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CONNECTICUT COLLEGE

Connecticut College
270 Mohegan Avenue
New London, CT 06320-4196

Official telephone: (860) 447-1911
Fax number: (860) 439-2700

Website: www.conncoll.edu


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Screen last updated on: September 10, 2007
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 747 men, 1,125 women, 1,872 total
Full-time undergraduates: 724 men, 1,078 women, 1,802 total
Part-time undergraduates: 23 men, 47 women, 70 total
Total graduate students: 1 men, 13 women, 14 total
Full-time graduate students: 6 women, 6 total
Part-time graduate students: 1 men, 7 women, 8 total
Average age of full-time undergraduates: 20
U.S. region where majority of students come from: Northeast
Percent of full-time U.S. undergraduates from out of state: 77%
First-year student breakdown:
3.1% Black (non-Hispanic)
0.2% American Indian or Alaskan Native
3.1% Asian or Pacific Islander
6.7% Hispanic
77.6% White (non-Hispanic)
4.5% total international (nonresident aliens)
4.9% race/ethnicity unreported/unknown
Undergraduate breakdown:
3.8% Black (non-Hispanic)
0.1% American Indian or Alaskan Native
3.6% Asian or Pacific Islander
5.4% Hispanic
73.9% White (non-Hispanic)
5.7% total international (nonresident aliens)
7.6% race/ethnicity unreported/unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 750 acres
City or town school is located in: New London, Connecticut
Population of city/town: 26,185
Nearest major city: Hartford, Connecticut
Distance of nearest major city: 50 miles
Population of nearest major city: 124,121
Online campus map: www.conncoll.edu/
campusmap/index.html

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Campus housing available to all unmarried students regardless of year: No. Available only to traditional full-time students.
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms (95%)
  • single-student apartments (4%)
  • cooperative housing (1%)
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 100%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 99%
Percent of students who live off campus: 1%
Percent of all students who have cars on campus: 50%
Student conduct policies:
class attendance policies set by individual instructors, honor code, hazing prohibited
Alcohol is permitted on campus to students of legal age: yes

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Every student is required to take a computer course: no
Computer equipment is provided in: library, computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 322
Other computer facilities/services: Departmental computer labs, Advanced Technology lab, Digital Curriculum Center, Brown Auditorium (multimedia teaching space), Computer Help Desk, campus intranet, virtual private network (VPN), proxy server, ePortfolio, WebCT, courseware server
Internet access provided to all students: yes
E-mail services/accounts provided to all students: yes
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Greer Music Library; Visual Resources Library; Special Collections and Archives include Sheaffer-O'Neill Papers, William Meredith Papers, Linda Lear/Rachel Carson Collections, Conservation and Research Foundation Archive, Weis Collection on the history of printing, Gildersleeve Collection of children's literature, New London imprints, Chu-Griffiths Asian Art Collection, and papers of Prudence Crandall, Belle Moskowitz, Frances Perkins, and Lillian Wald.
Museums and other special academic buildings/equipment on campus:
Arboretum with experimental and natural ecological areas, Charles Chu Asian Art Reading Room, Digital Curriculum Center, Advanced Technology Lab, Language Lab, electronic classrooms, NMR spectrometer, digital transmission electron microscope, Lyman Allyn Art Museum, college observatory, Geographic Information System laboratory

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
nonremedial tutoring, placement service, health service, health insurance, Writing Center
Counseling services:
minority student, older student, birth control, career, personal, academic, psychological, religious, Rotating set of group counseling/discussion groups
Career placement services:
internships, career/job search classes, interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Electronic portfolio
Services for students with disabilities:
note-taking services, tape recorders, reader services, interpreters for hearing-impaired, special housing, adaptive equipment
Amount of campus that is accessible to physically handicapped: partially

