Andrew College is a private, liberal arts junior college located a few blocks off the
town square in Cuthbert, Randolph County, Georgia, United States. It is associated with The United
Methodist Church and is the ninth-oldest college in Georgia.
Andrew is home to four student residence halls, a
full-service dining hall, a swimming pool, tennis courts, an
updated student center, and an on-campus library. The campus also
houses an intramural soccer field, and an off-campus
baseball field hosts the baseball team. In addition to the outdoor
athletic facilities offered, students also enjoy access to a newly
remodeled Jinks Physical Education Complex with racquetball courts
and a weight room.
Andrew specializes in the education of freshmen and sophomores,
and the College is accredited by the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
(SACSCOC) to award associate degrees. The
College awards Associate of Arts (AA),
Associate of Music
(AM), and Associate of Science
(AS) degrees, and students can choose from more than 50 disciplines
within these three degree programs.
History
Andrew College was granted its charter as Andrew Female
College by the Georgia General Assembly on January
15, 1854. At the time, it was the second oldest charter in the
United States to give an educational
institution the right to confer degrees upon women. It was named
for Bishop James Osgood Andrew of the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South.
In 1864, Andrew College was overtaken at the behest of the
Confederate Army and served as
Hood Hospital during the American Civil War. It was one of three
hospitals in Cuthbert. Despite its sole building being used as a
hospital, classes continued on a limited basis, and female students
assisted the wounded with tasks like reading and writing
letters.
In 1892, a fire consumed the campus. The people of Cuthbert
raised money to begin rebuilding the same year. That fall, the
college reopened in what is now known as Old Main, a five-story
Victorian that was constructed for $25,000.
In 1917, Andrew became a junior college, and the institution
became co-educational in 1956.
Accreditation
Andrew College is accredited by the Southern
Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
(SACSCOC) to award associate degrees.
Student
body
During the fall 2013 semester, 316 students were enrolled at
Andrew College. More than 95% of students live on campus. The
student profile is evenly divided between male and female, with 49%
male students and 51% female students. There are students from
about ten states and ten countries.
An overwhelming majority of the College’s student body
originates from Georgia, Florida
and Alabama, followed by scholars from other U.S.
states and international students. Half of the students from
Georgia matriculate from one of the 28 counties that constitute the
Atlanta Metropolitan
Statistical Area, and the remaining in-state students come to
Andrew from larger South Georgia cities such as Columbus, Macon, and Albany.
The minimum SAT scores are 460 math and 460 verbal, or the ACT
equivalent, and a high school GPA of 2.0 on a 4.0 scale.Almost all
students attend four-year colleges after graduating from Andrew
College.
Athletics
Financial
Tuition & fees plus room & board for the 2014-2015
academic year total $22,971 per student. However, with an
institutional financial aid budget exceeding $2.1 million, access
to the Georgia
Tuition Equalization Grant and private support, Andrew's costs
may be greatly reduced.
As of 2014, the college has an endowment of about
$10,000,000.