Queens University of Charlotte
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Queens University of Charlotte is a private
, co-educational, comprehensive university
located in Charlotte, North Carolina
. The school has approximately 2,600 undergraduate and graduate students through the College of Arts and Sciences, the McColl School of Business, the Wayland H. Cato, Jr. School of Education, the James L. Knight School of Communication, Hayworth College for Adult Studies and the Andrew Blair College of Health, which features the Presbyterian School of Nursing. Established in 1857, the university offers 34 undergraduate majors and 66 concentrations, and 10 graduate programs.
Queens University of Charlotte is a co-educational, master's level university that has served Charlotte and the southeast for more than 150 years. The University prides itself on a strong foundation of an outstanding and committed faculty, innovative curricula, creative programs and a Presbyterian heritage.
Founded in 1857 as the Charlotte Female Institute, the school was originally at College and 9th streets. From 1891-1896, it was called the Seminary for Girls. In 1896, the Concord and Mecklenburg Presbyteries chartered the Presbyterian Female College. The seminary merged with this new college. In 1912, anticipating the move to the present campus in the Myers Park neighborhood, the school became Queens College.
The name Queens College was adopted for three reasons: at the request of the Alumnae Association to disarm prejudice in deference to other Presbyterian colleges which claimed an equal right to the denominational name; to commemorate Queen's Museum, a classical school established in Charlotte in 1771; and to honor Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg. In the aftermath of World War II, Queens admitted its first male students. A co-educational Evening College was established in 1948 that provided instruction for adults. It was the forerunner of the New College, which was inaugurated in 1979 as an undergraduate evening program designed for working adults. In 1995, New College was renamed the Pauline Lewis Hayworth College.
In 1979, the traditional undergraduate liberal arts college at Queens was renamed the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS). It began admitting resident males in 1987 when Queens went co-ed.
In 1989, CAS adopted the innovative Foundations of Liberal Learning program, which is now known as the Core Program in Liberal Arts and is required of all first-year students. The four-course program encourages robust class discussions, helping students develop stronger critical thinking skills, explore ethics and morality, learn to articulate their values and ideas, and become responsible global citizens. This shared experience builds community at Queens, and alumni often say Core became a key component to their personal development.
The International Experience Program, now known as the John Belk International Program, was established in 1989. Juniors and seniors participate in a variety of study programs that range from study tours, language programs, a month-long environmental studies program in Yap in Micronesia or a summer-long foreign internship, to semester-long study abroad exchanges in Hong Kong or Ireland. Since its inception, the program has received national recognition from U.S. News & World Report. Queens recently ranked no. 2 in the country for its "percentage of students who travel abroad" (2009) with close to 90 percent participation. In 2008, the program added study tours to Vietnam and South Africa.
The McColl School of Business, named after Bank of America chairman Hugh McColl, Jr., was established in 1993. The School achieved AACSB Accreditation in 2007, the highest level given to business schools. Only five percent of business schools globally, and 20 percent of American schools, have earned this level of accreditation.
In 1996, the Internship and Career Development Program, also nationally recognized, began requiring a minimum of six credit hours for all students enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences. The program has been recognized in the past by U.S. News & World Report as one of the leading internship programs in the country; it boasts 100 percent participation from the University's student body.
Queens' first master's degree program, the Master of Business Administration, launched in 1980. Since then, Queens has added the Master of Education (1983); the Executive Master of Business (1990); the Master of Arts in Teaching (1992); the Master of Science in Nursing (1998); the Master of Arts in Organizational and Strategic Communication (1999); the Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (2001); the Master of Science in Organization Development (2008) and Master of School Administration (2008).
With the additional master's degree programs, Queens achieved a university level rank in the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the U.S. News & World Report. The Board of Trustees voted in the Spring of 2002 to recognize Queens' true university status and changed the institutional name from "Queens College" to "Queens University of Charlotte." The change became official on June 1, 2002.
The University obtained the former Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing to form the Presbyterian School of Nursing at Queens in 2004. One of the most popular majors at Queens, the program produces the third largest number of new registered nurses among higher education institutions in North Carolina.
Queens continues to expand its footprint beyond its 30-acre Myers Park campus. In 2006, the University officially opened its 65-acre Sports Complex at Marion Diehl Park, a planned $15 million project that is a partnership between Mecklenburg County and the University. When it is completed in 2011, the facility will provide Charlotte with a long-awaited recreational facility that will serve senior citizens, people with disabilities and Queens' student-athletes.
