Caribbean University: Narrative Description

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CARIBBEAN UNIVERSITY B-12

Box 493
Bayamon, PR 00960-0493
Tel: (787)780-0070; Admissions: (787)780-0070; Fax: (787)785-0101; Web Site: http://www.caribbean.edu/

Description: Independent, comprehensive, coed. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1969. Setting: 16-acre campus with easy access to San Juan. Total enrollment: 3,352. 1,932 applied, 82% were admitted. 25% from top half of their high school class. 33% 25 or older. Core. Calendar: trimesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, accelerated degree program, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs. ROTC: Army (c).

Entrance Requirements: Option: deferred admission. Required: high school transcript. Placement: SAT I, SAT II: Subject Tests required. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: Rolling.

Collegiate Environment: Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. College housing not available. 17,632 books and 153 serials. 90 computers available on campus for general student use.

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