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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