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Kettering College of Medical Arts

3737 Southern Blvd, Dayton, OH 45429

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Bad title.

Mission is the point, and a phrase that sounds dismissive - a la “Oh, yeah. Can’t forget the mission thing”-is madness. It’s like saying “dude” when you meet the Dalai Lama. Mission demands respect.

You’ll see a good bit about mission in this issue. I fret about mission imperfection - ideals outrunning performance - but I’m also proud of what we accomplish. And I’m proud, too, of how our sense of mission spills so easily into daily conversation.

As I wrote this letter, I got another sign of this. I told the faculty, staff and board about what happened recently in Tennessee. Kettering’s sponsoring faith is the Seventh-day Adventist Church; in March, leaders of Adventist colleges got together to ask: “What would the ideal graduate of one of our schools look like?”

The conversation was high-minded. The ideal graduate, they said, should “practice the Way of Christ.” How? By God’s “grace.” And also through careful thinking, “wholeness” of life and “educated servant leadership in community and congregation.”

The list went on. The ideal graduate pursues truth, lives an authentic life and embraces “compassion, peacemaking and the stewardship of God’s creation”; takes time for holy rest; makes hope the “basis for witness and action.”

Whew! Couldn’t graduates aspire to something easier? Like staying sober before breakfast, or telling the truth for ten minutes?

Back at KCMA, I asked for comments. The first person to respond - a teacher whose faith is not Seventh-day Adventist - said, “I wouldn’t change a thing.” Many, including the first responder, made qualifying comments, either to draw out further implications or to say how challenging it would be to make good on such an ideal.

That last was satisfying, too. If it’s dumb to be unmindful of mission, it’s also dumb to be dreamy about it. You have to make the mission happen.

What came out of the meeting in Tennessee was “provisional” - a draft, not something to carve into stone. It was the start of the conversation, not the end.

I think the same of our College’s official mission statement. Our statement says we’ll graduate “health care professionals of high character” who reflect the spirit of “the Master Healer.” Someday, the college will think of a better way, I suppose, to express its purpose. Meanwhile, the implications of the statement - and the challenge to living up to it - should occupy us every day.

So think of the mission-related words you read in these pages as part of a never-ending
conversation. This is not just “the mission thing.” It’s the point. It’s why we matter.

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Kettering College of Medical Arts

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Kettering College of Medical Arts is located in Kettering, Ohio a suburb of the city of Dayton, Ohio. KCMA is a coeducational college owned by the Kettering Medical Center and chartered by the Seventh-day Adventist Church which provides art, science, and health profession instruction. Kettering College’s Master of Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS) degree program is the only Physician Assistant program offered in southwest Ohio . The college was built in 1967 next to the Charles F. Kettering Memorial Hospital. Kettering College provides education in many fields. Like many other colleges, this college provides dorms. Kettering College of Medical Arts also teaches religious topics and offers biblical studies.

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Chance of Admission:
Location:
Midwest
Setting:
Mid-size City Setting
Type:
Private
Affiliation:
Seventh Day Adventists
Size:
Small (Under 2,000 Undergrad)

Students & Campus Life

Undergraduate Enrollment:
767
On Campus Housing:
Available
Full Time Students:
96%
Athletic Programs:
Unavailable
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Expenses

Average Tuition:
$ 7,548
Students Receiving Aid:
86%
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Admissions

Application Fee:
$ 25
Selectivity:
Highly Selective
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Kettering College of Medical Arts Degree Programs

Bachelor’s Degree Programs

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Certificate Programs

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Kettering College of Medical Arts Students & Campus Life

General

Full-Time vs. Part-Time
Full-Time 96%
Part-Time 4%
Men vs. Women
Women 84%
Men 16%
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian 83%
Other 8%
African-American 6%
Hispanic 2%
Asian 1%

Geography

In State vs. Out-of-State
In-State 89%
Out-of-State 11%
Top States for Incoming Freshman
Ohio 89%
Illinois 5%
Washington 4%
Percent of Students International: 2%

Housing

On-Campus Housing Available: Yes
Percent of Students Living On-Campus: 19%
Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: No

Kettering College of Medical Arts Expenses (Tuition & Fees)

Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) Expenses  
Published Tuition and Fees:
 $ 7,548    
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads:
 $ 7,008    
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads:
 $ 660    
Financial Aid Avg. Amount Received % of Students Receiving Aid  
Federal Grants:
 $ 2,689 19%  
State and Local Grants:
 $ 1,708 19%  
Institutional Grants:
 $ 1,850 34%  
Student Loans:
 $ 5,722 73%  
Any Aid:
   86%  

Kettering College of Medical Arts Admissions

Acceptance Rate: 50% (Highly Selective)
Test Scores  
SAT Scores:  
% of Students Submitting SAT Scores: 17%
Bottom 25th Percentile: Verbal: 480, Math: 490
Top 75th Percentile: Verbal: 540, Math: 560
ACT Scores:  
% of Students Submitting ACT Scores: 82%
Bottom 25th Percentile: Composite: 20, Verbal: 19, Math: 18
Top 75th Percentile: Composite: 24, Verbal: 24, Math: 24

Application Requirements (Undergraduate Only)

Application Fee: $ 25.00
Formal Demonstration of Competencies: Not Required
High School Diploma or Equivalent: Not Required
High School GPA: Recommended
High School Rank: Recommended
High School Record: Not Required
Recommendations: Not Required
TOEFL: Required
Test Scores: Recommended

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