Central to the success of the Queens is its high-quality faculty. The end of 2007 was a special time in the University's history as it became the only higher educational institution in North Carolina to boast five different N.C. Professors of the Year. Dr. Reed Perkins, chair of the environmental science department, was the 2007 recipient, the fifth Queens professor in 14 years to receive this distinguished award.
In 2008, Queens opened a new School of Education that became the fifth primary unit on its Myers Park campus. The school focuses on undergraduate education and boasts an array of innovative graduate programs, including a Teaching Fellows Program and a Public Education Research Institute.
As Queens builds upon the momentum generated from its Sesquicentennial celebration in 2007, it looks ahead to the future, building on its past success to become one of the finest comprehensive universities in the Southeast.
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Queens University of Charlotte's athletic teams take the identity of the Queens Royals on the field and cheer their teams on via their mascot, Rex. Queens is a member of the NCAA's Division II program nationally; regionally, the Royals participate in the Conference Carolinas
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A statue of Rex at the Queens Sports Complex is the largest standing lion sculpture in the world.
, Cross-Country
, Golf
, Lacrosse
, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis
, and Track & Field.
, Cross-Country
, Golf
, Lacrosse
, Soccer, Softball
, Swimming, Tennis
, Track & Field, and Volleyball
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Biochemistry
Biology
Business Administration
Chemistry
Communication
Drama
Education
English, Drama, and Creative Writing
Environmental Science
Foreign Languages
History
Information Systems
International Studies
Journalism
Mathematics and Computer Information Systems
Music
Music Therapy
Nursing
Philosophy
/ Religion
Political Science
Professional Golf Management
Psychology
Sociology
Sociology
Political history
International business
Graphic Design
Creative Writing
Studio Design
Pre-Med
Pre-Occupational Therapy
Pre-Physical Therapy
Pre Veterinary Medicine
Average SAT: 1550
Average Writing SAT: 540-630
Average Verbal SAT (25-75%): 480-570
Average Math SAT (25-75%): 490-560
Average ACT (25-75%): 19-24
Average High School GPA: 3.40
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32% had h.s. GPA of 3.75 and higher
12% had h.s. GPA between 3.5 and 3.74
14% had h.s. GPA between 3.25 and 3.49
19% had h.s. GPA between 3.0 and 3.24
18% had h.s. GPA between 2.5 and 2.99
5% had h.s. GPA between 2.0 and 2.49 http://apps.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=572&profileId=0
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No. 2 in the United States for "percentage of students who travel abroad," 2010
No. 18 overall, Regional Universities - South, 2010
No. 2, Regional Universities - South (North Carolina private institutions), 2010
No. 7, Regional Universities - South for the number of international students, 2010
No. 15, Regional Universities - South "Great Schools, Great Prices" category, 2010
No. 10, Regional Universities - South for "percentage of classes under 20" category, 2010
No. 16, Regional Universities - South for graduation rate.
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ranked Queens University of Charlotte's low-residency MFA in Creative Writing program 7th in its 2011 MFA Rankings: Top 10 Low-Residency Programs. The school also ranked as the 4th most selective low-residency program according to Poets & Writers. Many of the program's graduates have gone on to publish novels, short story collections, short stories in various literary magazines, and have also won awards for their work.
Private university
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, co-educational, comprehensive university
University
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located in Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte, North Carolina
Charlotte is the largest city in the U.S. state of North Carolina and the seat of Mecklenburg County. In 2010, Charlotte's population according to the US Census Bureau was 731,424, making it the 17th largest city in the United States based on population. The Charlotte metropolitan area had a 2009...
. The school has approximately 2,600 undergraduate and graduate students through the College of Arts and Sciences, the McColl School of Business, the Wayland H. Cato, Jr. School of Education, the James L. Knight School of Communication, Hayworth College for Adult Studies and the Andrew Blair College of Health, which features the Presbyterian School of Nursing. Established in 1857, the university offers 34 undergraduate majors and 66 concentrations, and 10 graduate programs.
The Institution
Founded in 1857 as the Charlotte Female Institute, the school was originally at College and 9th streets. From 1891-1896, it was called the Seminary for Girls. In 1896, the Concord and Mecklenburg Presbyteries chartered the Presbyterian Female College. The seminary merged with this new college. In 1912, anticipating the move to the present campus in the Myers Park neighborhood, the school became Queens College.
