LANGSTON UNIVERSITY E-10

PO Box 907
Langston, OK 73050-0907
Tel: (405)466-2231; Admissions: (405)466-2980; Fax: (405)466-3381; Web Site: http://www.lunet.edu/

Description: State-supported, comprehensive, coed. Part of Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1897. Setting: 40-acre rural campus with easy access to Oklahoma City. Total enrollment: 3,008. 2,088 applied, 50% were admitted. Full-time: 2,230 students, 56% women, 44% men. Part-time: 666 students, 63% women, 37% men. Students come from 37 states and territories, 8 other countries, 2% Native American, 1% Hispanic, 75% black, 0.4% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 20% 25 or older. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: health professions and related sciences; education; psychology. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, honors program, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. ROTC: Army (c).

Entrance Requirements: Open admission. Option: electronic application. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.70 high school GPA, SAT I or ACT. Required for some: recommendations. Placement: SAT I or ACT required. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: Rolling.

Costs Per Year: State resident tuition: $1818 full-time. Nonresident tuition: $5430 full-time. Mandatory fees: $969 full-time. College room and board: $4380. College room only: $2400.

Collegiate Environment: Orientation program. Drama-theater group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: national fraternities, national sororities. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. 1,726 college housing spaces available; 1,384 were occupied in 2002-03. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through sophomore year. Main library plus 2 others with 97,565 books, 824,457 microform titles, 1,235 serials, 4,974 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. 200 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: Langston is a small rural community located 40 miles northeast of Oklahoma City and 90 miles west of Tulsa, OK.