Waubonsee Community College: Narrative Description

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WAUBONSEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE D-13

Route 47 at Waubonsee Dr.
Sugar Grove, IL 60554-9799
Tel: (630)466-7900
Fax: (630)466-4964
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.waubonsee.edu/

Description:

District-supported, 2-year, coed. Part of Illinois Community College Board. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1966. Setting: 243-acre rural campus with easy access to Chicago. Endowment: $2118. Educational spending 2003-04: $1956 per student. Total enrollment: 8,682. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 17:1. 1,091 applied, 100% were admitted. Full-time: 2,569 students, 53% women, 47% men. Part-time: 6,113 students, 60% women, 40% men. Students come from 2 other countries, 0% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 17% Hispanic, 7% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0.03% international, 21% 25 or older, 2% transferred in. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, honors program, independent study, distance learning, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, internships. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission except for nursing, interpreter training, auto body, certified nurse assistant programs, medical assistant, health care interpreting, therapeutic massage, phlebotomy, translation. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Preference given to in-district residents.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $0. Area resident tuition: $1860 full-time, $62 per semester hour part-time. State resident tuition: $6360 full-time, $212 per semester hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $7290 full-time, $243 per semester hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $2 per credit hour part-time. Full-time tuition varies according to course load. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 22 open to all. Most popular organizations: Phi Theta Kappa, VICA, Alpha Sigma Lamda, Latinos Unidos, Christian Fellowship. Major annual events: College Night, Club Fair, Cinco de Mayo Celebration. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service. College housing not available. Todd Library with 53,679 books, 100,840 microform titles, 562 serials, 6,388 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $682,516. 160 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

See Aurora University.

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