Cincinnati State Technical and Community College: Narrative Description

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CINCINNATI STATE TECHNICAL AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE L-2

3520 Central Parkway
Cincinnati, OH 45223-2690
Tel: (513)569-1500
Admissions: (513)569-1550
Fax: (513)569-1562
Web Site: http://www.cincinnatistate.edu/

Description:

State-supported, 2-year, coed. Part of Ohio Board of Regents. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1966. Setting: 46-acre urban campus. Endowment: $1.3 million. Total enrollment: 8,472. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 16:1. Students come from 9 states and territories, 62 other countries, 11% from out-of-state, 0.1% Native American, 1% Hispanic, 27% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 2% international, 45% 25 or older. Retention: 48% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Calendar: 5 ten-week terms. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, self-designed majors, honors program, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, co-op programs and internships. Off campus study at 12 members of the Greater Cincinnati Consortium of Colleges and Universities.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Option: electronic application. Required: high school transcript. Placement: ACT COMPASS required. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $0. State resident tuition: $4152 full-time, $71.40 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $8019 full-time, $142.80 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $155 full-time, $31 per term part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to reciprocity agreements. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to reciprocity agreements.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group. Social organizations: 12 open to all. Most popular organizations: student government, Nursing Student Association, Phi Theta Kappa, American Society of Civil Engineers, Students in Free Enterprise. Major annual events: homecoming, Student government Picnic, Spirit Week. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service. College housing not available. Johnnie Mae Berry Library with 30,762 books, 268 serials, 3,428 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. 150 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

See University of Cincinnati.

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