ARGOSY UNIVERSITY/TWIN CITIES (EAGAN) G-14

1515 Central Parkway
Eagan, MN 55121
Tel: (952)844-0064; 888-844-2004
Admissions: (651)846-3331
Fax: (952)844-0472
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.argosyu.edu/

Description:

Proprietary, university, coed. Part of Education Management Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA. Awards associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees and post-master's and first professional certificates. Founded 1961. Setting: suburban campus with easy access to Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN. Total enrollment: 1,580. Faculty: 140 (53 full-time, 87 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 12:1. 570 applied, 86% were admitted. Students come from 20 states and territories, 1 other country, 10% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 1% Hispanic, 4% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0% international, 69% 25 or older. Retention: 0% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic area with the most degrees conferred: psychology. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, accelerated degree program, independent study, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, internships. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Common Application, electronic application, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, interview, SAT or ACT, Wonderlic Scholastic Level Exam. Recommended: SAT or ACT. Required for some: essay, recommendations. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadlines: Rolling, Rolling for nonresidents.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $50. Tuition: $11,970 full-time, $400 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $250 full-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices, late night transport-escort service. College housing not available. Argosy University/Twin Cities Library with 9,000 books, 160 microform titles, 160 serials, 800 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. 50 computers available on campus for general student use. Staffed computer lab on campus.