Wayne County Community College District: Narrative Description

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WAYNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT O-24

801 West Fort St.
Detroit, MI 48226-3010
Tel: (313)496-2600
Admissions: (313)496-2884
Fax: (313)961-2791
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.wcccd.edu/

Description:

State and locally supported, 2-year, coed. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1967. Setting: urban campus. Research spending 2003-04: $244,498. Educational spending 2003-04: $5026 per student. Total enrollment: 11,673. 62% 25 or older. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, honors program, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, early admission, deferred admission. Placement: ACT ASSET required. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $10. Area resident tuition: $54 per credit hour part-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Student-run newspaper. Social organizations: national sororities, local sororities. Major annual events: Career Day, College Night, Jobs Fair. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices. College housing not available. Learning Resource Center with 70,000 books and an OPAC. Operations spending 2003-04: $963,597. 118 computers available on campus for general student use.

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