Inver Hills Community College: Narrative Description

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INVER HILLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE F-15

2500 East 80th St.
Inver Grove Heights, MN 55076-3224
Tel: (651)450-8500
Admissions: (651)450-8680
Fax: (651)450-8679
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.inverhills.edu/

Description:

State-supported, 2-year, coed. Part of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1969. Setting: 100-acre suburban campus with easy access to Minneapolis-St. Paul. Research spending 2003-04: $36,356. Educational spending 2003-04: $2889 per student. Total enrollment: 4,325. Students come from 13 states and territories, 56% 25 or older. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, honors program, independent study, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, co-op programs and internships. Off campus study at other colleges in the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission except for nursing, emergency medical technology programs. Recommended: high school transcript. Required for some: high school transcript. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: 8/15. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $20. State resident tuition: $3525 full-time, $117.55 per credit part-time. Nonresident tuition: $7053 full-time, $235.10 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $398 full-time, $13.25 per credit part-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 15 open to all. Most popular organizations: PTK, Black Student Union, Student Senate, Biology Club. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: late night transport-escort service, evening police patrol. College housing not available. 42,073 books, 300 serials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $340,783. 250 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed. Staffed computer lab on campus.