CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY F-4

223 James P. Brawley Dr., SW
Atlanta, GA 30314
Tel: (404)880-8000; 800-688-3228; Admissions: (404)880-8000; Fax: (404)880-6174; Web Site: http://www.cau.edu/

Description: Independent United Methodist, university, coed. Awards bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1865. Setting: 113-acre urban campus with easy access to Atlanta. Endowment: $31.4 million. Research spending 2002-03: $13.4 million. Educational spending 2002-03: $7215 per student. Total enrollment: 4,915. Faculty: 291 (290 full-time, 1 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 16:1. 6,939 applied, 53% were admitted. Full-time: 3,793 students, 71% women, 29% men. Part-time: 127 students, 72% women, 28% men. Students come from 43 states and territories, 60% from out-of-state, 0.03% Native American, 0.2% Hispanic, 94% black, 0.1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0% international, 37% live on campus, 10% transferred in. Retention: 72% of 2003 full-time freshmen returned. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; communications/communication technologies; psychology. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, freshman honors college, honors program, distance learning, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships. Off campus study at University Center in Georgia, Atlanta University Center. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army, Air Force.

Entrance Requirements: Options: Common Application, early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, 2 recommendations, SAT I or ACT. Recommended: minimum 2.5 high school GPA, interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 7/1. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $35. Comprehensive fee: $19,300 includes full-time tuition ($12,312), mandatory fees ($550), and college room and board ($6438). College room only: $3778. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility. Part-time tuition: $513 per credit. Part-time mandatory fees: $550 per year.

Collegiate Environment: Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, marching band, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 105 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities; 3% of eligible men and 12% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Spirit Boosters, Pre-Alumni Council, Campus Activities Board (CAB), Orientation Guides, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Major annual events: Homecoming, Greek Symposium, Miss Clark Atlanta University (CAU) Pagents. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 1,636 college housing spaces available; 1,549 were occupied in 2002-03. Freshmen given priority for college housing. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. Robert W. Woodruff Library with 836,593 microform titles, 836,593 serials, 10,555 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2002-03: $2.4 million. 300 computers available on campus for general student use. A campus-wide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment: One mile east of the campus lie the mirrored skyscrapers and modern expressways of Atlanta. The World Congress Center, the Civic Center, the Arts Alliance Center (home of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Atlantic Ballet Company), the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change, the Dome (home of the Atlanta Falcons football team), the Jimmy Carter Presidential Library, and outstanding entertainment features, such as Underground Atlanta, Stone Mountain Park, and Six Flags Over Georgia amusement park, mark Atlanta as the capital of the Sun Belt.