Ohio University-Zanesville: Narrative Description

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OHIO UNIVERSITY-ZANESVILLE I-10

1425 Newark Rd.
Zanesville, OH 43701-2695
Tel: (740)453-0762; Admissions: (740)588-1439; Fax: (740)453-6161; Web Site: http://www.zanesville.ohiou.edu/

Description: State-supported, comprehensive, coed. Part of Ohio Board of Regents. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees (offers first 2 years of most bachelor's degree programs available at the main campus in Athens; also offers several bachelor's degree programs that can be completed at this campus; also offers some graduate courses). Founded 1946. Setting: 179-acre rural campus with easy access to Columbus. Total enrollment: 1,826. Faculty: 130 (31 full-time, 99 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 23:1. 582 applied, 100% were admitted. 10% from top 10% of their high school class, 33% from top quarter, 65% from top half. Full-time: 1,190 students, 68% women, 32% men. Part-time: 519 students, 71% women, 29% men. Students come from 4 states and territories, 1% from out-of-state, 0.2% Native American, 0.2% Hispanic, 2% black, 0.3% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0.1% international, 35% 25 or older. Retention: 62% of 2003 full-time freshmen returned. Core. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, self-designed majors, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at Muskingum Area Technical College.

Entrance Requirements: Open admission except for nursing, engineering, business, communications programs. Options: Common Application, early admission, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript. Placement: SAT I or ACT, nursing exam required for some. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling.

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $20. State resident tuition: $4008 full-time. Nonresident tuition: $10,146 full-time.

Collegiate Environment: Orientation program. Drama-theater group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Most popular organizations: Student Senate, Student Nurses Association, Drama Club, Chess Club. Major annual events: Spring Fest, Fall Fest. Campus security: night security. College housing not available. Zanesville Campus Library plus 1 other with 64,227 books, 489 serials, and an OPAC. Operations spending 2002-03: $247,287. 42 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

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