HENDERSON STATE UNIVERSITY I-8

1100 Henderson St.
Arkadelphia, AR 71999-0001
Tel: (870)230-5000
Free: 800-228-7333
Admissions: (870)230-5028
Fax: (870)230-5144
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.hsu.edu

Description:

State-supported, comprehensive, coed. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1890. Setting: 139-acre small town campus with easy access to Little Rock. Research spending 2003-04: $367,540. Educational spending 2003-04: $4539 per student. Total enrollment: 3,461. Faculty: 218 (157 full-time, 61 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 17:1. 1,996 applied, 61% were admitted. 16% from top 10% of their high school class, 39% from top quarter, 77% from top half. Full-time: 2,698 students, 56% women, 44% men. Part-time: 338 students, 64% women, 36% men. Students come from 24 states and territories, 27 other countries, 12% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 1% Hispanic, 17% black, 0.5% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 2% international, 20% 25 or older, 9% transferred in. Retention: 60% 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, services for LD students, advanced placement, honors program, distance learning, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at Ouachita Baptist University.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: electronic application, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, SAT or ACT. Recommended: minimum 2.5 high school GPA, ACT. Required for some: essay, 3 recommendations. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 7/15. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $0. State resident tuition: $3640 full-time, $130 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $7280 full-time, $260 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $470 full-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load. Part-time tuition varies according to course load. College room and board: $3738. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, marching band, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 85 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities; 11% of eligible men and 13% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Heart and Key, Student Government Association, Residence Hall Association. Major annual events: homecoming, Spring Fling, Parents' Weekend. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, controlled dormitory access. 950 college housing spaces available; 876 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen given priority for college housing. On-campus residence required in freshman year. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. Huie Library with 262,572 books, 212,722 microform titles, 1,516 serials, 18,717 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $756,161. 125 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:

Arkadelphia is 55 miles southwest of Little Rock, and 35 miles south of Hot Springs, America's oldest national park. Arkadelphia is a modern, progressive city, and a well-known educational center. The Missouri Pacific Railroad, U.S. Interstate 30, U.S. Highway 67, and state highways make this city easily accessible from all parts of the state.