| Name |
Tougaloo College |
| Address |
500 W. County Line Road
Tougaloo, MS 39174 |
| Website |
http://www.tougaloo.edu |
| Email |
information@mail.tougaloo.edu |
| Percent Undergrad College Owned |
65% |
| Percent Fraternity |
20% |
| Percent Sorority |
20% |
| Percent Campus Weekends |
50% |
| Offer Housing |
Yes |
| Percent Students College Housing |
65% |
| Campus Housing |
Yes |
| Off Campus Assistance |
Yes |
| Types Available |
women's dorms (55%), men's dorms (45%) |
| College Owned Singles |
10% |
| College Owned Doubles |
60% |
| College Owned Triples |
30% |
| College Owned Apartments |
N/A |
| College Owned Other |
N/A |
| Num College Owned |
30 |
| Sprinkler System |
100% |
| Fire Alarms |
100% |
| High Speed Internet |
75% |
| Campus Size |
500 acres |
| Percent Weekends |
50% |
| Nearest Airport |
Jackson (5), Gulfport/Biloxi (110) |
| Nearest Train |
Jackson (3) |
| Nearest Bus |
Jackson (3) |
| Public Transport |
Yes |
| Cars Permitted |
Yes |
| Percent Cars |
30% |
| School Employment |
No |
| Percent Undergrads Employed |
10% |
| Average Undergrad Earnings |
3,000 |
| Freshmen Discouraged Working |
Yes |
| Army Rotc |
Offered at cooperating institution (Jackson State University) |
| Navy Rotc |
N/A |
| Airforce Rotc |
Offered at cooperating institution (Jackson State University) |
| Alcohol Permitted |
No |
| Additional Policies |
class attendance mandatory, class attendance policies set by individual instructors, dress/hair code, honor code, hazing prohibited, smoking prohibited |
| Popular Events |
Founders' Week, Humanities Festival, Tougaloo Art Colony, UNCF Masquerade Ball, Two Rivers Gala |
| Student Activities |
choral groups, dance, drama/theater, jazz band, literary magazine, music ensembles, musical theater, pep band, student government, student newspaper, student film society, yearbook |
| Num Organizations |
52 |
| Honor Societies |
Alpha Chi National Honor Scholarship Society, Alpha Kappa Delta International Sociology Honor Society, Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society, Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society |
| Religious Organizations |
(Appears as submitted by school) Tougaloo United Church of Christ |
| International Organizations |
N/A |
| Other Organizations |
(Appears as submitted by school) Concert Choir, Women's Choral Ensemble, Men's Choral Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, Gamma Phi Delta Business Sorority, Gospel Choir, Cheerleaders, Dancing Divas, NAACP, Pre-Alumni Council, Student Government Association, Future Leaders of America, Computer Science Club, Pre-Law Society |
| Student Papers |
(Appears as submitted by school) The Harambee (bi-weekly) |
| Num Frats |
4 |
| Frats Chapter Houses |
0 |
| Percent Frat Members |
20% |
| Num Sororities |
4 |
| Sororities Chapter Houses |
0 |
| Percent Sorority Members |
20% |
| Type |
Private institution |
| Year Founded |
1869 |
| Religious Affiliation |
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) |
| Academic Calendar |
Semester |
| Undergrad Body |
933 |
| Setting |
Suburban |
| Endowment |
N/A |
| Application Deadline |
Rolling |
| Application Fee |
25 |
| Selectivity |
Selective |
| Tuition |
9,755 |
| Room Board |
5,270 |
| Basic |
nonremedial tutoring, placement service, health service, health insurance |
| Remedial |
reading, math, writing, study skills |
| Counseling |
minority student, career, military, personal, veteran student, academic, older student, psychological, religious |
| Career |
co-op education, on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training |
| Job Six Months |
30% |
| Job One Year |
15% |
| Job Two Years |
10% |
| Firms |
Merrill Lynch, Trustmark Bank, Baptist Hospital System, IBM, Xerox Corporation, Jackson Public Schools, State of Mississippi Government, Jackson City Government, Hinds County Government, Hinds County Public Schools, Memphis Public Schools, Hattiesburg Cit |
| Library |
Yes |
| Library Consortia |
Yes |
| Num Books |
190,258 |
| Num Subscriptions |
221 |
| Num Microforms |
7,371 |
| Num Audiovisual |
696 |
| Num Ebooks |
40,848 |
| Library Facilities |
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, B.B. King have donated original papers to the collection |
| Museums |
Medgar Wiley Evers Museum (home of Evers and family and where he was assassinated) is owned and maintained by the College |
| Computer Course |
Yes |
| Own Computer |
No |
| Computers Available |
200 |
| Email Accounts |
Yes |
| Internet Access |
Yes |
| Computers Available In |
computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center |
| Num Wired Library |
24 |
| Num Wired Classrooms |
N/A |
| Num Wired Labs |
80 |
| Num Wired Other |
30 |
| Wireless Network |
No |
| Wireless Areas |
|
| Wireless Capacity |
|
| Recommended Os |
Microsoft |
| Hosting Units |
75% |
| Student Webpages |
Yes |
| Online Registration |
No |
| Campus Safety |
24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, student patrols, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc) |
