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Stephens College |
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Stephens College, founded in 1833, is the second-oldest women's college in the country. A private college, Stephens is the only four-year women's institution for higher education within the state of Missouri. Stephens College engages students in an innovative educational experience focused on pre-professional fields and the performing arts and grounded in the liberal arts. Graduates of Stephens are career-ready women of distinction, connected through a supportive network of alumnae across the world, confident in themselves, and inspired by our tradition of the Ten Ideals as core values that enrich women’s lives. |
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| County |
Boone County, MO |
| Title IV Eligible |
Yes |
| Carnegie Classification |
Baccalaureate (Liberal Arts) Colleges I |
| Institution Level |
4 or more years |
| Institution Control |
Private, non-profit |
| Full-Time Undergraduate |
700 students
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| Part-Time Undergraduate |
180 students
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| Full-Time Graduate |
400 students
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| Part-Time Graduate |
25 students
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| Total Enrollment |
1,100 students
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| Total Dormitory Capacity |
800 students
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| Tuition |
23,000 |
| % Students Receiving Some Financial Aid |
98 % |
| % Students Receiving Federal Grants |
35 % |
| Avg. Amount Of Federal Grants Received |
$3,142 |
| % Students Receiving State/Local Grants |
47% |
| Avg. Amount Of State/Local Grants Received |
$1,690 |
| % Students Receiving Institutional Grants |
92% |
| Avg. Amount Of Institutional Grants Received |
$10,520 |
| % Students Receiving Loans |
64% |
| Avg. Amount Of Loan Received |
$4,043 |
- Stephens offers a variety of programs at the undergraduate level for women, as well as distance-learning and on-campus programs in our Graduate and Continuing Studies division for both men and women.
- Stephens offers an online-based MBA program with emphasis areas in management, entrepreneurial studies, risk management/financial services and clinical information systems management. Customized emphasis areas are available. Students also may earn an M.Ed. in Counseling,M.ED. Curriculum & Instruction, MBA, M.ED. Creative Writing, MBA Digital Film, M.ED. in Counseling, M.ED. in Counseling-Creative Therapy,MBA Equestrian Business Management, MBA, Marketing, Public Relations & Advertising and MBA, Theatre Management. Our online-based Health Information Administration program offers a bachelor's degree or post-baccalaureate certification. Stephens also offers blended undergraduate business courses, where students take online courses over eight weeks with two evening class meetings on campus for valuable face-to-face interaction with professors and peers. All graduate and continuing studies classes are open to women and men.
- Today, more than 50 undergraduate majors and minors are offered, and students pursue pre-professional study in medicine, veterinary medicine, law, occupational therapy, dentistry and engineering. In 2005, Stephens established a School of the Performing Arts, uniting existing majors in theatre, music, dance, film, television and radio.
- Stephens is located in Columbia, Missouri. Otherwise known as Collegetown, USA, Columbia possesses a unique blend of metropolitan flair and Midwestern hospitality. The city, located approximately 120 miles from both Kansas City and St. Louis, has a population of 90,000, including approximately 26,000 students from three area colleges. Money magazine consistently has rated Columbia as one of the nation's best cities in which to live.
- Stephens College is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association and the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
- Profile last updated: 04/22/2008.
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