ALBERTUS MAGNUS COLLEGE I-8

700 Prospect St.
New Haven, CT 06511-1189
Tel: (203)773-8550
Free: 800-578-9160
Admissions: (203)773-8501
Fax: (203)785-8652
Web Site: http://www.albertus.edu/

Description:

Independent Roman Catholic, comprehensive, coed. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1925. Setting: 55-acre suburban campus with easy access to New York City and Hartford. Endowment: $8.9 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $2025 per student. Total enrollment: 2,361. Faculty: 201 (34 full-time, 167 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 16:1. 552 applied, 85% were admitted. 16% from top 10% of their high school class, 31% from top quarter, 63% from top half. Full-time: 1,795 students, 69% women, 31% men. Part-time: 111 students, 75% women, 25% men. Students come from 9 states and territories, 4 other countries, 3% from out-of-state, 0.2% Native American, 9% Hispanic, 23% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0.3% international, 64% 25 or older, 60% live on campus, 1% transferred in. Retention: 77% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, freshman honors college, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships, graduate courses open to undergrads.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, 1 recommendation, SAT or ACT. Recommended: minimum 2.5 high school GPA, interview, SAT Subject Tests, SAT II: Writing Test. Required for some: minimum 2.5 high school GPA. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 8/20. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $35. Comprehensive fee: $24,408 includes full-time tuition ($16,250), mandatory fees ($608), and college room and board ($7550). Full-time tuition and fees vary according to class time and program.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 20 open to all. Most popular organizations: Student Government Association, College Drama, Minority Student Union. Major annual events: Candlelight Ceremony, Fall Festival, Spring Semi-Formal/Winter Wonderland. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 350 college housing spaces available; 298 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. Options: coed, women-only housing available. Rosary Hall with 5,638 microform titles, 538 serials, 817 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $540,000. 150 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.

Community Environment:

See Yale University.