INDIANA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY D-12

1600 East Washington Blvd.
Fort Wayne, IN 46803-1297
Tel: (260)422-5561; 888-666-TECH
Fax: (260)422-7696
Web Site: http://www.indianatech.edu

Description:

Independent, comprehensive, coed. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1930. Setting: 25-acre urban campus. Endowment: $20 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $4200 per student. Total enrollment: 3,425. Faculty: 280 (41 full-time, 239 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 15:1. 2,836 applied, 92% were admitted. 7% from top 10% of their high school class, 27% from top quarter, 57% from top half. Full-time: 1,601 students, 52% women, 48% men. Part-time: 1,397 students, 60% women, 40% men. Students come from 29 states and territories, 4 other countries, 48% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 2% Hispanic, 19% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0.4% international, 6% 25 or older, 49% live on campus, 2% transferred in. Retention: 56% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; engineering/engineering technologies; computer/information sciences. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, electronic application, early admission, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, SAT or ACT. Recommended: minimum 3.0 high school GPA, interview, 2 references. Placement: SAT, ACT, COMPASS exam for math placement required. Entrance: moderately difficult. Notification: continuous until 10/15.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $50. Comprehensive fee: $24,350 includes full-time tuition ($17,600) and college room and board ($6750). Full-time tuition varies according to class time, course load, and program. Room and board charges vary according to housing facility and student level. Part-time tuition: $586 per credit hour. Part-time tuition varies according to class time, course load, and program.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Choral group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: national fraternities, national sororities, local sororities; 15% of eligible men and 5% of eligible women are members. Major annual events: homecoming, graduation, Student Board Dance. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, controlled dormitory access. 317 college housing spaces available; 312 were occupied in 2003-04. On-campus residence required through sophomore year. Option: coed housing available. McMillen Library with 32,000 books, 150 serials, 92 audiovisual materials, and an OPAC. Operations spending 2003-04: $190,600. 270 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:

Fort Wayne is the hub of the great north central industrial and agricultural America and gateway to the northern Indiana lake region. Gasoline tank and pump manufacturing originated here, and industries now include a General Motors truck plant, electronics, automotive, and agriculture. The city has 147 churches, a civic theatre, and Philharmonic Symphony. Points of interest are the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum, Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Concordia Senior College, Fort Wayne Art School and Museum, Lincoln Museum, Lincoln Tower Building, Historical Fort Wayne, and many city parks.