Sullivan University: Narrative Description

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SULLIVAN UNIVERSITY D-7

3101 Bardstown Rd.
Louisville, KY 40205
Tel: (502)456-6504
Free: 800-844-1354
Admissions: (502)456-6505
Fax: (502)456-0040
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.sullivan.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, comprehensive, coed. Administratively affiliated with Sullivan Colleges System. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1864. Setting: 10-acre suburban campus. Educational spending 2003-04: $1375 per student. Total enrollment: 4,928. Faculty: 136 (67 full-time, 69 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 20:1. 10% from top 10% of their high school class, 22% from top quarter, 76% from top half. Students come from 22 states and territories, 11 other countries, 13% from out-of-state, 0.4% Native American, 2% Hispanic, 18% black, 0% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 52% 25 or older, 9% live on campus. Retention: 60% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic remediation for entering students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs. ROTC: Army (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Required: high school transcript, interview, ACT or CPAt. Recommended: ACT. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $90. Tuition: $12,240 full-time, $204 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $415 full-time, $25 per course part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to program. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to program. College room only: $3690. Tuition guaranteed not to increase for student's term of enrollment.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Social organizations: 15 open to all. Most popular organizations: student government, Travel Club, Sullivan Student Paralegal Association, American Marketing Association, Society of Hosteurs. Major annual events: Belle of Louisville Cruise, Summer Picnic/Festival, ski trip. Campus security: 24-hour patrols. 300 college housing spaces available; 215 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. Option: coed housing available. McWhorter Library with 22,500 books, 222 serials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $475,000. 125 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.

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