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Quick Facts about Reinhardt College

Take a quick look at Reinhardt College through lists, facts and statistics.

Accreditation and Approvals  Enrollment & Academic Focus Student Aid  
Budget Graduates and Alumni  Student Life
Degree Programs Schedule Support
Economic Impact Sites Tuition, Room & Board  
Endowment Special Programs     

 
Degree Programs

Reinhardt College offers 43 programs of study: (For more on academics)

Graduate degrees

Baccalaureate or bachelor's degrees (four-year) - for more on Reinhardt majors>

  • art
  • biology
  • business administration (accounting, general business, management, marketing)
  • communication (communication arts, writing for the media, visual communication)
  • communication management and leadership (a degree completion program offered only at extended sites)
  • digital art and graphic design
  • education (early childhood, middle grades, secondary biology, secondary English, secondary mathematics)
  • English
  • history
  • liberal studies
  • math
  • media, culture and society
  • music
  • music education
  • organizational management and leadership (degree completion program offered only at extended sites)
  • professional communication (organizational leadership degree completion program offered only at extended sites)
  • psychology
  • public relations and advertising
  • public safety management and leadership (organizational leadership degree completion program offered only at extended sites)
  • religion
  • sociology (criminal justice/criminology, cultural diversity, family studies and social services)
  • sport studies (sports administration, sports information)
  • theater (new for fall 2010)
  • world languages and cultures

Associate degrees (two-year) - for more on Reinhardt majors>

Schedule

Full session courses last 16 weeks, while Session I or Session II courses generally last eight weeks. See class schedules.

Sites

The 540-acre Main Campus is in Waleska, Ga., about 45 minutes northwest of Atlanta, Ga., and is easily accessible from I-75, I-575 and Ga. 515.  directions>

The North Fulton Center of Reinhardt College is on Old Milton Parkway in Alpharetta, Ga., in northern Fulton County, easily accessible from Ga. 400.  directions>

Education and business programs are being offered at Reinhardt's Epworth Center on the Bonnie Higdon Reeves Campus in Epworth, Ga. For more information>

Degree-completion programs in Organization Management Leadership and Public Safety Leadership are being offered in Cartersville, Ga. For more information, contact Ray Schumacher at 770-720-9191 or RES@reinhardt.edu

Accreditation and Approvals

Accreditation & approval statement >

Student Statistics

1139 students; 6 percent are graduate; 40 percent are upperclassmen; 92 percent are full-time, 8 percent are part-time; 61 percent are female, 39 percent are male. Our student to faculty ratio is 13:1. Average freshman class size is 14. (statistics from fall 2009)

Student Life

Reinhardt fields 14 intercollegiate teams: men's and women's basketball, soccer, cross country, tennis and golf; men's baseball and lacrosse; and women's volleyball and fast-pitch softball. Women's lacrosse will be new for 2010, bringing the number of college sports to 15.  Cheerleading and dance team are related clubs. For more information on intercollegiate athletics.

The student activities council plans dances, service projects, coffee houses and movie nights.

Activities include: an outdoors program, intramurals and student government; groups focusing on service, leadership, the arts, spiritual growth, music, and entertainment; academic disciplines and honor societies, as well as a newspaper, a TV station and a radio station.

Seven residence halls, with a variety of room configurations, are available. Approximately 47.5% of the Waleska Campus population live in residence halls (fall 2009).

Special Programs

The Honors Program offers in-depth and challenging courses for students who excel academically. For more information, contact Dr. Margaret Morlier at 770-720-5579 or MMM@reinhardt.edu.

The Academic Support Office, ASO, conducts a very successful program for students with specific learning disabilities. For more information, contact the Office of Academic Support, 770-720-5567 or SRR@reinhardt.edu.

Graduates & Alumni

In 2009, Reinhardt awarded 182 degrees (9 MBA, 164 baccalaureate and 9 associate). The College has more than 10,000 living alumni. For more information on alumni services or activities, please contact the Alumni Office.

Support

Reinhardt is supported by alumni, friends, parents, foundations, corporations, and organizations, as well as the North Georgia Conference of The United Methodist Church, individual churches and Sunday school classes.

Budget

Total operating budget for 2009-10 is $19 million.

Economic Impact

The College's economic impact in 2003 was $42.3 million, as determined by a study sponsored by the Georgia Foundation for Independent Colleges and conducted by the Econometric Center at Kennesaw State University.

Endowment

The College's endowment is $37.4 million (as of Sept. 31, 2009). These funds are used for purposes that are consistent with donor wishes. They support student scholarships, faculty research and the expansion and maintenance of campus facilities.

Student Aid

Reinhardt College awards merit, leadership, athletic, United Methodist, academic division and need-based aid scholarships and grants to eligible students.

Students who are legal residents of Georgia may be eligible to receive the Georgia Tuition Equalization Grant and/or the HOPE Scholarship. Cherokee County residents may qualify for the Cherokee County Grant, as well.

Many sources of financial aid, including grants, loans, student-work and scholarships, assist students and their families with the costs associated with attending college.

For the fall of 2009, approximately 93% of undergraduate students at Reinhardt received some form of financial aid. Almost 57% received federal aid while almost 68% received institutional aid. The average award for students receiving financial aid was approximately $6,054 a year.

For more information on Financial Aid, please contact the Office of Financial Aid at 770-720-5667 or 5603 or financialaid@reinhardt.edu.

Tuition, Room & Board


 

Waleska Campus
7300 Reinhardt College Circle
Waleska, GA 30183-2981
Phone (770) 720-5600
Fax (770) 720-5602
North Fulton Center
4100 Old Milton Parkway
Alpharetta, GA 30005-4442
Phone (770) 720-9191
Fax (770) 475-0263
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