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Number of social fraternities on campus: 0
Number of social sororities on campus: 0
Student activities:
student government, student newspaper, literary magazine, yearbook, radio station
School newspaper(s): The College Voice
Number of honor societies: 5
Total number of registered organizations: 55
Campus-based religious organizations:
New London Campus Ministry, Hillel, Intervarsity Christian Fellowship, Multi-faith Student Council, Muslim Student Association, Pagan Student Association
Minority student organizations:
Umoja, I-Pride, La Unidad, Connecticut College Asian and Asian Student Association, Atlas, Unity House
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Amnesty International, Students Taking Action Now: Darfur, Women's Center, Youth for Justice, Zionist Organization of America, Astronomy Club, ConnVerse, Film Society, German Club, Italian Club, Russian Club, Building Beautiful Bodies, CoCo Beaux (all-male a capella), Conn Artists (coed a capella), Conn Chords (all-female a capella), The Shwiffs (all female a capella), Vox Cameli (coed a capella), Williams Street Mix, Gospel Choir, The Scuds (improv comedy), N2O (improv comedy), Dance Club, Fair Trade Initiative, Group Art Attack, MOBROC Musicians Organized for Bands' Rights on Campus, Musically! (musical theater), Connecticut College Democrats, Connecticut College Republicans, CC Left, BPACC Building Political Awareness at Connecticut College, Bowling Club, Buscemi Club, Coffee Grounds, Gaming Club, Habitat for Humanity, Outing Club, Peggotty Investment Club, Outing Club, Spokespeople bicycle collective, Sprout! organic gardening initiative, Stitch 'n' Bitch, Motivated for Ethical Animal Treatment, Renewable Energy Club, Students Against Violence to the Environment, Students Educating for Animal Liberation, Society Organized Against Racism

ATHLETICS
School has an athletic program: yes
Athletic director: Francis Shields,
Athletic Director
Director of women's athletics: Eva Kovach,
SWA
School mascot: Camels
Athletic conference memberships: Collegiate Water Polo Association (Division I);New England Small College Athletic Conference (Division III)

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's basketballno 
Men's cross-countryno 
Men's ice hockeyno 
Men's lacrosseno 
Men's soccerno 
Men's swimmingno 
Men's tennisno 
Men's track and field (indoor)no 
Men's track and field (outdoor)no 
Men's water polono 
Women's basketballno 
Women's cross-countryno 
Women's field hockeyno 
Women's ice hockeyno 
Women's lacrosseno 
Women's soccerno 
Women's squashno 
Women's swimmingno 
Women's tennisno 
Women's track and field (indoor)no 
Women's track and field (outdoor)no 
Women's volleyballno 
Women's water polono 

Percent of students in varsity/club intercollegiate sports: 30%

GETTING AWAY
Public transportation serves campus: no
Nearest international airport: Hartford, Connecticut (50 miles)
Nearest other airport: Providence, Rhode Island (50 miles)
Nearest passenger train service: New London, Connecticut (2 miles)
Nearest passenger bus service: New London, Connecticut (2 miles)

PAYING THE BILLS
Institutional employment is available: yes
Percent of full-time undergraduates working on campus: 45%
Off-campus employment opportunities for undergraduates are: fair
Freshmen are discouraged from working for first term: no

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who pursue further study: 20% immediately
List of graduate schools most often selected by recent graduates:
Boston College (MA);Boston University (MA);Brown University (RI);College of William and Mary (VA);Columbia University (NY);Cornell University (NY);Duke University (NC);Emory University (GA);George Washington University (DC);Harvard University (MA);Johns Hopkins University (MD);New York University (NY);Northwestern University (IL);Ohio State University--Columbus (OH);Pennsylvania State University--University Park (PA);Stanford University (CA);Tufts University (MA);University of California--Berkeley (CA);University of Chicago (IL);University of Michigan--Ann Arbor (MI);Washington University in St. Louis (MO);Yale University (CT)
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 55% within six months of graduation
List of firms that most frequently hire graduates:
Bear Sterns, Yale Center for British Art, 3M, Attleboro Public Schools, Lazard Freres, Boston Ballet, Wachovia Investment Banking, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, South Shore Habitat for Humanity, Cape May County Zoo, Black Rock Investment, Sotheby's, Bismarck Media & Communications, Central Intelligence Agency, Reebok, Pearson Education, Commonwealth Financial Network, Seabury Group LLC, Bedford/St. Martins Publishers, John Hancock Financial Management, In Style Magazine, American Express
List of most prominent alumni/ae:
  • James Berrien, President/Publisher of Forbes Magazine Group Agnes Gund, former President, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC



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