ARKANSAS TECH UNIVERSITY E-8

Russellville, AR 72801
Tel: (479)968-0389
Free: 800-582-6953
Admissions: (479)968-0343
Fax: (479)964-0522
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.atu.edu/

Description:

State-supported, comprehensive, coed. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1909. Setting: 516-acre small town campus. Endowment: $11.5 million. Research spending 2003-04: $790,945. Educational spending 2003-04: $3335 per student. Total enrollment: 6,483. Faculty: 367 (240 full-time, 127 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 19:1. 3,002 applied, 53% were admitted. 15% from top 10% of their high school class, 41% from top quarter, 71% from top half. Full-time: 5,222 students, 53% women, 47% men. Part-time: 869 students, 57% women, 43% men. Students come from 37 states and territories, 34 other countries, 4% from out-of-state, 2% Native American, 2% Hispanic, 4% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 21% 25 or older, 30% live on campus, 5% transferred in. Retention: 66% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: education; business/marketing; social sciences and history. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. ROTC: Army (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: electronic application, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, SAT or ACT. Entrance: moderately difficult. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $0. State resident tuition: $4158 full-time, $154 per hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $8316 full-time, $308 per hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $310 full-time, $4 per hour part-time, $70 per term part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load and location. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load and location. College room and board: $3841. College room only: $2078. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility.

Collegiate Environment:

Drama-theater group, choral group, marching band, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 97 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local fraternities, local sororities; 2% of eligible men and 2% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Student Government Association, Student Activities Board, Wesley Foundation, Chi Alpha, Baptist Student Union. Major annual events: SAB Bingo Night, Homecoming, Timeout for Tech. Student services: health clinic. Campus security: 24-hour patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. College housing designed to accommodate 1,579 students; 1,813 undergraduates lived in college housing during 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through sophomore year. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. Ross Pendergraft Library and Technology Center with 259,372 books, 880,006 microform titles, 1,054 serials, 6,975 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $1.1 million. 700 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:

Russellville, the crossroads for State Highways 7, 22, 124, and 64, is located equidistant from Little Rock, Hot Springs, Harrison, and Fort Smith. Interstate 40 passes just north of Russellville, a city of 25,000. A 36,600 acre lake, formed by a lock and dam on the navigable Arkansas River, lies southwest of the city. The area, served by airplane, rail, and bus lines, is experiencing vigorous industrial development, which includes the construction of the first nuclear power plant in the Southwest. Recreational facilities in the area include lakes, picnic areas, city parks, swimming pools, tennis courts, and private country clubs. There are the usual civic organizations of a city. Part-time employment is available in stores and on campus.