Drury University

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Location: Midwest
Setting: Mid-size City Setting
Type: Private
Size: Large (5,000 to 10,000 Undergrad)
Mascot: Panthers
School Description
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Drury is an independent university, church-related, grounded in the liberal arts tradition and committed to personalized education in a community of scholars who value the arts of teaching and learning.
Education at Drury seeks:
.to cultivate spiritual sensibilities and imaginative faculties as well as ethical insight and critical thought.
.to foster the integration of theoretical and practical knowledge; and
.to liberate persons to particpate responsibly in and contribute to life in a global community.

Drury University From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia

Drury University is a private liberal arts college in Springfield, Missouri. The university enrolls about 1,700 undergraduates, 3,000 adult part-time undergraduates and 400 graduate students in five master's programs. In total, its enrollment numbers at about 5,079 students.

History

Drury was founded as Springfield College in 1873 by Congregationalist church missionaries in the mold of other Congregationalist universities such as Dartmouth College and Yale University. Rev. Nathan Morrison, Samuel Drury, and James and Charles Harwood provided the school's initial endowment and organization; Samuel Drury's gift was the largest of the group and the school was soon renamed in honor of Drury's recently deceased son.

The early curriculum emphasized educational, religious and musical strengths. Students came to the new college from a wide area, including the Indian Territories of Oklahoma. The first graduating class included four women.

When classes began in 1873, they were held in a single building on a campus occupying less than 1½ acres. Twenty-five years later the 40 acre campus included Stone Chapel, the President’s House and three academic buildings. Today, the university occupies a campus, including the original historic buildings.

Drury College became Drury University on January 1, 2000. In addition to the academic programs of the early years, Drury students today study in the Breech School of Business Administration, the Hammons School of Architecture, and the departments of education, mathematics and sciences, social sciences, exercise and sport science. The list of majors and minors at Drury has also grown and now includes high tech studies in computer science, computer information systems and e-commerce.

The College of Graduate and Continuing Studies serves nearly three thousand students in Springfield and at nine branch campuses.

===Religious affiliations=== Since its founding, Drury has been affiliated with the Congregationalist church and its successor, the United Church of Christ. It has also been affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) since the founding of the Drury School of Religion in 1909. The religious foundation of the university still manifests itself in a faith community on campus.

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Students & Campus Life
Undergraduate Enrollment: 6,089
On Campus Housing: Available
Full Time Students: 83%
Athletic Programs: Available
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Expenses
Average Tuition: $ 14,669
Students Receiving Aid: 77%
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Admissions
Application Fee: $ 25
Selectivity: Highly Selective
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Students

General
Full-Time vs. Part-Time
Full-Time 83%
Part-Time 17%
Men vs. Women
Women 63%
Men 37%
Race/Ethnicity
Caucasian 92%
Other 3%
African-American 3%
Hispanic 1%
Asian 1%
Geography
In State vs. Out-of-State
In-State 86%
Out-of-State 14%
Top States for Incoming Freshman
Missouri 86%
Arkansas 2%
Texas 1%
Kansas 1%
Oklahoma 1%
Percent of Students International: 2%

Housing

On-Campus Housing Available: Yes
Percent of Students Living On-Campus: 25%
Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: Yes

Athletics

Member of: NAA, NCAA
Sports Include: Basketball (Great Lakes Valley Conference)
Track (Great Lakes Valley Conference)
Tuition & Fees (undergraduate) Expenses  
Published Tuition and Fees:
$ 14,669    
Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 14,348    
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads:
$ 321    
Financial Aid Avg. Amount Received % of Students Receiving Aid  
Federal Grants:
$ 2,824 51%  
State and Local Grants:
$ 1,652 40%  
Institutional Grants:
$ 3,289 62%  
Student Loans:
$ 2,625 35%  
Any Aid:
  77%  

Selectivity (Undergraduate Only)

Acceptance Rate: 47% (Highly Selective)
Test Scores  
SAT Scores:  
% of Students Submitting SAT Scores: 16%
Bottom 25th Percentile: Verbal: 530, Math: 522
Top 75th Percentile: Verbal: 640, Math: 650
ACT Scores:  
% of Students Submitting ACT Scores: 93%
Bottom 25th Percentile: Composite: 23, Verbal: 22, Math: 22
Top 75th Percentile: Composite: 28, Verbal: 30, Math: 27

Application Requirements (Undergraduate Only)

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

Degree Programs at Drury University

Associate's Level Majors
Bachelor's Level Majors