NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF THE ARTS C-5

1533 South Main St.
PO Box 12189 Winston-Salem, NC 27127-2188
Tel: (336)770-3399
Admissions: (336)770-3290
Fax: (336)770-3370
Web Site: http://www.ncarts.edu/

Description:

State-supported, comprehensive, coed. Part of University of North Carolina System. Awards bachelor's and master's degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1963. Setting: 57-acre urban campus. Endowment: $16.8 million. Total enrollment: 817. Faculty: 139 (135 full-time, 4 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 8:1. 744 applied, 46% were admitted. 16% from top 10% of their high school class, 45% from top quarter, 78% from top half. Full-time: 723 students, 41% women, 59% men. Part-time: 15 students, 27% women, 73% men. Students come from 44 states and territories, 52% from out-of-state, 0.1% Native American, 2% Hispanic, 10% black, 3% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 5% 25 or older, 55% live on campus, 9% transferred in. Retention: 74% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic area with the most degrees conferred: visual/performing arts. Core. Calendar: trimesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: electronic application, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, 2 recommendations, audition, SAT or ACT. Required for some: essay, interview. Entrance: very difficult. Application deadline: 3/1. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $50. State resident tuition: $2755 full-time. Nonresident tuition: $14,035 full-time. Mandatory fees: $1551 full-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to program. College room and board: $5700. College room only: $3035. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group. Most popular organizations: Pride (gay/lesbian organization), Appreciation of Black Artists. Major annual events: Beaux Arts (spring festival), Resource Fair (career fair), Health Fair. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, controlled dormitory access. 400 college housing spaces available; all were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through sophomore year. Option: coed housing available. Semans Library plus 1 other with 87,917 books, 25,053 microform titles, 490 serials, 73,025 audiovisual materials, and an OPAC. Operations spending 2003-04: $681,312. 60 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:

See Wake Forest University.