NIAGARA COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE J-7

3111 Saunders Settlement Rd.
Sanborn, NY 14132-9460
Tel: (716)614-6222
Admissions: (716)614-6201
Fax: (716)731-4053
Web Site: http://www.niagaracc.suny.edu/

Description:

State and locally supported, 2-year, coed. Part of State University of New York System. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1962. Setting: 287-acre rural campus with easy access to Buffalo. Endowment: $1.7 million. Total enrollment: 5,546. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 18:1. 2,344 applied, 89% were admitted. 6% from top 10% of their high school class, 26% from top quarter, 63% from top half. Full-time: 3,505 students, 57% women, 43% men. Part-time: 2,041 students, 63% women, 37% men. Students come from 15 states and territories, 1% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 1% Hispanic, 7% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 31% 25 or older, 5% transferred in. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships. Off campus study at 17 members of the Western New York Consortium. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: electronic application, early admission. Required: high school transcript. Required for some: minimum 2.0 high school GPA. Entrance: noncompetitive. Notification: continuous until 8/31.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $0. State resident tuition: $2976 full-time, $124 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $4464 full-time, $186 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $294 full-time, $60 per term part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to program. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to program.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 40 open to all. Most popular organizations: student radio station, Student Nurses Association, Phi Theta Kappa, Alpha Beta Gamma, Physical Education Club. Major annual events: All College Picnics, Orientation, theatrical/musical events. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: student patrols, late night transport-escort service, emergency telephones. College housing not available. Library Learning Center with 93,055 books, 122,936 microform titles, 524 serials, 20,207 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $938,856. 414 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed. Staffed computer lab on campus.