FELICIAN COLLEGE F-14

262 South Main St.
Lodi, NJ 07644-2117
Tel: (201)559-6000
Admissions: (201)559-6187
Fax: (973)778-4111
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.felician.edu/

Description:

Independent Roman Catholic, comprehensive, coed. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1942. Setting: 37-acre suburban campus with easy access to New York City. Endowment: $716,953. Educational spending 2003-04: $6023 per student. Total enrollment: 1,665. Faculty: 162 (63 full-time, 99 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 12:1. 1,114 applied, 76% were admitted. Full-time: 1,102 students, 75% women, 25% men. Part-time: 349 students, 79% women, 21% men. Students come from 10 states and territories, 7% from out-of-state, 0.4% Native American, 14% Hispanic, 13% black, 5% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 3% international, 60% 25 or older, 15% transferred in. Retention: 64% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; education; psychology. 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, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Option: Common Application. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, SAT or ACT. Required for some: essay, interview, ACT, SAT Subject Tests. Entrance: moderately difficult.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $30. Comprehensive fee: $24,600 includes full-time tuition ($15,900), mandatory fees ($1200), and college room and board ($7500). Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course level, course load, degree level, and program. Part-time tuition: $530 per credit. Part-time tuition varies according to course level, course load, degree level, and program.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group. Social organizations: 20 open to all; local fraternities, local sororities; 15% of eligible men and 30% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Student Nurses Association, Zeta Alpha Zeta teaching sorority, Campus Activity Board, Students In Free Enterprise, Student Government Association. Major annual events: Homecoming/College Festival, Midnight Madness, Springfest. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service. 500 college housing spaces available. Freshmen given priority for college housing. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. Felician College Library with 101,040 books, 77,143 microform titles, 563 serials, 3,991 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $393,821. 100 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:

Felician is located on two campuses, in Lodi and in Rutherford, in Bergen County, New Jersey, 12 miles from New York City and 10 minutes from the Meadowlands Sports Complex.