EDINBORO UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA C-3

Edinboro, PA 16444
Tel: (814)732-2000
Free: 800-626-2203
Admissions: (814)732-2761
Fax: (814)732-2420
Web Site: http://www.edinboro.edu/

Description:

State-supported, comprehensive, coed. Part of Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1857. Setting: 585-acre small town campus. Endowment: $7.2 million. Research spending 2003-04: $85,727. Educational spending 2003-04: $5628 per student. Total enrollment: 7,773. Faculty: 405 (376 full-time, 29 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 17:1. 3,577 applied, 76% were admitted. 6% from top 10% of their high school class, 21% from top quarter, 53% from top half. Full-time: 6,030 students, 57% women, 43% men. Part-time: 705 students, 64% women, 36% men. Students come from 41 states and territories, 39 other countries, 11% from out-of-state, 0.2% Native American, 1% Hispanic, 7% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 2% international, 18% 25 or older, 27% live on campus, 7% transferred in. Retention: 69% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: education; visual/performing arts; protective services/public administration. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, self-designed majors, freshman honors college, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at members of the Northwestern Pennsylvania Planning Council for Higher Education, Gannon University, Mercyhurst College, Hamot Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University at Erie, The Behrend College, Clarion University of Pennsylvania, Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh, Case-Western University. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, SAT or ACT. Recommended: minimum 2.0 high school GPA. Required for some: essay, interview, music auditions, SAT, ACT. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $25. Area resident tuition: $200 per credit part-time. State resident tuition: $4810 full-time. Nonresident tuition: $9620 full-time, $401 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $1279 full-time, $47 per credit part-time, $25 per term part-time. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load. College room and board: $5338. College room only: $3320. Room and board charges vary according to board plan.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, marching band, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 109 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local fraternities, local sororities. Most popular organizations: Student Government Association, AFRICA, Gamma Sigma Sigma, Health and Physical Education Majors Club. Major annual events: Homecoming, Greek Week, Black History Month. Student services: legal services, health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, self-defense education. 2,500 college housing spaces available; 1,819 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required in freshman year. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. Baron-Forness Library plus 1 other with 501,276 books, 1.4 million microform titles, 1,523 serials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $2.4 million. 818 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Population 7,736, Edinboro lies approximately 18 miles south of Erie, Pennsylvania. The community has several churches that represent various denominations. Bus and highway transportation is available. Local recreational facilities include hunting, boating, swimming, fishing, golf, and skiing. Edinboro Lake, which is one mile from the campus, has three beaches.