BRYANT COLLEGE C-7

1150 Douglas Pike
Smithfield, RI 02917-1284
Tel: (401)232-6000; 800-622-7001; Admissions: (401)232-6100; Fax: (401)232-6741; E-mail: [email protected]; Web Site: http://www.bryant.edu/

Description: Independent, comprehensive, specialized, coed. Awards bachelor's and master's degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1863. Setting: 392-acre suburban campus with easy access to Boston and Providence. Endowment: $116.9 million. Research spending 2002-03: $3.4 million. Educational spending 2002-03: $6289 per student. Total enrollment: 3,459. Faculty: 228 (135 full-time, 93 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 16:1. 3,910 applied, 59% were admitted. 11% from top 10% of their high school class, 42% from top quarter, 87% from top half. 1 valedictorian. Full-time: 2,729 students, 40% women, 60% men. Part-time: 247 students, 47% women, 53% men. Students come from 31 states and territories, 33 other countries, 75% from out-of-state, 0.2% Native American, 3% Hispanic, 3% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 2% international, 6% 25 or older, 77% live on campus, 5% transferred in. Retention: 79% of 2003 full-time freshmen returned. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; computer/information sciences; social sciences and history. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, honors program, independent study, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army.

Entrance Requirements: Options: Common Application, electronic application, early admission, early decision, early action, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript, 1 recommendation, senior year first-quarter grades, SAT I or ACT. Recommended: minimum 3.0 high school GPA, interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadlines: 2/15, 11/15 for early decision, 11/15 for early action. Notification: 3/15, 12/15 for early decision, 1/15 for early action.

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $50. Comprehensive fee: $32,554 includes full-time tuition ($23,580) and college room and board ($8974). College room only: $5148. Full-time tuition varies according to course load and program. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility. Part-time tuition: $849 per course. Part-time tuition varies according to course load and program.

Collegiate Environment: Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 60 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities; 8% of eligible men and 6% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Bryant Outdoor Activities Club, Student Programming Board, Rhythm and Pride Dance Team, radio station, Bryant Players (drama club). Major annual events: homecoming, Parents' and Family Weekend, Spring Weekend. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access, bicycle patrols, video cameras, lighted path-ways/sidewalks, monitored one point of access/egress. 2,484 college housing spaces available; 2,297 were occupied in 2002-03. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. Options: coed, women-only housing available. Douglas and Judith Krupp Library with 4.1 million books, 14,000 microform titles, 1,000 serials, 908 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2002-03: $1.1 million. 486 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: The college is located in the midst of the social, cultural, and recreational center that is southern New England. Its 392-acre campus offers the best of two worlds: the security of its suburban location with easy access to the excitement of the city. The setting, the campus, and the ultramodern facilities have been designed to maximize the interaction between faculty, students and administrators. This integrative atmosphere contributes to an individualistic approach to education and fosters an intimate relationship among all segments of the college community.