Kirtland Community College: Narrative Description

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KIRTLAND COMMUNITY COLLEGE G-20

10775 North St Helen Rd.
Roscommon, MI 48653-9699
Tel: (989)275-5000
Fax: (989)275-8210
Web Site: http://www.kirtland.edu/

Description:

District-supported, 2-year, coed. Part of Michigan Department of Education. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1966. Setting: 180-acre rural campus. Total enrollment: 1,918. 355 applied, 100% were admitted. Full-time: 609 students, 59% women, 41% men. Part-time: 1,309 students, 58% women, 42% men. 1% Native American, 1% Hispanic, 1% black, 0.1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0.1% international, 52% 25 or older. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: early admission, deferred admission. Placement: ACT ASSET required; SAT or ACT recommended. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous until 8/22.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $0. Area resident tuition: $2008 full-time, $62.75 per credit part-time. State resident tuition: $3685 full-time, $115.15 per credit part-time. Nonresident tuition: $4552 full-time, $142.25 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $631 full-time. College room and board: $4350.

Collegiate Environment:

Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: student patrols, late night transport-escort service. Kirtland Community College Library with 35,000 books and 317 serials. 125 computers available on campus for general student use.

Community Environment:

The college is located in the heart of Michigan's four-season vacationland amidst excellent hunting, fishing, swimming, boating, skiing and snowmobiling lands and lakes. Interstate Route I-75 provides the most direct means of approach to within twelve miles of the campus, which is located at the juncture of Roscommon, Ogemaw, Oscoda and Crawford counties on County Road F-97.

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