INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTH BEND B-9

1700 Mishawaka Ave., PO Box 7111
South Bend, IN 46634-7111
Tel: (574)520-4872; 877-GO-2-IUSB
Admissions: (574)237-4480
Fax: (574)520-4834
Web Site: http://www.indiana.edu/

Description:

State-supported, comprehensive, coed. Part of Indiana University System. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1922. Setting: 73-acre suburban campus with easy access to Chicago. Endowment: $7.1 million. Research spending 2003-04: $756,661. Educational spending 2003-04: $5461 per student. Total enrollment: 7,501. Faculty: 551 (291 full-time, 260 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 14:1. 1,446 applied, 87% were admitted. 8% from top 10% of their high school class, 25% from top quarter, 62% from top half. Full-time: 3,544 students, 63% women, 37% men. Part-time: 2,778 students, 64% women, 36% men. Students come from 13 states and territories, 2% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 3% Hispanic, 7% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 2% international, 38% 25 or older, 9% transferred in. Retention: 70% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: education; business/marketing; liberal arts/general studies. Core. Calendar: semesters. ESL program, accelerated degree program, honors program, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at Bethel College, Saint Mary's College (IN), Holy Cross College, Goshen College. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army (c), Naval (c), Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Option: deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, SAT or ACT. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 7/1. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $41.60. State resident tuition: $4349 full-time, $144.95 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $11,420 full-time, $380.65 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $406 full-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load. Part-time tuition varies according to course load.

Collegiate Environment:

Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 30 open to all; national fraternities, local sororities. Major annual event: Student Welcome Day. Student services: personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, safety seminars, lighted pathways. College housing not available. Franklin D. Schurz Library plus 1 other with 300,202 books, 445,960 microform titles, 1,937 serials, and 13,001 audiovisual materials. Operations spending 2003-04: $2 million. 200 computers available on campus for general student use. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

See University of Notre Dame.