Degrees Offered

• Bachelor of Arts
• 71 majors in 24 academic departments and 3 interdisciplinary programs (including 15 honors majors)

Accreditation

• North Central Association of Colleges and Schools—Higher Learning Commission
• National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
• National Association of Schools of Music
• National League for Nursing, Inc.

Enrollment

• 2,456 (FTE, fall 2009)
• 57.3% women; 42.7% men
• 13% racially underrepresented students
• 36 international students enrolled in degree programs

Average Class Size

15

Student/Faculty Ratio

11:1

Faculty

• 199 full-time faculty; 87 part-time
• 58% of full-time faculty are tenured
• 97% of tenure-track faculty hold the terminal degree in their fields

Academic Distinctions

• A chapter of Phi Beta Kappa, the nation's oldest scholastic honor society
• Host of the Nobel Conference, the first ongoing educational conference of its kind sanctioned by The Nobel Foundation in Stockholm, Sweden
• Fulbright, Goldwater, Marshall, National Science Foundation, Rhodes, and Truman fellowship winners
• Peace Education Program and the annual MAYDAY! Peace Conference
• 80 percent 4-year graduation rate
• 90 percent of underclass students enrolled in the previous fall return for the next fall
• Acclaimed Writing Across the Curriculum program
• Award-winning community service programs
• Strong career development and internship programs
• 50 percent of graduating seniors study abroad
• Individualized majors
• Curriculum options: Curriculum I (distributive core) and Curriculum II (integrated core)
• First Term Seminars—Students take a small class to improve critical thinking and college writing skills from a professor-adviser
• Numerous student research opportunities, including research, scholarship, and creativity grants available for faculty/student collaboration