Fayetteville, NC - Methodist University

METHODIST COLLEGEMethodist College At A Glance(December 2001)THE COLLEGE: Methodist College is a senior, coeducational college of liberal arts and sciences whichopened in 1960. The College offers 51 undergraduate majors and added a master’s degree program inphysician assistant studies in Fall 2001. Day, evening, and weekend classes are held year-round.• Methodist College supports 19 intercollegiate sports (in NCAA Division III), nine for men and 10 forwomen, and 62 student organizations • Educational programs are offered periodically in the Fayettevillecommunity by the Center for Entrepreneurship, the Lura Tally Center for Leadership Development,and the School for the Performing Arts. Many faculty members and administrators participate in ayearly Speakers’ Bureau program.MOTTO: Veritus et Virtus (Truth and Virtue)HISTORY: Established in 1956 by the N.C. Conference of the United Methodist Church and a groupof civic leaders from Fayetteville and Cumberland County.THE CAMPUS: Methodist’s 617-acre campus is located between the Cape Fear River and U.S. 401North, approximately five miles north of downtown Fayetteville. The campus features 32 modernbuildings on interlocking malls, plus an 18-hole golf course, nature trail, and amphitheater. MethodistCollege opened its eighth residence hall, Cape Fear Commons in August 2000. This is an apartmentstylefacility which houses 68 students. A similar residence hall is now under construction.THE STUDENT BODY: Enrollment for the fall semester of 2001 totalled 2,143 students. Day enrollmentreached 1,429, with 784 students living on campus. • The College has a very diverse student body; inFall 2001, 31 percent of the students were nonwhite, and 46 percent were age 22 or older. Thirty-seven(37) percent were from Cumberland County, 18 percent were from other parts of North Carolina, 42percent were from other parts of the U.S., and 3 percent were from foreign countries.ALUMNI: Methodist College has graduated 7,551 students since 1964. Outstanding alumni include:an Air Force general, an Army general, the dean of the Bryan School of Business at UNC-Greensboro,the president of Young Harris College in Georgia, the associate dean at Duke University Divinity School,and the superintendent of the Cumberland County Schools. • In the Class of 2000 (267 members), 47percent majored in business or economics; 19 percent in social science, 10 percent in science, 9 percentin education, 9 percent in the humanities, 4 percent in medical science, and 2 percent in the fine arts.COSTS FOR 2001-2002: Tuition & Fees (Day)—$14,070; Tuition (Evening/Weekend/Summer)—$140 per s.h.; Room & Board—$5,330. Methodist offers Presidential Scholarships worth $3,000-$8,000 per year. North Carolina residents enrolled fulltime (day or evening) are entitled to a N. C.Legislative Tuition Grant worth $1,800 per year or $900 per semester. Eighty percent of the students atMethodist receive need-based financial aid.POINTS OF CONTACT:MAILING ADDRESS: 5400 Ramsey Street, Fayetteville, N.C. 28311ADMISSIONS OFFICE: (910) 630-7027. Toll-Free 1-800-488-7110.PUBLIC RELATIONS: (910) 630-7042.WEB SITE: www.methodist.edu