CU Fast Facts

THE "UNIVERSITY OF CHOICE" FOR SOUTHWEST OKLAHOMA

Cameron University is the largest four-year higher education institution in southwest Oklahoma.
Cameron University offers associate, baccalaureate and master's degrees in more than 50 degree programs
With an average fall enrollment of more than 6,000 students, Cameron's population is diverse:

    57% White

    20% Black or African American

    7% Native American or Alaska Native

    6% Hispanic

    4% Asian
Cameron is home to more than 300 international students from 48 countries.

DID YOU KNOW?

The first classes at Cameron were held on Statehood Day, 1909 in the basement of a bank building.
The institution is named for Evan Dhu Cameron, Oklahoma's first State Superintendent of Schools.
Cameron began as an agricultural high school, became a junior college, then expanded to the baccalaureate level, and added graduate programs in the 1980s.
Cameron is the second most affordable regional university in the state of Oklahoma.
More students are enrolled at Cameron than at any other time in its history. More than 6,300 students made CU their home during the 2010-11 academic year. During the past three years, enrollment has grown by more than 20 percent, achieving the highest enrollment rates in Cameron's 103-year history.
For the past three years, America's Best Colleges by U.S. News and World Report has ranked Cameron in the top three among 626 institutions nationwide for students graduating with the least debt. In fact, 68 percent of Cameron's students graduate with no debt.
Enrollment has also continued to grow at our branch campus in Duncan. In only eight years, CU-Duncan has more than doubled the number of students enrolled. In addition, last year, CU-Duncan hired its first full-time faculty.

ACADEMICS

Cameron boasts small class sizes, and students benefit from a student-to-faculty ratio of 21-to-1, ensuring individualized attention from highly qualified faculty members.
During the 2010-11 academic year, Cameron achieved a 10-year unconditional accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission. The Commission noted that Cameron is a "role model institution" with "student learning at the center of what it does" and "despite significant statewide budget cuts, the institution was able to redesign itself to meet changing student needs."
As of Summer 2011, Cameron had 73 endowed faculty positions (lectureships, professorships and chairs) -- more than any other regional university in the state.
Cameron's Army Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) program was selected third out of 272 other university ROTC programs nationwide for the Outstanding ROTC Training Corps Unit. This marks the first time that Cameron's Comanche Battalion, the top-ranked battalion in the 5th Brigade, has been ranked this high.
Students in the School of Business have the opportunity to manage an investment portfolio funded through a $1 million line of credit by BancFirst, which underwrites the students' bond portfolio. Profits from that portfolio are used to fund the stock portfolio.
The Department of English and Foreign Languages boasts more foreign languages in its curriculum than any other university in Oklahoma. CU offers instruction in more than 50 languages including Swahili, Arabic, Chinese, Turkish and Russian.

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

Each year, Cameron recruits more than 400 volunteers, comprised of students, faculty, staff and community members, for the national Martin Luther King Day of Service. They work on a variety of projects at different locations in Lawton-Fort Sill to strengthen the community and empower individuals.
CU's Student Government Association continues to promote the "Paint the Town Black and Gold" initiative, working with community businesses to demonstrate their support of CU by selling merchandise, offering discounts to students, participating in Black and Gold Friday, and more.
Student organizations regularly play an active role in the Lawton-Fort Sill community, providing volunteers for a variety of service-leading and fundraising initiatives.
Cameron has a community garden on campus to promote healthy eating for students, employees, alumni and donors.

A CAMPUS TRANSFORMED

More than $55 million in capital improvements have been made to Cameron's campus in recent years, including construction of the School of Business Building, the McMahon Centennial Complex (MCC) and Bentley Gardens. Other projects are already underway.

When services in the former Student Union were moved to the MCC, Cameron began the renovation of that building into the Academic Commons. This new facility will house Cameron's convergence journalism option, a multi-disciplinary tutoring center, computer laboratories, the IT Help Desk, an adjunct faculty office suite, and modern classrooms. The Academic Commons will join the MCC, University Library and the McMahon Fine Arts Complex in offering extended hours of operation and serving CU students late into the evening and on weekends. This project will be completed by Fall 2012.

In addition, changes continue to the landscape of Cameron. A section of University Drive has been closed. The Bentley Gardens link Cameron Village to the heart of campus with walkways that provide students safe, scenic travel.

AGGIE ATHLETICS

AGGIE SPORTS TEAMS

2010-11 HIGHLIGHTS

Baseball player Chase Larsson was named the NCAA DII Player of the Year, leading the nation in home runs (29) and RBI (84). He was selected in the ninth round of the 2011 draft by the Atlanta Braves.
Four teams -- cross country, men's golf, men's tennis and women's tennis -- advanced to NCAA postseason play. The women's tennis team earned a regional championship, while the men's golf team finished third in its regional tournament.
A total of 20 CU student-athletes were named recipients of the Division II Athletic Director's Association Academic Achievement Awards.

	57%	White
	20%	Black or African American
	7%	Native American or Alaska Native
	6%	Hispanic
	4%	Asian