Lon Morris College
800 College Ave, Jacksonville, TX, 75766 - View a map of this school Map
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The mission of Lon Morris College is to offer a quality liberal arts education within a Christian community that allows the whole person to develop and mature.


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County Cherokee County, TX -
Title IV Eligible Yes Yes
Carnegie Classification Associate of Arts Colleges Associate of Arts Colleges
Institution Level At least 2 yrs but < 4 yrs At least 2 yrs but < 4 yrs
Institution Control Private, non-profit Public
Full-Time Undergraduate 339 students 998 students
Part-Time Undergraduate 60 students 1,405 students
Total Enrollment 399 students 2,164 students
Total Dormitory Capacity 316 students 220 students
% Students Receiving Some Financial Aid 92% 78%
% Students Receiving Federal Grants 40% 47%
Avg. Amount Of Federal Grants Received $2,947 $2,810
% Students Receiving State/Local Grants 45% 28%
Avg. Amount Of State/Local Grants Received $2,673 $1,211
% Students Receiving Institutional Grants 86% 11%
Avg. Amount Of Institutional Grants Received $5,012 $1,117
% Students Receiving Loans 52% 37%
Avg. Amount Of Loan Received $3,265 $3,048
School Notes:
  • Lon Morris College is a church-related, two-year college of the arts and sciences with a core curriculum emphasizing the liberal arts. As a two-year college, Lon Morris College offers two years of higher education, foundational for advanced degrees, for those going on to more extended general education or to specialized and professional study.
  • Lon Morris College was founded in 1854 as the Danville Academy near Kilgore, Texas. In 1875, the school became the property of the East Texas Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, and changed its name to Alexander Collegiate Institute in honor of its president and outstanding early Texas educator, the Reverend Isaac Alexander. The charter was obtained in 1886, and in 1894 the school was moved to its present location in Jacksonville, Texas. The name was changed once more, in 1924, to Lon Morris College by approval of the Texas Annual Conference after R.A. “Lon” Morris of Pittsburg, Texas gave his estate to the school.
  • Lon Morris organized the first Phi Theta Kappa in Texas, which was begun in 1929. Phi Theta Kappa is the national scholastic society for two-year colleges. Lon Morris is the only two-year United Methodist college west of the Mississippi River, and it is the only surviving pre-Civil War school in East Texas.
  • The college offers an Associate of Arts (AA) degree, an Associate of Science (AS) degree, or an Associate of Fine Arts (AFA) degree.
  • Lon Morris College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the University Senate of the United Methodist Church.
  • Profile last updated: 00/00/0000.
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