distinctions:

  • Barron's 300 Best Buys in College Education;
  • U.S. News and World Report's Best Colleges;
  • A Best Southeastern College: The Princeton Review;
  • America's 100 Best College Buys;
  • Colleges of Distinction;
  • Peterson's 440 College for Top Students

Campus Offices for Quick Reference

Academic Programs
502.863.8034/502.863.8038
Financial Planning
502.863.8027
Admissions
502.863.8009/1.800.788.9985
Graduate Education
502.863.8176
Alumni
502.863.7936
President
502.863.8030
Athletics
502.863.8115
Provost/Dean of the College
502.863.8146
Business Office
502.863.8020
Public Relations
502.863.8174
Campus Ministry
502.863.8154
Registrar
502.863.8024
Campus Safety
502-863-8111
Student Life
502.863.8004
Development
502.863.8041
Other Offices
502.863.8000