GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY L-16

1 Campus Dr.
Allendale, MI 49401-9403
Tel: (616)331-5000
Free: 800-748-0246
Admissions: (616)331-2025
Fax: (616)331-2000
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.gvsu.edu/

Description:

State-supported, comprehensive, coed. Awards bachelor's and master's degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1960. Setting: 900-acre small town campus with easy access to Grand Rapids. Endowment: $42.6 million. Research spending 2003-04: $4.1 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $4957 per student. Total enrollment: 22,063. Faculty: 1,321 (874 full-time, 447 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 18:1. 12,418 applied, 70% were admitted. 18% from top 10% of their high school class, 53% from top quarter, 90% from top half. Full-time: 15,737 students, 60% women, 40% men. Part-time: 2,656 students, 62% women, 38% men. Students come from 55 states and territories, 51 other countries, 4% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 3% Hispanic, 5% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 11% 25 or older, 29% live on campus, 8% transferred in. Retention: 78% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; health professions and related sciences; English; psychology. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, freshman honors college, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, electronic application. Required: high school transcript, SAT or ACT. Required for some: essay, interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 5/1. Notification: continuous until 5/1.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $30. State resident tuition: $5782 full-time, $252 per semester hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $12,510 full-time, $532 per semester hour part-time. Full-time tuition varies according to course level, program, and student level. Part-time tuition varies according to course level, course load, program, and student level. College room and board: $6160. Room and board charges vary according to board plan, housing facility, and location.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, marching band, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 136 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local fraternities, local sororities; 3% of eligible men and 2% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Black Student Union, Residence Hall Association, Crew Club, Student Senate, Student Organization Network. Major annual events: Family Day, Homecoming. 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. 5,292 college housing spaces available; 5,289 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. Option: coed housing available. James H. Zumberge Library plus 2 others with 634,000 books, 23,200 microform titles, 5,000 serials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $6.4 million. 2,600 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.

Community Environment:

This is a rural community that has Protestant and Catholic churches and a small library. Many part-time job opportunities are available for students. Allendale has facilities for bowling, water sports, and winter sports. The area features an annual winter carnival and spring arts festival.