Chapman University
Orange, California
Web site: www.chapman.edu

Chapman University is a comprehensive liberal arts and sciences university founded in 1861 by members of the First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Located in historically-preserved Old Towne Orange, mid-way between Los Angeles and San Diego, Chapman enrolls approximately 4,000 students from 40 states, and features a high-energy, outdoor-oriented living and learning environment. Although Disciples-affiliated, Chapman attracts students from a variety of faith backgrounds.

At Chapman, 41 undergraduate majors and 30 graduate-level programs of distinction are offered through the Wilkinson College of Letters and Sciences, AACSB-accredited Argyros School of Business and Economics, School of Film and Television, School of Communication Arts, CTC-accredited Graduate School of Education, NASM-accredited School of Music, APTA-accredited Graduate Division of Physical Therapy, and ABA-accredited School of Law.

Chapman is a selective university ranked as a "first tier" and "best value" institution by U.S. News and World Report. Annually, offers of admission are usually made to slightly over 50% of applicants.

Northwest Christian College
Eugene, Oregon
Web site: www.nwcc.edu

The Personal Touch
Close ties and personal concern characterize our campus environment. People take time to interact, communicate and develop relationships with one another. Faculty and administrators are approachable and genuinely care whether students are succeeding. This kind of emphasis on the individual is possible because of the size of our campus (500 students) and a student-faculty ratio of 17:1. The concern for the student's well-being and the quality of their education produces a rewarding learning experience.

Faith and Learning
Faith and learning are integrated at NCC, a process basic to achieving the College's mission. We contend that optimal learning takes place as we connect the intellectual with the spiritual. Our curriculum and campus life are designed to nurture the whole person: body, mind and soul. We value our long-standing relationship with the Christian Church and seek to encourage a diverse campus community that welcomes students from a wide variety of church backgrounds.

Strong Tradition
Northwest Christian College was founded in 1895 by pastor-educator, Eugene C. Sanderson, and was originally called Eugene Divinity School. Through a series of name changes and a merger, we became known as Northwest Christian College in 1934.

Northwest Christian College is historically related to the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

Barton College
Wilson, North Carolina
Web site: www.barton.edu

As the oldest, four-year, private, liberal arts institution in eastern N.C., Barton College welcomes 1,300 students each year to its 62-acre campus. Founded in 1902, Barton has focused in recent years on facility renovations, building and programming. Barton is recognized for its campus-wide information technology network and, with recent upgrades, students have network access from their residence hall rooms in addition to 125 computer stations on campus.

Barton awards six baccalaureate degrees and 29 majors within five schools - Arts and Sciences, Behavioral Sciences, Business, Education, and Nursing. The School of Education and School of Nursing continue to be ranked among the best in N.C. and the Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing program is one of the few available on the East Coast. Other highly successful programs include Business, Communications, Graphic Design, Photography, Religion, Social Work and Sports Medicine. Our newest programs include Audio Recording Technology, Criminal Justice and Criminology, Computer Information Systems and Special Education.

Bethany College
Bethany, West Virginia
Web site: www.bethanywv.edu

Bethany is a National Liberal Arts I College. It is the oldest degree-granting institution in West Virginia, founded in 1840 by Alexander Campbell; an innovative nineteenth-century educator, author, agriculturist and religious leader. Mr. Campbell was a principal founder of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), and Bethany remains proudly committed to its heritage and covenant relationship with the Church.

Bethany's student body represents a broad spectrum of economic, social and religious backgrounds. Students come from thirty-five states and twenty-six countries. Campus activities include NCAA men's and women's athletics, choir, band, theatre and 38 recognized student clubs. Opportunities for religious life activities include the Disciples Student Fellowship & Friends, Christian Cafe, and the Coalition for Christian Outreach.

The academic program provides an outstanding undergraduate preparation with a strong liberal arts foundation. Bachelors degrees are provided in 26 areas with pre-professional programs available in engineering, law, medicine, ministry and veterinary medicine. Exceptional opportunities are available for students to study off-campus.

Lynchburg College
Lynchburg, Virginia
Web site: www.lynchburg.edu

Lynchburg College is a private, coeducational college founded in 1903 in covenant with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) through a partnership between Josephus Hopwood, a minister and educator, and several Lynchburg business and church leaders. Throughout its history, the College has maintained strong commitments to the importance of the liberal arts and sciences as the basis for education, to a church relationship, to coeducation, and to being a residential community.

In addition to offerings in the traditional liberal arts and sciences the College also offers professional disciplines including education, business, communication studies and nursing. Academic programs include 39 majors, 40 minors, and 12 pre-professional programs. Students are encouraged to take advantage of internship, independent research, or student-faculty collaborative research opportunities.

