FREE WILL BAPTIST BIBLE COLLEGE C-10

3606 West End Ave.
Nashville, TN 37205-2498
Tel: (615)844-5000
Free: 800-763-9222
Admissions: (615)844-1500
Fax: (615)269-6028
Web Site: http://www.fwbbc.edu/

Description:

Independent Free Will Baptist, 4-year, coed. Awards associate and bachelor's degrees. Founded 1942. Setting: 10-acre suburban campus. Endowment: $821,571. Educational spending 2003-04: $16,122 per student. Total enrollment: 358. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 10:1. 127 applied, 67% were admitted. Full-time: 299 students, 52% women, 48% men. Part-time: 59 students, 49% women, 51% men. Students come from 25 states and territories, 6 other countries, 69% from out-of-state, 0.3% Native American, 1% Hispanic, 4% black, 0% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 2% international, 16% 25 or older, 71% live on campus, 7% transferred in. Retention: 57% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, advanced placement, self-designed majors, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, internships. ROTC: Army (c), Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: Common Application, electronic application, early admission, deferred admission. Required: essay, high school transcript, 3 recommendations, medical history, ACT. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Preference given to Free Will Baptists.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $35. Comprehensive fee: $12,030 includes full-time tuition ($6970), mandatory fees ($590), and college room and board ($4470). Room and board charges vary according to board plan. Part-time tuition: $296 per semester hour. Part-time tuition varies according to course load.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 265 undergraduates lived in college housing during 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through senior year. Options: men-only, women-only housing available. Welch Library with 131,200 books, 71,232 microform titles, 388 serials, and 3,835 audiovisual materials. Operations spending 2003-04: $193,468. 27 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed.

Community Environment:

See Vanderbilt University.