HUSSON COLLEGE K-8

One College Circle
Bangor, ME 04401-2999
Tel: (207)941-7000
Free: 800-4-HUSSON
Admissions: (207)941-7100
Fax: (207)941-7935
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.husson.edu/

Description:

Independent, comprehensive, coed. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1898. Setting: 170-acre suburban campus. Endowment: $3.4 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $2747 per student. Total enrollment: 2,039. Faculty: 53 (47 full-time, 6 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 19:1. 667 applied, 97% were admitted. 4% from top 10% of their high school class, 19% from top quarter, 57% from top half. 9 class presidents, 2 valedictorians, 54 student government officers. Full-time: 1,234 students, 57% women, 43% men. Part-time: 544 students, 70% women, 30% men. Students come from 15 states and territories, 13 other countries, 12% from out-of-state, 0.2% Native American, 0.3% Hispanic, 2% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 2% international, 13% 25 or older, 56% live on campus, 6% transferred in. Retention: 66% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; health professions and related sciences; computer/information sciences. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, self-designed majors, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. ROTC: Army (c), Naval (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early admission, early action, deferred admission. Required: essay, high school transcript, 1 recommendation, SAT or ACT. Recommended: interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadlines: 9/1, 12/15 for early action. Notification: continuous, 1/2 for early action.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $25. Comprehensive fee: $16,900 includes full-time tuition ($10,800), mandatory fees ($250), and college room and board ($5850). Full-time tuition and fees vary according to class time. Part-time tuition: $360 per credit hour. Part-time tuition varies according to class time and course load.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 31 open to all; national fraternities, local fraternities, local sororities; 2% of eligible men and 4% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: student government, Organization of Student Nurses, Organization of Physical Therapy Students, Accounting Society, Phi Beta Lambda. Major annual events: Chief Week, Spring Fling, homecoming. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols. 790 college housing spaces available; 700 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through senior year. Option: coed housing available. Sawyer Library with 37,871 books, 15,147 microform titles, 500 serials, 190 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $143,239. 57 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms. Staffed computer lab on campus.