ATLANTA COLLEGE OF ART E-4

1280 Peachtree St., NE
Atlanta, GA 30309-3582
Tel: (404)733-5001
Free: 800-832-2104
Admissions: (404)733-5101
Fax: (404)733-5107
Web Site: http://www.aca.edu/

Description:

Independent, 4-year, coed. Awards bachelor's degrees. Founded 1928. Setting: 2-acre urban campus. Endowment: $8 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $8434 per student. Total enrollment: 330. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 10:1. 222 applied, 70% were admitted. 5% from top 10% of their high school class, 22% from top quarter, 68% from top half. Full-time: 297 students, 46% women, 54% men. Part-time: 33 students, 55% women, 45% men. Students come from 26 states and territories, 9 other countries, 31% from out-of-state, 0.3% Native American, 6% Hispanic, 25% black, 4% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 5% international, 19% 25 or older, 43% live on campus, 11% transferred in. Retention: 71% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, self-designed majors, independent study, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, internships. Off campus study at Atlanta Regional Consortium for Higher Education, Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: electronic application, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, recommendations, portfolio, SAT or ACT. Recommended: interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $30. Tuition: $16,900 full-time, $705 per semester hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $600 full-time, $80 per year part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load. College room only: $5100.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Social organizations: 15 open to all. Most popular organizations: Cipher of Peace, Outing Club, Performance Art Club, Student Activities Club, Graphic Design Club. Major annual events: Welcome Week, Spring Picnic, Juried Student Show. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour patrols, late night transport-escort service, security cameras. 150 college housing spaces available; 141 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen given priority for college housing. Option: coed housing available. Atlanta College of Art Library with 30,000 books, 200 serials, and 98,000 audiovisual materials. Operations spending 2003-04: $263,275. 80 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Atlanta, host of the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, offers students the best of the Sun Belt: long, bright, crisp fall and spring seasons with short and mild winters in the largest cosmopolitan center in the Southeast. With one of the fastest-growing economies in the nation, Atlanta today is a city bursting with newness and enormous energy while still retaining its traditions and flavor. Home to Art Papers, the city has a flourishing "grass roots" art scene, an optimal environment for the emerging artist or designer. Atlanta has scores of galleries and alternative spaces that exhibit a broad variety of artwork; a ballet and an opera; numerous movie houses showing new releases and foreign and classic films; a growing number of theater companies, large and small; many opportunities for rock, jazz, and avant-garde music; and outdoor performances and art festivals. In addition, Atlanta has a myriad of natural areas and parks, restaurants of every description, and three professional sports teams. The Atlanta College of Art is located in midtown, the cultural heart of the city, a neighborhood where skyscrapers soar above tree-lined streets filled with restored older residences, some dating from the Victorian era. The Arts Center station of MARTA, Atlanta's clean and efficient rapid transit system, is located just across the street from the College residence hall and offers easy access to many points of interest.