Lander University

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Baccalaureate Colleges — Diverse Fields

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

Lander University Academics

There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Extensive Undergraduate Evening or Early Morning Classes, Learning Center, Pre-Admission Summer Program, Reduced Course Load, Remedial Instruction, Study Skills Assistance, Tutoring and Writing Center. Specifically, the university has a Distance Learning, Double Major, Dual Enrollment of High School Students, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, Liberal Arts/Career Combination, ROTC, Army, Student-Designed Major, Study Abroad and Teacher Certification. Moreover, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Adult (re-entering) student services, Alcohol/Substance Abuse Counseling, Career Counseling, Employment Service, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Minority Student Services, Personal Counseling, Placement Service and Veterans Counselor can help. Lander University is unique in its study options. 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 Lander University.

Health and Clinical Sciences:

Athletic Training/Sports Medicine, Nursing (RN)

Popular majors:

twenty-four percent business per marketing, seventeen percent education, twelve percent social sciences, ten percent health professions, seven percent psychology, six percent visual and performing arts

Business, Management, & Marketing:

Business Administration/Management

English Language and Literature:

English Language & Literature – General

Parks, Recreation, and Fitness:

Exercise Sciences

Social Sciences:

Political Science/Government, Sociology

School of Visual and Performing Arts:

Art – General, Music – General

Education:

Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Music Teacher Education, Physical Education, Secondary Education, Special Education

History:

History – General

Psychology:

Psychology – General

Biological and Biomedical Sciences:

Biology

Foreign Language and Literature:

Spanish

Computer Science:

Computer/Information Sciences – General

Physical Sciences:

Chemistry

Mathematics:

Mathematics – General

The cost per credit hour (overall) was $564 Cost & Savings Calculator Financial Aid International students eligible for non-need-based aid last fall. In contrast, for non-international students, tutition fees are $13,528 Room & Board (on-campus) $5,332 Additional estimated expenses $3,100 Costs per credit hour $564 Cost & Savings Calculator Financial Aid International students eligible for non-need-based aid. Other additional expenses amounted to $3,100 Costs per credit hour $564 Cost & Savings Calculator Financial Aid International students eligible for non-need-based aid. Moreover, for international students, the application fee is 35.

Lander University Admissions

Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 73% and Open admission, but with selective admission to some programs. Remember that this can change at any time. Transfer student are not ignored. That is, there were five hundred and fifty-one total number of transfer students who applied and three hundred and thirty-nine total number of transfer students who were admitted. This school did not report their application fee.

SAT and ACT score reports are due the 4th of August and the SAT subject section score due date was not reported. It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, make sure to check with the university about the specific date for this year. For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 15th of April. Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. The regular application due date was not reported.

Lander University Financial Aid

If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics, Art, Music/Drama, Athletics and Leadership. Likewise, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics, Art, Music/Drama, Athletics and Leadership. Financial aid distribution is at forty-nine percent scholarships per grants and fifty-one percent loans per jobs. Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school. Financial aid forms are FAFSA.

Lander University Students

Lander University offers Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. In addition, the student body consists of ninety-six percent in-state students, four percent out-of-state students, one percent part-time students, sixty-six percent women, thirty-four percent men, two percent american indian per alaskan native, one percent asian per pacific islander, twenty-five percent black per non-hispanic, two percent hispanic, sixty-eight percent white per non-hispanic, one percent non-resident alien, two percent race per ethnicity unreported, two percent in top 10th of graduating class, thirty-three percent in top quarter of graduating class, seventy-two percent in top half of graduating class, thirty percent had h.s. gpa of 3.75 and higher, fourteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.5 and 3.74, sixteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.25 and 3.49, seventeen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.0 and 3.24, twenty percent had h.s. gpa between 2.5 and 2.99 and three percent had h.s. gpa between 2.0 and 2.49. Besides, it is part of an Suburban setting, Large town (10,000 – 49,999) and Residential campus. The school’s size is approximately two thousand, five hundred and fifty-two degree-seeking undergrads, five hundred and seventy-seven first-time degree-seeking freshmen and ninety-one graduate enrollment. The university is a Public, Liberal Arts College, Teachers College/College of Education, Four-year, Coed, where 73 percent of the applicants were admitted, Regionally accredited and College Board member.

This school features the Suburban setting, Large town (10,000 – 49,999) and Residential campus. Assuredly, the school is located 55 miles from Greenville, 75 miles from Columbia.Students should note the housing policies: eighty percent of first-year students live in college housing, thirty-three percent of all undergraduates live in college housing, Coed Housing, Women’s Housing, fifteen-APR deadline for housing deposit, seventy-five dollars amount of housing deposit, and First-time first-year students allowed to have car.

Lander University Athletics

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

• Men’s NCAA Division II, Men’s Intercollegiate and Men’s Scholarship Baseball
• Men’s NCAA Division II, Women’s NCAA Division II, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Basketball
• Women’s NCAA Division II, Women’s Intercollegiate and Women’s Scholarship Cross_country
• Men’s NCAA Division II, Men’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Men’s Scholarship Golf
• Men’s NCAA Division II, Women’s NCAA Division II, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Soccer
• Women’s NCAA Division II, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Women’s Scholarship Softball
• Women’s NCAA Division II, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Women’s Scholarship Volleyball