INDIANA UNIVERSITY KOKOMO F-9

PO Box 9003
Kokomo, IN 46904-9003
Tel: (765)453-2000; 888-875-4485
Admissions: (765)455-9217
Fax: (765)455-9537
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.iuk.edu/

Description:

State-supported, comprehensive, coed. Part of Indiana University System. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1945. Setting: 51-acre small town campus with easy access to Indianapolis. Endowment: $3.8 million. Research spending 2003-04: $260,146. Educational spending 2003-04: $4665 per student. Total enrollment: 2,903. Faculty: 184 (99 full-time, 85 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 16:1. 745 applied, 79% were admitted. 4% from top 10% of their high school class, 25% from top quarter, 60% from top half. Full-time: 1,426 students, 71% women, 29% men. Part-time: 1,306 students, 74% women, 26% men. Students come from 3 states and territories, 1% from out-of-state, 0.5% Native American, 1% Hispanic, 3% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0.3% international, 44% 25 or older, 9% transferred in. Retention: 60% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: education; liberal arts/general studies; business/marketing. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, freshman honors college, honors program, independent study, distance learning, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: early admission, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, SAT or ACT. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: 8/3. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $30. State resident tuition: $4283 full-time, $142.75 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $10,673 full-time, $355.75 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $349 full-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load. Part-time tuition varies according to course load.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 20 open to all. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour patrols, late night transport-escort service, campus police, lighted pathways. College housing not available. Main library plus 1 other with 132,424 books, 460,552 microform titles, 1,513 serials, and 1,466 audiovisual materials. Operations spending 2003-04: $766,980. 120 computers available on campus for general student use. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Kokomo (population 44,042) is an urban area, enjoying a temperate climate, with excellent community facilities; shopping areas, library, museum, 71 churches and two hospitals. All forms of transportation are available. The General Motors Corp. and Chrysler Corp. plants in Kokomo manufacture car radios, transistors, transmissions, and aluminum die castings. Kokomo is the home of Elwood Haynes who invented one of the first American automobiles in 1893. Part-time employment is available.