The name Queens College was adopted for three reasons: at the request of the Alumnae Association to disarm prejudice in deference to other Presbyterian colleges which claimed an equal right to the denominational name; to commemorate Queen's Museum, a classical school established in Charlotte in 1771; and to honor Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg. In the aftermath of World War II, Queens admitted its first male students. A co-educational Evening College was established in 1948 that provided instruction for adults. It was the forerunner of the New College, which was inaugurated in 1979 as an undergraduate evening program designed for working adults. In 1995, New College was renamed the Pauline Lewis Hayworth College.
In 1979, the traditional undergraduate liberal arts college at Queens was renamed the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS). It began admitting resident males in 1987 when Queens went co-ed.
In 1989, CAS adopted the innovative Foundations of Liberal Learning program, which is now known as the Core Program in Liberal Arts and is required of all first-year students. The four-course program encourages robust class discussions, helping students develop stronger critical thinking skills, explore ethics and morality, learn to articulate their values and ideas, and become responsible global citizens. This shared experience builds community at Queens, and alumni often say Core became a key component to their personal development.
The International Experience Program, now known as the John Belk International Program, was established in 1989. Juniors and seniors participate in a variety of study programs that range from study tours, language programs, a month-long environmental studies program in Yap in Micronesia or a summer-long foreign internship, to semester-long study abroad exchanges in Hong Kong or Ireland. Since its inception, the program has received national recognition from U.S. News & World Report. Queens recently ranked no. 2 in the country for its "percentage of students who travel abroad" (2009) with close to 90 percent participation. In 2008, the program added study tours to Vietnam and South Africa.
The McColl School of Business, named after Bank of America chairman Hugh McColl, Jr., was established in 1993. The School achieved AACSB Accreditation in 2007, the highest level given to business schools. Only five percent of business schools globally, and 20 percent of American schools, have earned this level of accreditation.
In 1996, the Internship and Career Development Program, also nationally recognized, began requiring a minimum of six credit hours for all students enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences. The program has been recognized in the past by U.S. News & World Report as one of the leading internship programs in the country; it boasts 100 percent participation from the University's student body.
Queens' first master's degree program, the Master of Business Administration, launched in 1980. Since then, Queens has added the Master of Education (1983); the Executive Master of Business (1990); the Master of Arts in Teaching (1992); the Master of Science in Nursing (1998); the Master of Arts in Organizational and Strategic Communication (1999); the Low-Residency Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (2001); the Master of Science in Organization Development (2008) and Master of School Administration (2008).
With the additional master's degree programs, Queens achieved a university level rank in the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the U.S. News & World Report. The Board of Trustees voted in the Spring of 2002 to recognize Queens' true university status and changed the institutional name from "Queens College" to "Queens University of Charlotte." The change became official on June 1, 2002.
The University obtained the former Presbyterian Hospital School of Nursing to form the Presbyterian School of Nursing at Queens in 2004. One of the most popular majors at Queens, the program produces the third largest number of new registered nurses among higher education institutions in North Carolina.
Queens continues to expand its footprint beyond its 30-acre Myers Park campus. In 2006, the University officially opened its 65-acre Sports Complex at Marion Diehl Park, a planned $15 million project that is a partnership between Mecklenburg County and the University. When it is completed in 2011, the facility will provide Charlotte with a long-awaited recreational facility that will serve senior citizens, people with disabilities and Queens' student-athletes.
Central to the success of the Queens is its high-quality faculty. The end of 2007 was a special time in the University's history as it became the only higher educational institution in North Carolina to boast five different N.C. Professors of the Year. Dr. Reed Perkins, chair of the environmental science department, was the 2007 recipient, the fifth Queens professor in 14 years to receive this distinguished award.
In 2008, Queens opened a new School of Education that became the fifth primary unit on its Myers Park campus. The school focuses on undergraduate education and boasts an array of innovative graduate programs, including a Teaching Fellows Program and a Public Education Research Institute.
As Queens builds upon the momentum generated from its Sesquicentennial celebration in 2007, it looks ahead to the future, building on its past success to become one of the finest comprehensive universities in the Southeast.
