Goucher College

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Baccalaureate Colleges — Arts & Sciences

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Master's 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

Goucher College Academics

There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Learning Center, Reduced Course Load, Study Skills Assistance, Tutoring and Writing Center. Furthermore, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Adult (re-entering) student services, Campus Ministries/Chaplain, Career Counseling, Employment Service, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Minority Student Services, Personal Counseling and Placement Service can help. The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed. Goucher College is unique in its study options. An instance of this, the university has a Cross-Registration, Distance Learning, Double Major, Dual Enrollment of High School Students, Independent Study, Internships, ROTC, Army, Student-Designed Major, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification and Washington Semester.

The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at Goucher College.

Computer Science:

Computer Science

English Language and Literature:

English, English Language & Literature – General

School of Visual and Performing Arts:

Art – General, Dance, Drama/Theater Arts, Music – General

Biological and Biomedical Sciences:

Biology

Social Sciences:

Anthropology, Economics, International Relations, Political Science/Government, Sociology

Foreign Language and Literature:

French, Russian, Spanish

Communications & Journalism:

Mass Communications/Media Studies

Business, Management, & Marketing:

Business Administration/Management

Education:

Elementary Education, Special Education

Physical Sciences:

Chemistry, Physics

Multiple or Interdisciplinary:

Historic Preservation/Conservation, Intercultural/Multicultural/Diversity Studies, Peace/Conflict Resolution Studies

Psychology:

Psychology – General

Philosphy and Religion:

Philosophy, Religion/Religious Studies

History:

History – General

Popular majors:

fifteen percent psychology, fourteen percent visual and performing arts, eleven percent english, nine percent communications per journalism, eight percent business per marketing, eight percent social sciences, five percent area and ethnic studies, five percent biology

Mathematics:

Mathematics – General

Are you an international student? The Fall application deadline for international students is the 1st of February. The cost per credit hour (overall) was $950 Cost & Savings Calculator Financial Aid International students eligible for non-need-based aid last fall. Besides, for international students, the application fee is 40.

Goucher College Admissions

This school requires an application fee consisting of forty dollars regular application fee, forty dollars out-of-state application fee, forty dollars online application fee and point zero . Transfer student are not ignored. For instance, there were one hundred and fifty total number of transfer students who applied and eighty-six total number of transfer students who were admitted. Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 67%. Remember that this can change at any time.

Regardless of which application you submit, this school will notify you by the 1st of April. SAT and ACT score reports are due the 1st of March and Similarly, if you wish to apply with priority status make sure you application is in by the 1st of February. Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, and make sure they are in by the 15th of February. The regular application is due the 1st of February. For all student applicants, the Fall application deadline is the 1st of February. the SAT subject section score is due the 1st of March. If you are a transfer student, you will be notified of your acceptance by the 1st of June.

Goucher College Financial Aid

Financial aid forms are Business/farm supplement, CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE, FAFSA, Noncustodial (divorced/separated) Parents Statement and Noncustodial PROFILE. Financial aid distribution is at seventy-eight percent scholarships per grants and twenty-two percent loans per jobs. Similarly, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics, Art, Leadership and Music/Drama. If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics, Art, Leadership and Music/Drama. Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school.

Goucher College Students

The school’s size is approximately one thousand, three hundred and twenty-five degree-seeking undergrads, three hundred and forty first-time degree-seeking freshmen and eight hundred and eighty-seven graduate enrollment. Furthermore, it is part of an Suburban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Residential campus. Furthermore, the student body consists of twenty-four percent in-state students, seventy-six percent out-of-state students, sixty-four percent women, thirty-six percent men, one percent american indian per alaskan native, four percent asian per pacific islander, five percent black per non-hispanic, four percent hispanic, seventy-one percent white per non-hispanic, one percent non-resident alien, fifteen percent race per ethnicity unreported, twenty-six percent in top 10th of graduating class, sixty-three percent in top quarter of graduating class, eighty-three percent in top half of graduating class, nine percent had h.s. gpa of 3.75 and higher, fifteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.5 and 3.74, seventeen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.25 and 3.49, nineteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.0 and 3.24, thirty-five percent had h.s. gpa between 2.5 and 2.99 and five percent had h.s. gpa between 2.0 and 2.49. Goucher College offers Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. The university is a Private, Liberal Arts College, Four-year, Coed, where 67 percent of the applicants were admitted, Regionally accredited and College Board member.

Students should note the housing policies: First-Year Students Guaranteed On-Campus Housing, ninety-seven percent of first-year students live in college housing, eighty-one percent of all undergraduates live in college housing, Coed Housing, Women’s Housing, Apartments For Single Students, Special Housing For Disabled Students, Special Housing For International Students, Wellness housing (alcohol/drug/smoke-free), fifteen-MAY deadline for housing deposit, one hundred dollars amount of housing deposit, and First-time first-year students allowed to have car. On the whole, the school is located 8 miles from downtown.Further, the university has many unique facilites such as politics center, dance studio, pilates studio, computerized scientific visualization lab, nuclear magnetic resonance spectrometer, black box theater. This school features the Suburban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Residential campus.

Goucher College Athletics

The Gophers are a member of NCAA. The following sports can be found here:

• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate and Women’s Intercollegiate Basketball
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate and Women’s Intercollegiate Cross_country
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Football
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Racquetball
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Soccer
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Softball
• Men’s Intercollegiate and Women’s Intercollegiate Track_and_field
• Men’s NCAA Division III and Women’s NCAA Division III Track_indoor
• Men’s NCAA Division III and Women’s NCAA Division III Track_outdoor
• Women’s NCAA Division III, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Volleyball