WILEY COLLEGE G-13

711 Wiley Ave.
Marshall, TX 75670-5199
Tel: (903)927-3300; 800-658-6889; Admissions: (903)927-3356; Fax: (903)938-8100; Web Site: http://www.wileyc.edu/

Description: Independent, 4-year, coed, affiliated with United Methodist Church. Awards associate and bachelor's degrees. Founded 1873. Setting: 58-acre small town campus. Endowment: $5.1 million. Educational spending 2002-03: $3220 per student. Total enrollment: 666. 725 applied, 44% were admitted. 10% from top quarter of their high school class, 33% from top half. Full-time: 648 students, 56% women, 44% men. Part-time: 18 students, 44% women, 56% men. Students come from 16 states and territories, 7 other countries, 35% from out-of-state, 0.3% Native American, 1% Hispanic, 87% black, 8% international, 34% 25 or older, 82% transferred in. Retention: 100% of 2003 full-time freshmen returned. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; biological/life sciences; education. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, self-designed majors, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs. Off campus study at Howard University. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements: Options: early admission, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, 1 recommendation. Recommended: SAT I or ACT. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: 8/1. Notification: continuous until 8/10.

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $10. Comprehensive fee: $10,468 includes full-time tuition ($5282), mandatory fees ($1094), and college room and board ($4092). College room only: $1966.

Collegiate Environment: Orientation program. Drama-theater group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: national fraternities, national sororities. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. 386 college housing spaces available; 339 were occupied in 2002-03. T. Winston Cole, Sr. Library with 24,000 books, 40,000 microform titles, 23,000 serials, and 8,000 audiovisual materials. Operations spending 2002-03: $52,832. 30 computers available on campus for general student use.

Community Environment: Population 25,000. Marshall is located at the junction of Highways U.S. 59 and 80 and Interstate 20, approximately 40 miles west of Shreveport, and 150 miles east of Dallas. The climate is temperate and mild. Natural gas fields surround the city. Railroad and bus lines serve the community, and Harrison County Memorial Airport located three miles east offers airline facilities. There are many churches of various faiths, hospitals, radio stations, and public library serving the area. Skilled and unskilled employment opportunities are available. Local recreation includes camping, fishing, and hunting.