David N. Myers University: Narrative Description

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DAVID N. MYERS UNIVERSITY C-10

112 Prospect Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44115-1096
Tel: (216)696-9000
Free: 800-424-3953
Admissions: (216)523-3806
Fax: (216)523-3808
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.dnmyers.edu/

Description:

Independent, comprehensive, coed. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1848. Setting: 1-acre urban campus. Endowment: $631,558. Educational spending 2003-04: $4000 per student. Total enrollment: 1,177. Faculty: 165 (17 full-time, 148 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 12:1. 382 applied, 65% were admitted. Full-time: 573 students, 77% women, 23% men. Part-time: 523 students, 63% women, 37% men. 0% from out-of-state, 0% Native American, 3% Hispanic, 45% black, 0.3% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0% international, 50% 25 or older, 13% transferred in. Academic area with the most degrees conferred: law/legal studies. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships. Off campus study at members of the Northeast Ohio Commission on Higher Education.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Common Application, early admission, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, SAT or ACT. Recommended: recommendations. Required for some: essay, interview. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $25. Tuition: $11,170 full-time, $390 per credit part-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Student-run newspaper. Most popular organizations: Students in Free Enterprise, Accounting Association, Mock Trial Association, Delta Club. Major annual events: Orientation, Homecoming, Martin Luther King Day. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour patrols, late night transport-escort service. College housing not available. Library Resource Center with 15,027 books, 528 microform titles, 140 serials, 377 audiovisual materials, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $159,382. 70 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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