MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY D-11

1301 East Main St.
Murfreesboro, TN 37132
Tel: (615)898-2300
Free: 800-433-MTSU
Admissions: (615)898-2111
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.mtsu.edu/

Description:

State-supported, university, coed. Part of Tennessee Board of Regents. Awards associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1911. Setting: 500-acre urban campus with easy access to Nashville. Endowment: $893,062. Research spending 2003-04: $3.6 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $4856 per student. Total enrollment: 22,322. Faculty: 1,054 (768 full-time, 286 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 24:1. 6,451 applied, 84% were admitted. 12% from top 10% of their high school class, 31% from top quarter, 58% from top half. 2 National Merit Scholars, 31 valedictorians. Full-time: 17,130 students, 53% women, 47% men. Part-time: 3,158 students, 55% women, 45% men. Students come from 47 states and territories, 8% from out-of-state, 0.4% Native American, 2% Hispanic, 12% black, 3% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0% international, 21% 25 or older, 20% live on campus, 10% transferred in. Retention: 68% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; visual/performing arts; communications/communication technologies; interdisciplinary studies. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, freshman honors college, 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 Tennessee State University. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army, Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: electronic application, early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, minimum 3.0 high school GPA, SAT or ACT. Required for some: essay. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 7/1. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $25. State resident tuition: $3352 full-time, $147 per semester hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $11,840 full-time, $515 per semester hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $878 full-time. Part-time tuition varies according to course load. College room and board: $4814. College room only: $2576. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, marching band, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 153 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local sororities; 4% of eligible men and 4% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: African-American Student Association, Student Tennessee Education Association, Gamma Beta Phi, Golden Key National Honor Society. Major annual events: Homecoming, Welcome Week, African-American History Month activities. Student services: legal services, health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 3,210 college housing spaces available; 3,108 were occupied in 2003-04. No special consideration for freshman housing applicants. Options: men-only, women-only housing available. James E. Walker Library with 748,888 books, 1.3 million microform titles, 4,144 serials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $7.6 million. 2,300 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:

Murfreesboro is a small city of about 60,000 that is 32 miles southeast of the state capital, Nashville. Capital of the state from 1819 to 1825, Murfreesboro is a city proud of its history, but one that is changing with the times. Community and area facilities include historical landmarks such as Stones River Battlefield and Old Fort Park. Facilities range from an amphitheater to tennis courts, growing industries, charming old homes, new apartment complexes, churches, numerous recreational areas including many for water sports, the Veteran's Hospital. Because of its geographic location in the center of the state, MTSU is easily accessible from any direction.