College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (CLAS) was formed in 2004 with the merger of the College of Liberal Arts and the College of Science. CLAS has a number of distinctions as the result of the merger, including being the provider of:
- the majority of the total undergraduate credit hours in the university
- the core learning experience throughout the university
- the requisite math and science for pre-professional undergraduates
- strong graduate education at Master’s and PhD levels
- nearly half of the PhD degrees awarded in the university
- approximately $20 million per year in external grants and contracts
- several nationally-ranked departments (National Science Foundation and/or National Research Council rankings)
The 2009 fall enrollment in the CLAS is 13,746 students. Total enrollment includes 9,049 full-time and 4,697 part-time students.
Full-time faculty profileThe total number of full-time faculty is 454. |
Enrollment by ethnicity |
 |
 |
Degrees/awards granted 2008-09
|
Degrees/awards |
Minority |
White |
International |
Unknown |
Total |
|
Baccalaureate degree |
345 |
615 |
11 |
110 |
1,081 |
|
Post-baccalaureate certificate |
2 |
13 |
0 |
1 |
16 |
|
Master’s degree |
87 |
181 |
23 |
17 |
308 |
|
Doctoral degree |
36 |
42 |
23 |
0 |
101 |
|
Total |
470 |
851 |
57 |
128 |
1,506 |