Greek life
Queens University of Charlotte has five sororities and two fraternitiesFraternities and sororities
Fraternities and sororities are fraternal social organizations for undergraduate students. In Latin, the term refers mainly to such organizations at colleges and universities in the United States, although it is also applied to analogous European groups also known as corporations...
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Sororities
- Alpha Delta PiAlpha Delta PiAlpha Delta Pi is a fraternity founded on May 15, 1851 at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia. The Executive office for this sorority is located on Ponce de Leon Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia. Alpha Delta Pi is one of the two "Macon Magnolias," a term used to celebrate the bonds it shares with Phi Mu...
: Beta Iota Chapter- Chartered in 1931 - Chi OmegaChi OmegaChi Omega is a women's fraternity and the largest member of the National Panhellenic Conference. Chi Omega has 174 active collegiate chapters and over 230 alumnae chapters. Chi Omega's national headquarters is located in Memphis, Tennessee....
: Theta Gamma Chapter- Chartered in 1928 - Kappa DeltaKappa DeltaKappa Delta was the first sorority founded at the State Female Normal School , in Farmville, Virginia. It is one of the "Farmville Four" sororities founded at the university...
: Alpha Omicron Chapter- Chartered in 1928 - Phi MuPhi MuPhi Mu is the second oldest female fraternal organization established in the United States. It was founded at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia. The organization was founded as the Philomathean Society on January 4, 1852, and was announced publicly on March 4 of the same year...
: Gamma Gamma Chapter- Chartered in 1929 - Alpha Kappa AlphaAlpha Kappa AlphaAlpha Kappa Alpha is the first Greek-lettered sorority established and incorporated by African American college women. The sorority was founded on January 15, 1908, at Howard University in Washington, D.C., by a group of nine students, led by Ethel Hedgeman Lyle...
: Tau Beta Chapter- Chartered in 2009
Fraternities
- Pi Kappa PhiPi Kappa PhiPi Kappa Phi is an American social fraternity. It was founded by Andrew Alexander Kroeg, Jr., Lawrence Harry Mixson, and Simon Fogarty, Jr. on December 10, 1904 at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina...
: Eta Zeta Chapter - Chartered in 1992 - Phi Kappa SigmaPhi Kappa SigmaPhi Kappa Sigma is an international all-male college social fraternity. Its members are known as "Phi Kaps", "Skulls" and sometimes "Skullhouse", the latter two because of the skull and crossbones on the Fraternity's badge and coat of arms. Phi Kappa Sigma was founded by Dr. Samuel Brown Wylie...
: Colonized, not yet chartered
Clubs/Organizations
Queens University of Charlotte maintains a broad and diverse list of student organizations, ranging from musical ensembles to nature groups. Politically-minded students spar in debate between the College Republicans and College Democrats; aspiring journalists write pieces for the Queens Chronicle; service-minded students travel to Guatemala; and the Campus Union Board plans on-campus activities.Athletics
Conference Carolinas
Conference Carolinas, formerly known as the Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference , is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division II. Conference Carolinas reached its modern incarnation in 1994. Member institutions are located in the southeastern United States in...
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A statue of Rex at the Queens Sports Complex is the largest standing lion sculpture in the world.
Men's Sports
Men's athletic teams include BasketballBasketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, Cross-Country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
, Golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, Lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, and Track & Field.
Women's Sports
Women's athletic teams include BasketballBasketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, Cross-Country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
, Golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, Lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
, Soccer, Softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
, Swimming, Tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, Track & Field, and Volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
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Curriculum
Many of Queens University's students are enrolled in either the Business and Marketing programs (33% of undergraduates) or the Communications and Journalism programs (15% of undergraduates). Rounding out the top three most popular majors are the Health Professions, which are studied by approximately 10% of the undergraduate population according to the College Board. http://apps.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=572&profileId=7Majors
ArtArt
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Biochemistry
Biochemistry
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Biology
Biology
Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
Business Administration
Chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
Communication
Communication
Communication is the activity of conveying meaningful information. Communication requires a sender, a message, and an intended recipient, although the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender's intent to communicate at the time of communication; thus communication can occur across vast...
Drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
Education
Education
Education in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
English, Drama, and Creative Writing
Environmental Science
Environmental science
Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical and biological sciences, to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems...
