Lindenwood University offers values-centered programs leading to the development of the whole person-an educated, responsible citizen of a global community. Lindenwood is committed to providing an integrative liberal arts curriculum, offering professional and pre-prefessional degree programs, focusing on the talents, interests, and future of the student, supporting academic freedom and the unrestricted search for truth, affording cultural enrichment to the surrounding community, promoting ethical lifestyles, developing adaptive thinking and problem-solving skills, furthering lifelong learning. Lindenwood is an independent, public-serving liberal arts university that has an historical relationship with the Presbyterian Church and is firmly rooted in Judeo-Christian values. These values include belief in an ordered, purposeful universe, the dignity of work, the worth and intergrity of the individual, the obligations and privileges of citizenship, and the primacy of the truth.
< CollapseLindenwood University is a four-year liberal arts institution in St. Charles, Missouri, just northwest of St. Louis and St. Louis County. Lindenwood offers many undergraduate and graduate degrees, including a newly authorized Doctor of Education program that began in January 2007.
Lindenwood has a current enrollment of 15,000 students. Programs of note are Education, Mass Communications, Fine and Performing Arts and Business. The main St. Charles campus is currently at 1.8 km² (450 acres). Lindenwood also operates satellite campuses in Wentzville, O'Fallon, south St. Louis County, northwest St. Louis County, Moscow Mills, Washington, Weldon Spring, Belleville, Illinois, and the Daniel Boone Campus in Defiance.
Lindenwood University was founded in 1827 by George and Mary Easton Sibley. It is the second-oldest higher-education institution west of the Mississippi River. The story actually begins in 1812 at Fort Sibley, now known as the town of Arrow Rock, Missouri. The fort was established to help with the situation regarding the Native Americans. In 1826, Major George Sibley co-signed a $20,000 note, but his partner bailed out of the deal and left. Sibley, now left with next to nothing, took possession of everything his former partner owned--which happened to be little more than 0.5 km² (120 acres) of land in St. Charles, Missouri known as the "Linden Wood" because of the large amount of linden trees that grew there. In 1827, the Sibleys started the Linden Wood School for Girls, as Mary Sibley already had been running a school in St. Charles.
By 1989, though, Lindenwood was in trouble. Enrollment was around 800 students and the school was nearly broke. Dennis Spellmann took over and immediately began to implement changes. He eliminated co-ed dorms and put an emphasis on a "values centered" approach in the classroom. Some of his changes did cause controversy for the school, though. One such incident was the "Pork for Tuition" program that was started in 2002. The program was designed to help rural families pay for their tuition by accepting their livestock in return for discounts. The animals were then processed and used as pork sausage, sausage, and hamburger in the school cafeteria. The program became a topic on NBC's Today Show where host Matt Lauer called the school "Pork Chop U". The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals later staged a small protest in Saint Charles.
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| Percent of Students International: | 4% |
| On-Campus Housing Available: | Yes |
| Percent of Students Living On-Campus: | 43% |
| Freshman Students Required to Live on Campus: | No |
| Member of: | NAA, NAIA |
| Sports Include: |
Football (Heart of America Athletic Conference) Basketball (Heart of America Athletic Conference) Baseball (Heart of America Athletic Conference) Track (Heart of America Athletic Conference) |
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Average Tuition for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 12,000 | ||
Required Fees for Full-Time Undergrads: |
$ 240 | ||
| Financial Aid | Avg. Amount Received | % of Students Receiving Aid | |
Federal Grants: |
$ 2,612 | 25% | |
State and Local Grants: |
$ 1,585 | 20% | |
Institutional Grants: |
$ 6,713 | 93% | |
Student Loans: |
$ 2,671 | 70% | |
Any Aid: |
95% |
| Acceptance Rate: | 43% (Highly Selective) |
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| % of Students Submitting ACT Scores: | 87% |
| Bottom 25th Percentile: | Composite: 19, Verbal: 19, Math: 18 |
| Top 75th Percentile: | Composite: 26, Verbal: 26, Math: 25 |
| Application Fee: | $ 30.00 |
| Formal Demonstration of Competencies: | Recommended |
| High School Diploma or Equivalent: | Recommended |
| High School GPA: | Required |
| High School Rank: | Recommended |
| High School Record: | Required |
| Recommendations: | Recommended |
| TOEFL: | Required |
| Test Scores: | Required |
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I want to stay in my home town and close by. I need a Bacholors degree in Psychology and dont want to spend a lot of time in school. What would be a good college?
27 months ago
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I don't know what part of Missouri you live in, but if you're in the western part, William Jewell College might be a good one to look at, and if you're in the eastern half, try Lindenwood University.
Missouri State University (you probably know it by it's former name...SMS) also has a decent Psychology program.
The University of Missouri at Columbia, along with it's University Health System, has a GREAT psychology program, but I'm pretty sure you're already aware of that.
Good luck!
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