College Profile
2011-2012
Founded: 1787; chartered in 1829
Location: 400 E. College St., 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
- 41 under-graduate majors
- graduate education programs
Enrollment: 1284 undergraduate, 567 graduate (Fall 2010)
Student/Faculty: 11:1 (undergraduate)
Faculty Ph.D.: 89% (96% with terminal degree)
Fall 2009 Entering Class: Average 24 ACT; 3.47 HS GPA
Financial Aid: $35 million distributed in 2010-2011 to 96% of student body
Athletics:
- NAIA
- Mid-South Conference
- 14 sports plus cheerleading and dance
Alumni: 22,546 in 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. Territories, and 42 foreign countries
Distinctions:
- Barron’s Best Buys in College Education
- U.S. News and World Report’s Best Colleges
- America’s 100 Best College Buys®
- America’s Best Christian Colleges®
- Colleges of Distinction
- Peterson’s 440 College for Top Students
- member, Southern University Conference
