Friends University: Narrative Description

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Description:

Independent, comprehensive, coed. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1898. Setting: 45-acre urban campus. Endowment: $22.2 million. Total enrollment: 3,190. Faculty: 225 (75 full-time, 150 part-time). 668 applied, 93% were admitted. Students come from 30 states and territories, 25 other countries, 10% from out-of-state, 0.3% 25 or older, 18% live on campus. Retention: 63% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, honors program, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at Newman University, Wichita Area Vocational/Technical Institute.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: early admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, SAT or ACT. Recommended: interview. Required for some: essay, 1 recommendation. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $15. Tuition: $14,430 full-time, $481 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $170 full-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Drama-theater group, choral group. Social organizations: local fraternities, local sororities. Most popular organizations: Singing Quakers, Phi Beta Lambda, Student Association. Major annual events: homecoming, Cherry Carnival, Falcon Frenzy. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour patrols, late night transport-escort service. Options: men-only, women-only housing available. Edmund Stanley Library plus 3 others with 105,989 books, 857 serials, and an OPAC. 190 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

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