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Location:
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150 Rust Ave, Holly Springs, Mississippi 38635
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FICE Code:
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002433
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Carnegie Class:
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Baccalaureate Colleges--General
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Highest Offering:
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Bachelors
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Affiliation/Control:
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Private not-for-profit
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Established:
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Regional Accreditation:
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Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), Commission on Colleges
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Calendar System:
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Semester
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Total Enrollment:
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934
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Total Number of Faculty:
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48
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Total Number of Tenured Faculty:
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Total Number of Faculty on Tenure Track:
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Mission Statement:
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Rust College Mission Statement
RUST COLLEGE is a historically Black- co-educational- senior liberal arts college founded in 1866 by the Freedmanâ_Ts Aid Society of The Methodist Episcopal Church. The College is related to the United Methodist Church- and dedicated to serve the students with a variety of academic preparations- through instruction in the humanities- social and behavioral sciences- natural science- business- technology and education. Rust College recognizes the three-fold functions of education as being teaching- research and community service. Its primary mission however- is teaching. It offers a well-rounded program designed to acquaint students with cultural- moral- and spiritual values- both in theory and in practice. Rust College provides an opportunity for education to all- regardless of race- religion- sex- national origin or ethnic background.
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