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Descrierea universitatii (pe baza site-ului oficial)
Founded:
1899 by the General Conference Mennonite Church; today affiliated with Mennonite Church USA
Enrollment:
1,117 students including 739 residential students, 97 international students and American students of color and 117 students in graduate programs. Bluffton students come from 20 states and 12 countries. The average incoming student has a 3.38 high school GPA and a 23 ACT score. (in 2007-08)
Faculty:
67 regular faculty, 48 part time adjunct faculty. More than 2/3 of the regular teaching faculty have earned a doctorate or appropriate terminal degree.
Academics:
Bluffton offers academic study in 39 majors and more than 20 minors, adult degree completion programs in human resource management and organizational management and master's degrees in education, organizational management and business administration.
Undergraduate:
Majors:
Accounting
Art
Biology
Broadcast & journalism
Business administration
Chemistry
Communication
Computer science
Criminal justice
Economics
Education
* Adolescent / young adult licensure
o Integrated language arts (English)
o Integrated mathematics
o Integrated social studies (history)
o Life science (biology)
o Physical science (chemistry or physics)
* Child development
* Early childhood education
* Intervention specialist
* Middle childhood education
* Multi-age licensure
o Health
o Music education
o Physical education
o Visual arts
* Vocational licensure
o Family & consumer sciences education
English
Family studies
Fashion & interiors, retail merchandising & design
Food and nutrition
Health, physical education & recreation
History
Individually designed major
Information systems
Information technology
Marketing
Mathematics
Music
Organizational management
Physics
Pre-medicine
Psychology
Recreation management
Religion
Social studies
Social work
Sociology
Spanish
Sport management
Writing
Youth ministries and recreation
Financial aid:
More than 95 percent of students at Bluffton receive some form of financial aid. The innovative Tuition Equalization Scholarship Program provides non-repayable aid to academically qualified students, ensuring a Bluffton education at a public education price. |