Service to community is a core value at Lynchburg College. It's an essential part of who we are and what we do, whether it's collecting food for the Hunger Task Force, making a promotional video for a local animal shelter, or tutoring local children. Students and faculty volunteer more than 15,000 hours each year to many service projects in the greater Lynchburg community.

Columbia College
Columbia, Missouri
Web site: www.ccis.edu

Columbia College is a private, four-year residential college offering both men and women undergraduate and graduate degrees in the liberal arts and sciences.

Columbia College has enjoyed an affiliation by covenant with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) since its founding in 1851 as Christian Female College. Many opportunities exist on and off campus for students to seek spiritual growth. Students also can participate in more than 30 student organizations, intramural sports and award-winning NAIA Division I athletics.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 14:1, students receive quality instruction in small, interactive classes taught by professors, not teaching assistants.

Columbia College is nested among 30 picturesque acres in the heart of Columbia, which is conveniently located about 125 miles from both St. Louis and Kansas City.

Culver-Stockton College
Canton, Missouri
Web site: www.culver.edu

An education lasts a lifetime. At Culver-Stockton, our educational qualities have endured since 1853. We enjoy a distinctive focus, combining the personality of a traditional liberal arts environment with outstanding technology and practical learning experiences. Our heritage with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) offers students a caring and supportive community. We remain a value among regional leaders, as our tuition places us among the most affordable programs of our type. Given our superb record, it's no wonder that Culver-Stockton was named one of "America's Best Christian Colleges" in 1999 and 2001.

Culver-Stockton has an uncommon record of innovation. Early pioneers with the church founded the college as the first institution of higher learning west of the Mississippi chartered expressly for coeducation. Today, Culver-Stockton continues to set an enviable technological pace. Our community is among the most technologically "wired" of small college campuses, with fast and reliable Internet and e-mail access for each student in every residence hall room.

Advertised college costs represent only 78% of the total cost of educating a student, while the support of our alumni, friends, and other donors helps defray the costs through our endowment. Over 90% of Culver-Stockton students benefit from financial assistance.

Drury University
Springfield, Missouri
Web site: www.drury.edu

"It's amazing where people go from Drury and achieve with their education."
— Jennifer Nelson, sophomore

"Drury has done as much for me as I have done for myself."
— Paul McGowan, junior

Drury University provides outstanding students an environment of academic excellence, a strong sense of community, diversity of thought and culture, and preparation for a professional career. Our education and business programs are regional models, and Drury is one of the few liberal arts campuses with a fully accredited architecture school. Drury's core curriculum, Global Perspectives 21, leads students on a four-year exploration of Western and non-Western cultures, capped with a senior research project. Each of Drury's 45 majors and two dozen special programs is centered around faculty who are excellent teachers. Informal conversations outside class build strong friendships among students and professors. As students progress through each major, they explore individual interests, then apply the knowledge in a professional setting. Three-quarters of Drury students complete at least one internship. One year after graduation, 97 percent of students are working, including 33 percent attending graduate or school. The success of our graduates proves the value of a Drury education.

Eureka College
Eureka, Illinois
Web site: www.eureka.edu

Eureka College is a four-year, private, liberal arts and sciences college that provides its students with personalized learning and life experiences.

Eureka's greatest resources are its people. The faculty, staff and students at the College form a community that fosters learning through interaction with others, as well as the individual pursuit of knowledge. The people at Eureka create a college with unique warmth and personality.

Eureka College is committed to a renewed relationship with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). The College was founded in 1855 by members of the Christian Church. Today, this historical foundation is expressed in the strategic goal, "Eureka College will increase the presence of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) tradition in all areas of campus life and have EC recognized as one of the Top 3 schools affiliated with the church."

This commitment is also demonstrated by new grants and scholarships for Disciples students.

Hiram College
Hiram, Ohio
Web site: www.hiram.edu

Founded in 1850 by the Disciples of Christ, Hiram College continues today as one of the nation's most respected institutions of liberal arts and sciences. Located in Ohio's Western Reserve, Hiram attracts students from throughout the United States and 24 foreign countries.

Hiram's academic calendar, known as the Hiram Plan, is unique to the nation and ingeniously combines the advantages of long-term and short-term learning. During each modified semester, Hiram students take three courses during a 12-week session before being immersed in an intensive 3-week session, during which students take just one course. During the 3-week session, Hiram students are able to take advantage of the many hands-on learning opportunities at Hiram which include internships, in-depth research with a faculty mentor, field trips, or study abroad.

More than 50% of Hiram students participate in one of the oldest and most extensive study-abroad programs in the country. Eight trips are typically offered each year and all are led by one to three master teachers on the Hiram faculty.

William Woods University
Fulton, Missouri
Web site: www.williamwoods.edu

Founded in 1870 by the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and located on a scenic 170-acre campus in historic Fulton, Missouri, William Woods University is experiencing unprecedented growth and expansion to better meet the needs of a new generation of students. Serving a total coeducational enrollment of more than 3,000 students, William Woods University now offers degrees in 50 undergraduate and graduate programs in both on-and off-campus settings.

