Milwaukee School of Engineering: Narrative Description

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MILWAUKEE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING N-12

1025 North Broadway
Milwaukee, WI 53202-3109
Tel: (414)277-7300; 800-332-6763; Admissions: (414)277-6763; Fax: (414)277-7475; E-mail: [email protected]; Web Site: http://www.msoe.edu/

Description: Independent, comprehensive, specialized, coed. Awards bachelor's and master's degrees. Founded 1903. Setting: 15-acre urban campus. Endowment: $42.1 million. Research spending 2002-03: $2.4 million. Educational spending 2002-03: $9607 per student. Total enrollment: 2,383. Faculty: 294 (127 full-time, 167 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 11:1. 1,809 applied, 65% were admitted. full-time: 1,762 students, 17% women, 83% men. Part-time: 339 students, 17% women, 83% men. Students come from 31 states and territories, 24 other countries, 31% from out-of-state, 0.3% Native American, 2% Hispanic, 3% black, 3% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 2% international, 7% 25 or older, 52% live on campus, 7% transferred in. Retention: 74% of 2003 full-time freshmen returned. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: engineering/engineering technologies; business/marketing; health professions and related sciences. Core. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army (c), Naval (c), Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements: Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.5 high school GPA, SAT I or ACT. Required for some: essay, interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $25. Comprehensive fee: $28,479 includes full-time tuition ($23,034) and college room and board ($5445). College room only: $3500. Full-time tuition varies according to student level. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility. Part-time tuition: $402 per quarter hour. Part-time tuition varies according to course load.

Collegiate Environment: Orientation program. Drama-theater group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 61 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local fraternities, local sororities; 7% of eligible men and 12% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Architectural Engineering and Construction Management Societies, Student Athletic Advisory Committee, MAGE, Student Government. Major annual events: Homecoming Week, St. Patrick's Week, Greek Week. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 932 college housing spaces available; 917 were occupied in 2002-03. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through sophomore year. Option: coed housing available. Walter Schroeder Library with 56,044 books, 75,854 microform titles, 416 serials, 852 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2002-03: $529,634. 105 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: See Milwaukee Area Technical College.

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