| Screen last updated on: September 10, 2007 |
| Average age of full-time undergraduates: |
20 |
| U.S. region where majority of students come from: |
Southeast |
| Percent of full-time U.S. undergraduates from out of state: |
14% |
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| Campus size: |
500 acres |
| City or town school is located in: |
Tougaloo |
| Population of city/town: |
250 |
| Nearest major city: |
Jackson |
| Distance of nearest major city: |
1 miles |
| Population of nearest major city: |
175,000 |
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| Institution offers housing: |
yes |
| Campus housing available to all unmarried students regardless of year: |
yes |
| Housing types (% in housing type, if given): |
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- women's dorms (55%)
- men's dorms (45%)
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| Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: |
85% |
| Percent of students who live in school housing: |
70% |
| Percent of students who live off campus: |
30% |
| Percent of all students who have cars on campus: |
30% |
| Student conduct policies: |
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class attendance mandatory, class attendance policies set by individual instructors, dress/hair code, honor code, hazing prohibited, smoking prohibited |
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| Alcohol is permitted on campus to students of legal age: |
no |
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| Every student is required to lease or own a computer: |
no |
| Every student is required to take a computer course: |
yes |
| Computer equipment is provided in: |
residence halls, library, computer center/lab(s) |
| Total number of microcomputers available to students: |
200 |
| 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: |
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The library is online with several electronic databases including JSTOR, EBSCO Academic Search Premier database, Chemical Society database,Newsbank NewsFile Collection, ERIC, and NetLibrary; special collections in the library include the Civil Rights Library and Archives (considered to one of the foremost repositories of the history of the Civil Rights Movement, includes works of Fannie Lou Hamer, Medgar Evers, Martin Luther King, Jr. among others); other notable writers, poets and blues great, |
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| Museums and other special academic buildings/equipment on campus: |
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Medgar Wiley Evers Museum (home of Evers and family and where he was assassinated) is owned and maintained by the College |
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| Remedial learning services: |
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reading, writing, math, study skills |
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| Additional services offered: |
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nonremedial tutoring, placement service, health service, health insurance |
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| Counseling services: |
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minority student, military, veteran student, older student, birth control, career, personal, academic, psychological, religious |
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| Career placement services: |
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co-op education, internships, career/job search classes, interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training |
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| Services for students with disabilities: |
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note-taking services, tutors, reader services, interpreters for hearing-impaired, special housing |
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| Amount of campus that is accessible to physically handicapped: |
80% |
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| Number of social fraternities on campus: |
4 |
| Percent of men who join fraternities: |
10% |
| Number of social sororities on campus: |
4 |
| Percent of women who join sororities: |
10% |
| Student activities: |
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student government, student newspaper, literary magazine, yearbook, television station |
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| School newspaper(s): |
The Harambee (bi-weekly) |
| Number of honor societies: |
6 |
| Total number of registered organizations: |
52 |
| Campus-based religious organizations: |
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Baptist Student Union, Crusaders for Christ, United Church of Christ |
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| Minority student organizations: |
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People |
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| Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees: |
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dance ensemble, Heroines of Jericho, Operation Somebody Cares, Order of Eastern Stars, Panhellenic council, pre-alumni group, education clubs, departmental groups |
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| School has an athletic program: |
yes |
| Athletic director: |
Athletic Director |
| Athletic department's mailing address: |
Athletic Director
James Turner
Tougaloo College
500 West County Line Road
Tougaloo, MS 39174
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| School colors: |
Royal/Scarlet |
| School mascot: |
Bulldogs |
| Athletic conference memberships: |
Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (NAIA) |
| Sports offered |
Scholarships? |
Athletic Assoc. |
| Men's basketball | no | NAIA Div. I |
| Men's cross-country | no | NAIA |
| Men's golf | no | NAIA |
| Men's tennis | no | |
| Women's basketball | no | NAIA Div. I |
| Women's cross-country | no | NAIA |
| Women's tennis | no | |
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| Percent of students in varsity/club intercollegiate sports: |
1% |
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| Public transportation serves campus: |
yes |
| Nearest international airport: |
Jackson (5 miles) |
| Nearest other airport: |
Gulfport/Biloxi (110 miles) |
| Nearest passenger train service: |
Jackson (3 miles) |
| Nearest passenger bus service: |
Jackson (3 miles) |
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| Institutional employment is available: |
no |
| Percent of full-time undergraduates working on campus: |
10% |
| Off-campus employment opportunities for undergraduates are: |
excellent |
| Freshmen are discouraged from working for first term: |
yes |
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| Percent of graduates who pursue further study: |
66% immediately, 15% within one year of graduation |
| List of graduate schools most often selected by recent graduates: |
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American University (DC);Brown University (RI);Harvard University (MA);Howard University (DC);Johns Hopkins University (MD);Millsaps College (MS);Mississippi College (MS);Mississippi State University (MS);Princeton University (NJ);Tufts University (MA);University of Arkansas--Little Rock (AR);University of Mississippi (MS);University of North Carolina--Chapel Hill (NC);University of Southern Mississippi (MS);Vanderbilt University (TN) |
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| Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: |
30% within six months of graduation, 15% within one year of graduation, 10% within two years of graduation |
| List of firms that most frequently hire graduates: |
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Merrill Lynch, Bank of America, Jackson State University, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Comcast, IBM, Lockheed, AT & T, BellSouth, Raytheon, Merck, Dell Computer Corporation, US Department of Justice, US Department of Education, US Department of State, US Department of Treasury, Regions Bank, Trustmark Bank, United Way of Greater Jackson, TimeWarner, Deloitte , State of Mississippi, City of Jackson, Mississippi |
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| List of most prominent alumni/ae: |
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- Constance Slaughter-Harvey, Esq.
first African-American woman to receive a law degree from The University of Mississippi M. Deborah Hyde Rowan, M.D., one of only four board-certified African-American female neurosurgeons in USA
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