Company Profile
Manchester University
Company Overview
Manchester University offers more than 60 areas of undergraduate study, two master's programs (athletic training and pharmacogenomics) and a professional doctorate in pharmacy to nearly 1,600 students from 25 states and 17 countries. The independent, liberal arts school is located in North Manchester, Ind., where 73 percent of the students live on the 120-acre campus. Our four-year Doctor of Pharmacy program is on a Fort Wayne, Ind., campus. Manchester has deep roots in the Church of the Brethren; about 6 percent of the students are members of the denomination.
Company History
Manchester University traces its origin to the Roanoke Classical Seminary founded by the United Brethren Church in Roanoke, Indiana in 1860. The seminary became North Manchester College when it was moved to North Manchester, Indiana in 1889. Representatives of the Church of the Brethren purchased the campus in 1895 and deeded it to four State Districts of the Church in 1902. The number of supporting districts increased and, by 1932, Manchester College served the five-state area of Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and Wisconsin.
Rapid growth of the public high school and increasing interest in higher education resulted in a gradual shift of emphasis from an academy and Bible school to a college of liberal arts. The academy was discontinued in 1923.
Mount Morris College in Mount Morris, Illinois, merged with Manchester College in 1932. Founded as a Methodist seminary in 1839, Mount Morris had been purchased by representatives of the Church of the Brethren in 1879 and operated under the name of the Rock River Seminary and College Institute until 1884, when the name was changed to Mount Morris College. The merger of Mount Morris College and Manchester College came about when the Church of the Brethren decided its educational program would be strengthened by pooling its resources in a smaller number of colleges.
Established in 1948, the Peace Studies Institute and Program in Conflict Resolution at Manchester University pioneered as the first undergraduate Peace Studies program in the world.
In July 2012, Manchester College became Manchester University, and in August 2012, enrolled its first doctoral class in pharmacy at a second campus in Fort Wayne, Ind.
In May 2016, Manchester University launched the nation's first dedicated master's degree in pharmacogenomics.
The relationship of Manchester University with the Church of the Brethren continues. The University accents this relationship and welcomes students of all faiths to its campus.
Manchester University has been accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (159 N. Dearborn, Chicago, IL 60601, 312-263-0456) since 1932.
Notable Accomplishments / Recognition
The 2016 America’s Best Colleges guide of U.S. News & World Report ranks Manchester University sixth in the Midwest in its "Great Schools, Great Prices" ranking. MU has received the “Best College” ranking for 23 consecutive years. The Princeton Review college guide also consistently ranks Manchester as a "Best in the Midwest."
A total of 30 Manchester graduates have received the U.S. government's prestigious Fulbright grants to study and teach abroad. In addition, two Manchester faculty members have done research abroad as Fulbright Scholars.
MU students, faculty and staff contribute annually more than 60,000 hours of service, annually placing Manchester on the President's Higher Education Community Service "Honor Roll." The University's chapter of Indiana Reading Corps is one of the largest in the state, logging more than 3,000 hours tutoring elementary school children.
Year after year – within six months of their commencement – at least 95 percent of Manchester graduates enter the work force, continue their education full-time or join full-time voluntary service. For 2016 grads, the placement rate was 98 percent.
Manchester is home to the world's first peace studies program and to one of the earliest environmental studies programs.