GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY B-5

PO Box 607
Grambling, LA 71245
Tel: (318)247-3811
Admissions: (318)274-6183
Fax: (318)274-6172
Web Site: http://www.gram.edu/

Description:

State-supported, university, coed. Part of University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors. Awards associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Founded 1901. Setting: 380-acre small town campus. Endowment: $1.9 million. Total enrollment: 5,039. Faculty: 247 (244 full-time, 3 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 20:1. 2,793 applied, 65% were admitted. 18% from top quarter of their high school class, 53% from top half. Full-time: 4,088 students, 59% women, 41% men. Part-time: 352 students, 56% women, 44% men. Students come from 39 states and territories, 17 other countries, 40% from out-of-state, 0.2% Native American, 0.3% Hispanic, 95% black, 0.1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 2% international, 14% 25 or older, 4% transferred in. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: computer/information sciences; law/legal studies; biological/life sciences. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, advanced placement, honors program, distance learning, 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 Louisiana Tech University. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army, Air Force.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission for state residents. Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, early admission, early decision, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, SAT or ACT. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadlines: 7/15, 4/15 for early decision. Notification: continuous until 8/1, 4/20 for early decision.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $20. State resident tuition: $2232 full-time, $606 per term part-time. Nonresident tuition: $7582 full-time. Mandatory fees: $1274 full-time. College room and board: $4034. College room only: $2138.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, marching band, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 81 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local fraternities, local sororities. Major annual events: Bayou Classic Football Game, Homecoming festivities, Springfest. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour patrols, student patrols, controlled dormitory access. 3,304 college housing spaces available; 2,926 were occupied in 2003-04. On-campus residence required in freshman year. Options: men-only, women-only housing available. A. C. Lewis Memorial Library with 208,935 books, 642,843 microform titles, 1,253 serials, 5,661 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. 250 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Grambling is in a suburban location five miles from Ruston, 35 miles from Monroe, and 70 miles from Shreveport. There is easy access to several major air and bus lines. The town has many fraternal, athletic, social, and civic organizations, and there are theatres in nearby Ruston. Excellent hunting, fishing, and boating facilities in the area. This is the home of the annual North Louisiana Broiler Show and Fair, and an annual Housing Clinic.