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McMurry University
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Motto Cultivating Leadership Excellence and Virtue...
Every Student, Every Day.
Type Private university
Established 1923
Endowment $76.56 million
President Sandra Harper.
Undergraduates 1080
Location Abilene, Texas, U.S.
Campus Urban, 40 acres (.16 km²)
Colors Maroon and White
         
Nickname War Hawks
Affiliations United Methodist
Website www.mcm.edu
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McMurry University, founded in 1923, is a private co-educational university in Abilene, Texas, United States. It is a liberal arts school offering forty-five majors in the fields of fine arts, humanities, social and natural sciences, education, business, and religion, and nine pre-professional programs, including nursing, dentistry, medicine, pharmacy, veterinary, and law. McMurry is affiliated with the United Methodist church.

McMurry has 1,080 students. Methodist students constitute 27 percent of the student population. Ninety five percent of students are Texan. Minority groups make up approximately one-fourth of the student body. In the freshman class, 98 percent of students receive some financial aid. Fifty-three percent of students live on campus, and 75 percent of students are involved in at least one extracurricular activity. McMurry boasts a student to faculty ratio of 13:1.

91 percent of the faculty have earned a doctorate or other terminal degree in their field. McMurry is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the Texas Education Agency, the University Senate of the United Methodist Church, the National League for Nursing, and the Texas State Board of Nurse Examiners. McMurry has been recognized annually since 1996 by U.S. News & World Report for quality and value in the Southwest division of first tier schools.


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