CORNERSTONE UNIVERSITY L-17

1001 East Beltline Ave., NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49525-5897
Tel: (616)949-5300
Free: 800-787-9778
Admissions: (616)222-1426
Fax: (616)222-1540
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.cornerstone.edu/

Description:

Independent nondenominational, comprehensive, coed. Awards associate, bachelor's, master's, and first professional degrees. Founded 1941. Setting: 132-acre suburban campus. Endowment: $5.1 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $3408 per student. Total enrollment: 2,414. Faculty: 124 (69 full-time, 55 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 22:1. 1,000 applied, 77% were admitted. 15% from top 10% of their high school class, 39% from top quarter, 73% from top half. 1 National Merit Scholar, 17 valedictorians. Full-time: 1,586 students, 63% women, 37% men. Part-time: 499 students, 58% women, 42% men. Students come from 31 states and territories, 1 other country, 2% from out-of-state, 0.4% Native American, 2% Hispanic, 19% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 6% 25 or older, 56% live on campus, 5% transferred in. Retention: 74% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; English; communications/communication technologies; psychology. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, advanced placement, accelerated degree 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 Calvin College, Reformed Bible College, Grace Bible College. ROTC: Army (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Option: deferred admission. Required: essay, high school transcript, minimum 2.5 high school GPA, 1 recommendation, SAT or ACT. Recommended: interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $25. Comprehensive fee: $20,220 includes full-time tuition ($14,700) and college room and board ($5520). College room only: $2520. Room and board charges vary according to board plan. Part-time tuition: $566 per hour. Part-time tuition varies according to course load.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 13 open to all. Most popular organizations: student government, Student Education Association, Breakpoint, Student Activities Council. Major annual events: homecoming, Winter Banquet, Spring Splash. 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. College housing designed to accommodate 718 students; 737 undergraduates lived in college housing during 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through junior year. Options: men-only, women-only housing available. Miller Library with 109,376 books, 287,358 microform titles, 1,073 serials, 19,702 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $680,609. 531 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.