INDIANA UNIVERSITY-PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE D-12

2101 East Coliseum Blvd.
Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499
Tel: (260)481-6100
Admissions: (260)481-6812
Web Site: http://www.ipfw.edu/

Description:

State-supported, comprehensive, coed. Part of Indiana University System and Purdue University System. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1917. Setting: 565-acre urban campus. Endowment: $17.8 million. Research spending 2003-04: $637,537. Educational spending 2003-04: $4389 per student. Total enrollment: 11,810. Faculty: 734 (352 full-time, 382 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 17:1. 2,915 applied, 96% were admitted. 9% from top 10% of their high school class, 27% from top quarter, 59% from top half. Full-time: 6,648 students, 56% women, 44% men. Part-time: 4,441 students, 61% women, 39% men. Students come from 47 states and territories, 66 other countries, 4% from out-of-state, 0.4% Native American, 2% Hispanic, 5% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 38% 25 or older, 6% live on campus, 6% transferred in. Retention: 62% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; education; liberal arts/general studies. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, 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 National Student Exchange. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: electronic application, early admission, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, SAT or ACT. Recommended: rank in upper 50% of high school class. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: 8/1. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $30. State resident tuition: $4740 full-time, $158 per semester hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $11,678 full-time, $389.25 per semester hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $572 full-time, $19.05 per semester hour part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load, location, and student level. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load, location, and student level.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 80 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities; 2% of eligible men and 1% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Campus Ministry, Hispanos Unidos, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Psi Chi, United Sexualities. Major annual events: PIT Theater Performances, Kids' Carnival, IPFW Health Fair. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service. College housing not available. Helmke Library with 479,992 books, 536,519 microform titles, 10,964 serials, 1,000 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $2.5 million. 285 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

See Indiana Institute of Technology.