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FOUNDED IN 1896, the University of Montevallo is located in the community of Montevallo, approximately 35 miles south of Birmingham. Red brick walks and drives crisscross the breathtaking campus, which boasts three antebellum structures and more than 25 buildings on the National Register of Historic Places. The central part of campus is a National Historic District. With the look and feel of a small, private college, the of approximately 3,100 students, offers one of the best values in higher education in Alabama. Here students from virtually every county in Alabama, as well as from other states and 23 countries, learn in an educational environment that boasts a faculty/student ratio of 16:1 and an average class size of 21. Montevallo offers academic programs in four colleges: arts and sciences, business, education and fine arts. Students choose from more than 30 degree programs and approximately 75 majors and concentrations. They have unprecedented opportunities for conducting undergraduate research under faculty mentors, more than 94 percent of which have earned either the doctorate or another terminal degree. 112
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UM FIELDS 11 NCAA DIVISION II ATHLETIC TEAMS THAT COMPETE IN THE PEACH BELT CONFERENCE. Unique to Montevallo is its Homecoming tradition, College Night, which is known as the only Homecoming tradition of its kind in the nation and which brings hundreds of alumni back to campus each February. College Night was selected as a “Local Legacy” for the Library of Congress’s bicentennial celebration in 2000. Montevallo is ranked by U.S. News & World Report as the top public master’s-level university in Alabama and among the top 20 in the South in the 2011 edition of “America’s Best Colleges.”
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Every day, students choose to become a part of the Montevallo family as they prepare for the
future. Students like Lynze and Kendall – sisters from Vestavia Hills and roommates at UM.
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ith an average class size of 21, it’s a given that your professors will know who you are both in and out of the classroom. Ninety-four percent of the faculty at UM hold either the Ph.D. or another terminal degree in their fields, and they not only conduct research – they teach! This explains why UM is ranked as the top public master’s-level university in Alabama and among the top 20 in the South in the 2011 edition of “America’s Best Colleges,” a publication of U.S. News & World Report.
I nterested in joining our family? Come for a visit, see our beautiful, historic campus, and
learn why the University of Montevallo offers an incredible value in higher education in Alabama. Or ask Lynze and Kendall why they, and their father before them, chose Montevallo.
Visit go.montevallo.edu or www.montevallo.edu Call 205.665.6030 or 1.800.292.4349 (toll-free) Send e-mail to admissions@montevallo.edu Join us on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/goMontevallo
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