Universidad del Turabo: Narrative Description

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UNIVERSIDAD DEL TURABO D-14

PO Box 3030
Gurabo, PR 00778-3030
Tel: (787)743-7979; Admissions: (787)743-7979

Description: Independent, comprehensive, coed. Part of Ana G. Mendez University System. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1972. Setting: 140-acre urban campus with easy access to San Juan. Total enrollment: 8,065. 3,147 applied, 66% were admitted. Full-time: 5,787 students, 57% women, 43% men. Part-time: 1,200 students, 52% women, 48% men. 100% Hispanic, 35% 25 or older. Retention: 69% of 2003 full-time freshmen returned. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; education; social sciences and history. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, honors program, summer session for credit, part-time degree program. Off campus study at Jackson State University, University of California, Berkeley, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University. ROTC: Army (c), Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements: Option: deferred admission. Required: high school transcript. Placement: CEEB required. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous until 8/1.

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $15. Tuition: $4278 full-time, $138 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $220 full-time.

Collegiate Environment: Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Most popular organizations: Social Work Students Association, Honor's Student Association, Drama Club, Chorus, Computerized Sciences Organization. Major annual event: New Students Reception. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour patrols. College housing not available. 90,020 books and 655 serials.

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