If you are looking for a highly regarded small university in a beautiful setting - a place where the people are friendly and where you will have a great selection of career-focused programs - then we strongly encourage you to visit William Woods.

Jarvis Christian College
Hawkins, Texas
Web site: www.jarvis.edu

Jarvis Christian College, a private, four-year coeducational and historically black institution, has maintained a tradition of high academic expectations and achievements in an environment that guarantees personalized education for all its students.

Established as a Christian institution, Jarvis has remained strongly committed to its heritage since its founding in 1912 by the Black Disciples of Christ in Texas and the Christian Women's Board of Missions. The college offers Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Business, and Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems degrees with majors in over 15 different disciplines. Dual degree programs are available in Nursing, Mass Communications and Engineering. Jarvis' Department of Education offers a Texas Teacher Certification in over 10 areas of study. Student athletes compete in five intercollegiate sports for men and women.

The college's campus is nestled in the beautiful piney woods of East Texas, approximately 100 miles east of Dallas, Texas, and 100 miles west of Shreveport, Louisiana.

Texas Christian University
Fort Worth, Texas
Web site: www.tcu.edu

TCU, a major teaching and research university founded by two Disciples ministers over 125 years ago, treasures its historic relationship with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). An enrollment of about 5500 full-time undergraduates helps to make TCU a university large enough to challenge, yet small enough to encourage individualism. State-of-the-art facilities situated on a 270-acre, tree-lined campus blend to offer a learning environment both comfortable and aesthetically pleasing.

Students come to TCU from all across America as well as from over 70 countries and are free to choose from 82 academic majors in the humanities and social sciences, business, communication, education, fine arts, health and human sciences, and science and engineering. TCU students thrive in an academic environment marked by classes small in size (the student-faculty ratio is 14:1) that offer direct access to regular faculty members, 93 percent of whom hold the Ph.D. or other appropriate terminal degree.

TCU makes a thoughtful commitment to each student, with a special focus on entering freshmen. The Freshmen Commitment conveys to students a wealth of opportunities, including Frog Camp (an introduction to new friends and Frog traditions), systematic leadership development, programs supporting communication enhancement (written and oral), and Internet access from every residence hall room. In addition, affordable study-abroad opportunities underscore a campus-wide emphasis on learning informed by multi-culturalism and a global mindset.

For Disciples, there is more. Special forms of financial assistance reserved for Disciples continue to make TCU affordable for most families. Disciples student organizations and many Disciples congregations, including University Christian Church and its Disciples Student House, enhance the quality of life enjoyed by the TCU community.

Midway College
Midway, Kentucky
Web site: www.midway.edu

Established in 1847 under the leadership of Dr. Lewis Letig Pinkerton, a physician and pastor of Midway Christian Church, Midway College is the only college in Kentucky exclusively for women. It is located on 105 beautiful rolling acres in Midway, Kentucky, the heart of the bluegrass region, just 15 minutes from Lexington.

Midway College is proud of its long association with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and is an active participant in the Higher Education and Leadership Development of the Christian Church. The bluegrass region of Kentucky has one of the highest concentrations of Disciples in the country. Midway College has a high percentage of Disciples students and offers several Disciples-related scholarships.

Midway College provides a living and learning environment that empowers women as leaders. We also offer degree programs in the evening for working men and women through the School for Career Development.

Today, Midway offers fourteen baccalaureate degrees and nine associate degrees to traditional students. Baccalaureate degrees include: bachelor of arts in biology, business administration, English, equine studies, liberal studies, psychology, and teacher education, and bachelor of science in nursing, biology, environmental science and equine science.

Transylvania University
Lexington, Kentucky
Web site: www.transy.edu

Founded in 1780 as the nation's 16th college and affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) since 1865, Transylvania is known for its legacy of academic excellence. Early graduates of Transylvania include two U.S. vice presidents, 50 U.S. senators, 101 U.S. representatives, 36 governors and 34 ambassadors.

Transylvania is consistently ranked among the nation's best liberal arts colleges by publications such as U.S. News & World Report, Peterson's Top Colleges for Science, and Barron's Best Buys in College Education. The student body consists of bright, highly-motivated students who thrive under the personal attention of faculty, made possible by a small student-to-faculty ratio. Transylvania's professors are among the best in the nation. Through our Bingham Program for Excellence in Teaching, Transylvania was the first college in the nation to attract and reward outstanding teaching on a substantial scale.

Transy students can choose to participate in more than 50 organizations including Disciples on Campus, choir, student government, drama and community service. More than one-third of the student body participates in 15 varsity sports-eight for women and seven for men. Many students also take advantage of the opportunity to study abroad for a term, year or summer at locations around the world.