Campbellsville University: Narrative Description

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CAMPBELLSVILLE UNIVERSITY G-8

1 University Dr.
Campbellsville, KY 42718-2799
Tel: (270)789-5000
Free: 800-264-6014
Admissions: (270)789-5220
Fax: (270)789-5071
Web Site: http://www.campbellsville.edu/

Description:

Independent, comprehensive, coed, affiliated with Kentucky Baptist Convention. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1906. Setting: 80-acre small town campus. Endowment: $5.9 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $3643 per student. Total enrollment: 2,187. Faculty: 210 (82 full-time, 128 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 13:1. 1,360 applied, 73% were admitted. 16% from top 10% of their high school class, 38% from top quarter, 67% from top half. 12 valedictorians. Full-time: 1,253 students, 51% women, 49% men. Part-time: 561 students, 68% women, 32% men. Students come from 27 states and territories, 18 other countries, 12% from out-of-state, 0.2% Native American, 1% Hispanic, 6% black, 0.3% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 3% international, 18% 25 or older, 55% live on campus, 7% transferred in. Retention: 66% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; education; social sciences and history. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships. Off campus study. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, SAT or ACT. Recommended: essay, minimum 3.0 high school GPA, recommendations, interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $20. Comprehensive fee: $19,392 includes full-time tuition ($13,632), mandatory fees ($320), and college room and board ($5440). College room only: $2500. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility. Part-time tuition: $568 per credit. Part-time mandatory fees: $50 per term.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, marching band, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 48 open to all. Most popular organizations: Student Government Association, Baptist Student Union, Phi Beta Lambda, African-American Leadership League, Fellowship of Christian Athletics. Major annual events: homecoming, Christmas celebration, Spring Formal. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 750 college housing spaces available; 748 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through sophomore year. Options: men-only, women-only housing available. Montgomery Library plus 2 others with 172,000 books, 338,235 microform titles, 12,777 serials, 16,023 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $388,464. 148 computers available on campus for general student use. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

The 70-acre Campbellsville campus is situated precisely in the center of Kentucky, one-half mile from downtown Campbellsville (population 15,000), 40 minutes southeast of Elizabethtown, one and one-half hours from Louisville and Lexington, and just over two hours from Nashville. The college is located on KY55 and can be reached from the north by way of the Bluegrass Parkway and from the south by way of the Cumberland Parkway.

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