Southern University and A & M College

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Master's Colleges and Universities (larger programs)

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Doctoral degree
Calendar System	Semester
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Southern University and A & M College Academics

There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Learning Center, Pre-Admission Summer Program, Reduced Course Load, Remedial Instruction and Tutoring. In particular, the university has a Cross-Registration, Distance Learning, Double Major, Dual Enrollment of High School Students, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, Liberal Arts/Career Combination, ROTC, Air Force, ROTC, Army, ROTC, Navy, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification and Visiting/Exchange Student Program. Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College is unique in its study options. Again, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Career Counseling, Employment Service, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Personal Counseling, Placement Service and Veterans Counselor can help. The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed.

The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College.

School of Visual and Performing Arts:

Drama/Theater Arts, Fine/Studio Arts, Music – General Performance

Computer Science:

Computer Science

Business, Management, & Marketing:

Accounting, Business Administration/Management, Business/Managerial Economics, E-Commerce, Finance/Banking, Marketing Management

Security and Protective Services:

Criminal Justice Studies, Police Science

Education:

Agricultural Education, Biology Teacher Education, Chemistry Teacher Education, Computer Teacher Education, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, English Teacher Education, French Teacher Education, Junior High Education, Mathematics Education, Music Teacher Education, Physical Education, Physics Teacher Education, Science Teacher Education, Secondary Education, Social Studies Teacher Education, Spanish Language Teacher Education, Special Education

Popular majors:

one hundred percent security and protective services, seventeen percent business per marketing, seventeen percent health professions, eight percent engineering, seven percent computer and information sciences, six percent family and consumer sciences, six percent security and protective services, five percent communications per journalism, five percent education, five percent public administration and social services, five percent social sciences

Mathematics:

Mathematics – General

Foreign Language and Literature:

French, Spanish

Public Administration and Service:

Social Work

English Language and Literature:

English, Speech/Rhetorical Studies

Biological and Biomedical Sciences:

Biology

Health and Clinical Sciences:

Nursing (RN), Recreational Therapy, Speech-Language Pathology/Audiology, Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling

Physical Sciences:

Chemistry, Physics

Communications & Journalism:

Mass Communications/Media Studies

Social Sciences:

Political Science/Government, Sociology

Psychology:

Psychology – General

History:

History – General

Again, for international students, the application fee is 30. Are you an international student? The Fall application deadline for international students is the 5th of May.

Southern University and A & M College Admissions

Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 53% and Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 68%. Remember that this can change at any time. This school requires an application fee consisting of twenty dollars regular application fee, twenty dollars out-of-state application fee and twenty dollars online application fee. Transfer student are not ignored. An instance of this, there were five hundred and three total number of transfer students who applied and four hundred and five total number of transfer students who were admitted.

SAT and ACT score reports are due the 1st of July and the SAT subject section score is due the 1st of July. Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. For all student applicants, the Fall application deadline is the 5th of May. The regular application is due the 1st of July. It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, and make sure they are in by the 31st of March.

Southern University and A & M College Financial Aid

Financial aid forms are FAFSA and Institution’s own financial aid form. Financial aid distribution is at thirty-one percent scholarships per grants and sixty-nine percent loans per jobs. Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school. In the same way, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics, Alumni Affiliation, Athletics, Music/Drama, ROTC and State/District Residency. If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics, Athletics and ROTC.

Southern University and A & M College Students

The university is a Public, University, Four-year, Coed, where 53 percent of the applicants were admitted, Regionally accredited and Historically black. The school’s size is approximately eight thousand, four hundred and ninety-three degree-seeking undergrads, one thousand, four hundred and eighty-five first-time degree-seeking freshmen and one thousand, three hundred and sixty-five graduate enrollment. Again, the student body consists of seventy-two percent in-state students, twenty-eight percent out-of-state students, one percent part-time students, fifty-six percent women, forty-four percent men, less than one percent american indian per alaskan native, ninety-seven percent black per non-hispanic, less than one percent hispanic, less than one percent white per non-hispanic, three percent non-resident alien, two percent in top 10th of graduating class, twelve percent in top quarter of graduating class, thirty-eight percent in top half of graduating class, five percent had h.s. gpa of 3.75 and higher, five percent had h.s. gpa between 3.5 and 3.74, ten percent had h.s. gpa between 3.25 and 3.49, thirteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.0 and 3.24, thirty-nine percent had h.s. gpa between 2.5 and 2.99, twenty-three percent had h.s. gpa between 2.0 and 2.49 and five percent had h.s. gpa between 1.0 and 1.99. Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College offers Associate, Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degrees. Additionally, it is part of an Suburban setting, Large city (250,000 – 499,999) and Residential campus.

This school features the Suburban setting, Large city (250,000 – 499,999) and Residential campus. Students should note the housing policies: eighty-four percent of first-year students live in college housing, thirty-four percent of all undergraduates live in college housing, Men’s Housing, Women’s Housing, Special Housing For Disabled Students, Wellness housing (alcohol/drug/smoke-free), one-MAY deadline for housing deposit, fifty dollars amount of housing deposit and point zero . Further, the university has many unique facilites such as experimental (laboratory) farm, outdoor learning resource center (nature trail), meat processing plant, Black heritage museum. Without doubt, the school is located 80 miles from New Orleans.

Southern University and A & M College Athletics

The following sports can be found here:

• Men’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Baseball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Basketball
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Cross_country
• Men’s NCAA Division IAA, Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Football
• Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Golf
• Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate and Women’s Scholarship Soccer
• Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate and Women’s Scholarship Softball
• Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Track_and_field
• Men’s NCAA Division I and Women’s NCAA Division I Track_indoor
• Men’s NCAA Division I and Women’s NCAA Division I Track_outdoor
• Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Women’s Scholarship Volleyball