INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA J-7

Indiana, PA 15705-1087
Tel: (724)357-2100
Free: 800-442-6830
Fax: (724)357-2685
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.iup.edu/

Description:

State-supported, university, coed. Part of Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. Awards associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1875. Setting: 350-acre small town campus with easy access to Pittsburgh. Endowment: $28.5 million. Research spending 2003-04: $2.3 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $6466 per student. Total enrollment: 13,998. Faculty: 689 (628 full-time, 61 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 17:1. 8,836 applied, 55% were admitted. 19% from top 10% of their high school class, 35% from top quarter, 74% from top half. Full-time: 11,230 students, 56% women, 44% men. Part-time: 933 students, 54% women, 46% men. Students come from 38 states and territories, 74 other countries, 4% from out-of-state, 0.2% Native American, 1% Hispanic, 6% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 2% international, 3% 25 or older, 32% live on campus, 5% transferred in. Retention: 73% 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, 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. Off campus study at 14 members of the Marine Science Consortium, The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, National Student Exchange. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, SAT or ACT. Recommended: recommendations. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: 9/1.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $30. State resident tuition: $4810 full-time, $200 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $12,026 full-time, $501 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $1275 full-time, $20 per credit hour part-time, $232.50 per term part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load, location, and reciprocity agreements. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load, location, and reciprocity agreements. College room and board: $4868. College room only: $2940. 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: 200 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities; 10% of eligible men and 11% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: NAACP, Student Congress, Alpha Phi Omega. Major annual events: International Day, Homecoming, Family Weekend. Student services: legal services, health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 4,000 college housing spaces available; 3,679 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required in freshman year. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. Stapleton Library with 570,735 books, 2.4 million microform titles, 2,626 serials, 109,308 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $5.3 million. 3,500 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:

Population 35,000. Indiana is known as the "Christmas Tree Capital of the World" and is the birthplace of actor Jimmy Stewart. The town is located 50 miles northeast of Pittsburgh in the foothills of the beautiful Allegheny Mountains. Indiana has churches of all denominations, a library, a recreation center, a hospital, and various civic, fraternal and veteran's organizations. Local recreational facilities include golf courses, theatres, swimming pool, ice skating rink, tennis, baseball fields, a grandstand and an outdoor stage. Some part-time employment is available.