INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY J-5

210 North Seventh St.
Terre Haute, IN 47809-1401
Tel: (812)237-6311
Free: 800-742-0891
Admissions: (812)237-2121
Fax: (812)237-8023
Web Site: http://web.indstate.edu/

Description:

State-supported, university, coed. Awards associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1865. Setting: 91-acre small town campus with easy access to Indianapolis. Endowment: $41.4 million. Research spending 2003-04: $11.1 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $6112 per student. Total enrollment: 11,200. Faculty: 691 (523 full-time, 168 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 17:1. 5,399 applied, 83% were admitted. 10% from top 10% of their high school class, 26% from top quarter, 59% from top half. Full-time: 8,122 students, 50% women, 50% men. Part-time: 1,199 students, 55% women, 45% men. Students come from 44 states and territories, 44 other countries, 8% from out-of-state, 0.4% Native American, 1% Hispanic, 12% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 2% international, 18% 25 or older, 36% live on campus, 7% transferred in. Retention: 70% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; education; social sciences and history. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, honors program, 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. Off campus study at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army, Air Force.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: electronic application, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, SAT or ACT. Required for some: recommendations, interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 8/1. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $25. State resident tuition: $5536 full-time, $200 per credit part-time. Nonresident tuition: $12,264 full-time, $433 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $104 full-time, $52 per term part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load and student level. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to student level. College room and board: $5615. College room only: $2972. Room and board charges vary according to board plan, housing facility, and student level.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, marching band, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 183 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities; 14% of eligible men and 11% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Union Boards, Student Government Association, Black Student Union, Student Alumni Association. Major annual events: Homecoming, Donaghy Day, Tandemonia. Student services: legal services, health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service. 3,630 college housing spaces available; 3,251 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required in freshman year. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. Cunningham Memorial Library plus 1 other with 2.5 million books, 2,827 serials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $4.8 million. 450 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:

Indiana State is located in Terre Haute, a city of 60,000, on the banks of the Wabash River. Terre Haute is within a 500-mile radius of more than half the population of the United States. Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Louisville, and Nashville are within a half-day drive, and Indianapolis is only an hour and a half away. Terre Haute's cultural attractions include the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra, Community Theater, the Sheldon Swope Art Museum, the Eugene V. Debs. Museum, and the Vigo County Historical Museum. The educational atmosphere of the city is enhanced by Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, and Indiana Vocational-Tech College.