Jamestown College

 

Jamestown College

  Jamestown College
608 6th St NE
Jamestown, ND 58405		 General information
 (701) 252-3467

Type of institution: Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
Federal Aid: Institution has a Program Participation Agreement with the US Department of Education for eligible students to receive Pell Grants and other federal aid.
Degrees offered: Bachelor degrees
Carnegie classification: Not Applicable
Number of students: 996 (2006)
2007-2008 Undergraduate application fee:$ 20

About this School
Jamestown College is a private liberal arts college affiliated with the Presbyterian Church located in Jamestown, North Dakota. It has about 1,100 students enrolled today and was co-educational from its founding.
 
History
Jamestown College was founded in 1883 - and closed fairly quickly, during the depression of 1893. The school reopened in 1909 and has remained open ever since - although there have been close calls. Jamestown College has been notable for three things; its athletics, its science and nursing programs, and its choir. In 1979, Jamestown's football team went to the NAIA Division 3 National Championships (and lost). Its pre-medical students have long-standing tradition of getting into medical schools at a considerably above the national average. And in 1972 the college's choir - for decades one of the top small-college choirs in the United States - became the first American choir to sing at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France - an honor they repeated four more times during the 1970s and 1980s. In the mid-1980s, a difficult farm economy and mismanagement led the college into difficult times; in 1986, the school graduated 92 students, had a full-time enrollment of only 500 students, and reportedly came within 24 hours of closing its doors. A few 11th-hour donations and some radical restructuring brought the college back from the brink - and today, the school has nearly triple the students, and has been able to embark on a large building program to replace some of the buildings (which in many cases dated from the college's original heyday in the 1920s.
 
Academic year prices for full-time, first-time undergraduate students
Tuition and Fees2007-20082006-20072005-2006
In-State$ 11,535$ 10,750$ 10,000
Out of State$ 11,535$ 10,750$ 10,000
Books and Supplies$ 1,000$ 1,000$ 1,000
On-Campus
Room and board$ 4,620$ 4,340$ 4,130
Other Expenses$ 2,800$ 2,800$ 2,800
Off Campus
Room and board$ 4,620$ 4,340$ 4,130
Other Expenses$ 2,800$ 2,800$ 2,800
Off Campus w/ family
Other Expenses$ 2,100$ 2,100$ 2,100

Financial aid 2005-2006

Financial aid to full-time, first-time undergraduate students

Type of AidPercentage of students receiving aidAverage amount of aid they received
Federal Grants (scholarship/fellowship) 44% $ 2,460
State/Local grants (scholarship/fellowship) 15% $ 793
Institutional grants (scholarship/fellowship) 100% $ 4,303
Loans to students 78% $ 4,596
 
End of file for Jamestown College.