CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY C-10

2121 Euclid Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44115
Tel: (216)687-2000; 888-CSU-OHIO
Admissions: (216)523-5139
Fax: (216)687-9366
Web Site: http://www.csuohio.edu/

Description:

State-supported, university, coed. Awards bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and first professional degrees and post-master's and first professional certificates. Founded 1964. Setting: 70-acre urban campus with easy access to Akron. Endowment: $21.4 million. Research spending 2003-04: $15.2 million. Total enrollment: 15,673. Faculty: 957 (561 full-time, 396 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 16:1. 2,869 applied, 73% were admitted. 10% from top 10% of their high school class, 26% from top quarter, 43% from top half. Full-time: 6,706 students, 55% women, 45% men. Part-time: 3,136 students, 55% women, 45% men. Students come from 21 states and territories, 63 other countries, 1% from out-of-state, 0.2% Native American, 3% Hispanic, 21% black, 3% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 2% international, 36% 25 or older, 4% live on campus, 10% transferred in. Retention: 59% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; social sciences and history; education. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, freshman honors college, honors program, independent study, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at 7 members of the Cleveland Commission on Higher Education, University of Akron, Baldwin-Wallace College, University of Toledo. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army (c), Naval (c), Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission for state residents. Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, SAT or ACT. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $30. State resident tuition: $6792 full-time, $283 per semester hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $9216 full-time, $384 per semester hour part-time. Full-time tuition varies according to program and student level. Part-time tuition varies according to program and student level. College room and board: $6610. College room only: $3972. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 150 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local fraternities; 4% of eligible men and 3% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: honor societies, International Student Association, Chinese Student Association. Major annual events: Homecoming, Spring Fest, Black Aspirations Week. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 450 college housing spaces available; 390 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. Option: coed housing available. University Library plus 1 other with 484,914 books, 690,023 microform titles, 6,186 serials, 101,376 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $8.2 million. 600 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed. Staffed computer lab on campus.