PHILADELPHIA UNIVERSITY M-24

School House Ln. and Henry Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19144-5497
Tel: (215)951-2700
Admissions: (215)951-2800
Fax: (215)951-2907
Web Site: http://www.philau.edu/

Description:

Independent, comprehensive, coed. Awards associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1884. Setting: 100-acre suburban campus. Endowment: $18.5 million. Research spending 2003-04: $1.9 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $8318 per student. Total enrollment: 3,212. Faculty: 428 (103 full-time, 325 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 12:1. 4,006 applied, 68% were admitted. 13% from top 10% of their high school class, 40% from top quarter, 77% from top half. Full-time: 2,362 students, 69% women, 31% men. Part-time: 333 students, 67% women, 33% men. Students come from 47 states and territories, 29 other countries, 49% from out-of-state, 0.1% Native American, 3% Hispanic, 9% black, 4% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 2% international, 14% 25 or older, 51% live on campus, 4% transferred in. Retention: 71% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; visual/performing arts; architecture. 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, 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. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, SAT or ACT. Recommended: essay, 2 recommendations, interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $35. Comprehensive fee: $28,792 includes full-time tuition ($20,940), mandatory fees ($70), and college room and board ($7782). College room only: $3834. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to program. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility. Part-time tuition: $676 per credit. Part-time tuition varies according to class time and program.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 30 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local fraternities, local sororities; 1% of eligible men and 1% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Gemini Theatre, Black Student Union, Cornerstone, Phila'cappella, Global Friends. Major annual events: Homecoming/Family Day, Welcome Week, Spring Weekend. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. College housing designed to accommodate 1,235 students; 1,265 undergraduates lived in college housing during 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. Options: coed, women-only housing available. Paul J. Gutman Library plus 1 other with 108,141 books, 125,000 microform titles, 991 serials, 47,818 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $1.2 million. 400 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 suburban campus is 15 minutes from the heart of Philadelphia.