BIG SANDY COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE F-15

One Bert T. Combs Dr.
Prestonsburg, KY 41653-1815
Tel: (606)886-3863; 888-641-4132
Fax: (606)886-6943
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.bigsandy.kctcs.edu/

Description:

State-supported, 2-year, coed. Part of Kentucky Community and Technical College System. Awards transfer associate and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1964. Setting: 50-acre rural campus. Endowment: $700,000. Total enrollment: 4,406. 0% from out-of-state, 0.1% Native American, 0.2% Hispanic, 1% black, 0.2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 44% 25 or older. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, independent study, distance learning, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs. Off campus study at Morehead State University.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission except for nursing program. Options: Common Application, early admission, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript. Placement: ACT required; ACT ASSET recommended. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $0. Area resident tuition: $2940 full-time, $98 per credit hour part-time. State resident tuition: $3540 full-time, $118 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $8820 full-time, $294 per credit hour part-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Choral group. Social organizations: 8 open to all. Most popular organizations: Phi Theta Kappa, Baptist Student Union, Student Government Association, Phi Beta Lambda, Kentucky Association of Nursing Students. Major annual events: Spring Blowout, College Day Fair, Disabilities Awareness Day. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices. College housing not available. Magoffin Learning Resource Center with 34,668 books, 259 serials, and an OPAC. Operations spending 2003-04: $360,000. 200 computers available on campus for general student use. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Prestonsburg is the site of a revolutionary war battle and General Garfield's headquarters in 1862. Surrounding the city are eastern Kentucky's coal, oil and gas fields. The urban area has transportation provided by bus and car. The city has hospitals, churches of all denominations, average shopping facilities, and good opportunities for part-time employment. Recreational facilities are available at a state park with boating, fishing, swimming, water skiing, horseback riding, and high lift. Locally are a public park, bowling alley, golf course, swimming pool and tennis courts. The Kentucky Highland Folk Festival, The Jenny Wiley Festival and Horse Show are annual events.