CLARK UNIVERSITY E-9

950 Main St.
Worcester, MA 01610-1477
Tel: (508)793-7711
Free: 800-GO-CLARK
Admissions: (508)793-7431
Fax: (508)793-8821
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.clarku.edu/

Description:

Independent, university, coed. Awards bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1887. Setting: 50-acre urban campus with easy access to Boston. Endowment: $188.7 million. Research spending 2003-04: $3195. Educational spending 2003-04: $10,756 per student. Total enrollment: 3,115. Faculty: 276 (169 full-time, 107 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 10:1. 4,239 applied, 62% were admitted. 31% from top 10% of their high school class, 72% from top quarter, 99% from top half. Full-time: 2,040 students, 61% women, 39% men. Part-time: 164 students, 51% women, 49% men. Students come from 48 states and territories, 55 other countries, 60% from out-of-state, 0.2% Native American, 3% Hispanic, 3% black, 4% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 7% international, 1% 25 or older, 77% live on campus, 2% transferred in. Retention: 85% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: social sciences and history; psychology; business/marketing. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at Worcester Consortium for Higher Education, Howard University. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army (c), Naval (c), Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, early admission, early decision, deferred admission. Required: essay, high school transcript, 2 recommendations, SAT and SAT Subject Tests or ACT. Recommended: interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadlines: 2/1, 11/15 for early decision. Notification: 4/1, 12/15 for early decision.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $50. Comprehensive fee: $33,665 includes full-time tuition ($28,000), mandatory fees ($265), and college room and board ($5400). College room only: $3300. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility. Part-time tuition: $875 per credit hour.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 74 open to all. Most popular organizations: Student Activities Board, Hillel, Pub Entertainment Committee, Massachusetts PIRG, Film Society. Major annual events: Academic Spree Day, Student Spree Day, G and P Variety Show. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 1,570 college housing spaces available; 1,545 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through sophomore year. Options: coed, women-only housing available. Robert Hutchings Goddard Library plus 4 others with 289,658 books, 60,084 microform titles, 1,383 serials, 1,007 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $2.8 million. 200 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:

An industrial center and state center for biotechnology and related research, Worcester is the second largest city in all of New England. Good transportation facilities make area easily accessible. Located 38 miles west of Boston, city has several religious groups of all denominations, as well as significant libraries, museums, parks, theatre, and music facilities and municipal recreation opportunities and the Centrum (seating 13,000) houses concerts, sport events, and exhibits. Many students take advantage of the city's offerings through paid and unpaid internships with area corporations and institutions.