SOUTHERN STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE K-4

100 Hobart Dr.
Hillsboro, OH 45133-9487
Tel: (937)393-3431
Fax: (937)393-9370
Web Site: http://www.sscc.edu/

Description:

State-supported, 2-year, coed. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1975. Setting: 60-acre rural campus. Endowment: $443,111. Educational spending 2003-04: $3066 per student. Total enrollment: 2,356. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 20:1. 1,005 applied, 100% were admitted. 0.4% Native American, 0.4% Hispanic, 1% black, 0.3% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0% international. Core. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, self-designed majors, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, co-op programs and internships. Off campus study at 15 members of the Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: Common Application, early admission, deferred admission. Recommended: high school transcript. Placement: ACT recommended; ACT required for some. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $0. State resident tuition: $3120 full-time, $80 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $6009 full-time, $154 per credit hour part-time. Full-time tuition varies according to course load. Part-time tuition varies according to course load.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group. Social organizations: 3 open to all; national fraternities. Most popular organizations: Student Leadership, Student Nurses Association, Drama Club, Association of Medical Assistants, Phi Theta Kappa. Major annual events: Spring Fling, Halloween Dance/Party, Fall Quarter Mixer. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. College housing not available. Learning Resources Center plus 3 others with 79,000 books, 552,000 microform titles, 1,107 serials, 7,428 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $393,901. 300 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Hillsboro, approximately 40 miles east of Cincinnati, is in a primarily rural setting with small towns and villages.