Foreign Languages
History
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
Information Systems
Information systems
Information Systems is an academic/professional discipline bridging the business field and the well-defined computer science field that is evolving toward a new scientific area of study...
International Studies
International relations
International relations is the study of relationships between countries, including the roles of states, inter-governmental organizations , international nongovernmental organizations , non-governmental organizations and multinational corporations...
Journalism
Mathematics and Computer Information Systems
Music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
Music Therapy
Music therapy
Music therapy is an allied health profession and one of the expressive therapies, consisting of an interpersonal process in which a trained music therapist uses music and all of its facets—physical, emotional, mental, social, aesthetic, and spiritual—to help clients to improve or maintain their...
Nursing
Nursing
Nursing is a healthcare profession focused on the care of individuals, families, and communities so they may attain, maintain, or recover optimal health and quality of life from conception to death....
Philosophy
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
/ Religion
Religion
Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to...
Political Science
Political science
Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
Professional Golf Management
Psychology
Psychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
Sociology
Concentrations (partial listing)
Arts managementSociology
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
Political history
Political history
Political history is the narrative and analysis of political events, ideas, movements, and leaders. It is distinct from, but related to, other fields of history such as Diplomatic history, social history, economic history, and military history, as well as constitutional history and public...
International business
International Business
International business is a term used to collectively describe all commercial transactions that take place between two or more regions, countries and nations beyond their political boundary...
Graphic Design
Graphic design
Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...
Creative Writing
Creative writing
Creative writing is considered to be any writing, fiction, poetry, or non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, and technical forms of literature. Works which fall into this category include novels, epics, short stories, and poems...
Studio Design
Pre-Professional Programs
Pre-LawPre-Med
Pre-Occupational Therapy
Pre-Physical Therapy
Pre Veterinary Medicine
Core Program
Queens University employs a set of core classes required of each undergraduate student, as is commonplace in the American system of higher education. This program includes topics in history, American experience, ethics, literature and art. The purpose of any core program is develop a well-rounded, as well as well-specialized, student of the liberal arts.Admissions
Queens University of Charlotte operates on a rolling admissions basis, with decisions beginning in early September during the Fall of the student's senior year.Test Scores
The following are the middle percentile of SAT scores for Queens University of Charlotte as provided by the Princeton Review.Average SAT: 1550
Average Writing SAT: 540-630
Average Verbal SAT (25-75%): 480-570
Average Math SAT (25-75%): 490-560
Average ACT (25-75%): 19-24
Average High School GPA: 3.40
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High School Performance
The following statistics are provided by the College BoardCollege Board
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32% had h.s. GPA of 3.75 and higher
12% had h.s. GPA between 3.5 and 3.74
14% had h.s. GPA between 3.25 and 3.49
19% had h.s. GPA between 3.0 and 3.24
18% had h.s. GPA between 2.5 and 2.99
5% had h.s. GPA between 2.0 and 2.49 http://apps.collegeboard.com/search/CollegeDetail.jsp?collegeId=572&profileId=0
Percentage Admitted
Queens University of Charlotte accepts 76% of freshman applicants and 73% of transfer applicants, according to College BoardCollege Board
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U.S. News and World Report
In the 2010 Best Colleges issue U.S. News and World Report ranked Queens University of Charlotte:No. 2 in the United States for "percentage of students who travel abroad," 2010
No. 18 overall, Regional Universities - South, 2010
No. 2, Regional Universities - South (North Carolina private institutions), 2010
No. 7, Regional Universities - South for the number of international students, 2010
No. 15, Regional Universities - South "Great Schools, Great Prices" category, 2010
No. 10, Regional Universities - South for "percentage of classes under 20" category, 2010
No. 16, Regional Universities - South for graduation rate.
Princeton Review
On admissions selectivity, the Princeton Review ranks Queens University of Charlotte "79" on a scale of 60 - 99. This is a mid-range selectivitySelectivity
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rating.
Poets & Writers
Poets & WritersPoets & Writers
Poets & Writers, Inc. is one of the largest nonprofit literary organization in the United States serving poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers...
ranked Queens University of Charlotte's low-residency MFA in Creative Writing program 7th in its 2011 MFA Rankings: Top 10 Low-Residency Programs. The school also ranked as the 4th most selective low-residency program according to Poets & Writers. Many of the program's graduates have gone on to publish novels, short story collections, short stories in various literary magazines, and have also won awards for their work.