BELLEVUE UNIVERSITY F-16

1000 Galvin Rd. South
Bellevue, NE 68005-3098
Tel: (402)291-8100
Free: 800-756-7920
Admissions: (402)293-2026
Fax: (402)293-2020
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.bellevue.edu/

Description:

Independent, comprehensive, coed. Awards bachelor's and master's degrees. Founded 1965. Setting: 35-acre suburban campus with easy access to Omaha. Endowment: $22.5 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $2350 per student. Total enrollment: 5,524. Faculty: 351 (68 full-time, 283 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 16:1. 191 applied, 92% were admitted. Full-time: 2,913 students, 48% women, 52% men. Part-time: 1,380 students, 51% women, 49% men. Students come from 42 states and territories, 66 other countries, 20% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 7% Hispanic, 10% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 7% international, 82% 25 or older. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; computer/information sciences; health professions and related sciences; protective services/public administration. Core. Calendar: semesters for day division, trimesters for evening division. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships. ROTC: Army (c), Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Option: deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, ACT. Required for some: 3 recommendations. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $25. Tuition: $4650 full-time, $155 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $90 full-time, $45 per term part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to program. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to program.

Collegiate Environment:

Student-run newspaper. Major annual events: Student Appreciation Days, Halloween, Christmas. Student services: personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices. College housing not available. Freeman/Lozier Library plus 1 other with 100,904 books, 6,500 microform titles, 12,468 serials, 4,200 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $718,428. 1,000 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

The oldest continuous settlement in Nebraska, Bellevue is located on the bluffs of the Missouri River, just south of Omaha and adjoining Offutt Air Force Base, the headquarters of the Strategic Air Command. The Fontenelle Forest Nature Center between Bellevue and the Missouri River contains displays of regional habitats.