ANCILLA COLLEGE

Union Rd., PO Box 1
Donaldson, IN 46513
Tel: (574)936-8898
Fax: (574)935-1773
Web Site: http://www.ancilla.edu/

Description:

Independent Roman Catholic, 2-year, coed. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1937. Setting: 63-acre rural campus with easy access to Chicago. Endowment: $1.8 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $4033 per student. Total enrollment: 631. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 15:1. 396 applied, 69% were admitted. 3% from top 10% of their high school class, 10% from top quarter, 39% from top half. Full-time: 402 students, 67% women, 33% men. Part-time: 229 students, 80% women, 20% men. Students come from 10 states and territories, 1% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 3% Hispanic, 3% black, 3% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0.3% international, 40% 25 or older, 9% transferred in. Retention: 55% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, independent study, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: Common Application, electronic application. Required: high school transcript. Recommended: interview, SAT, SAT or ACT. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $25. Tuition: $9600 full-time, $320 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $230 full-time, $55 per term part-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 3 open to all. Most popular organizations: Student Senate, Scripta Literary Magazine, Ancilla student ambassadors. Major annual events: homecoming, Community College Day. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour patrols, late night transport-escort service. College housing not available. Ball Library with 27,859 books, 152 serials, 1,499 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $124,491. 82 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Situated in a rural area with a temperate climate.