NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY C-6

1401 Presque Isle Ave.
Marquette, MI 49855-5301
Tel: (906)227-1000
Free: 800-682-9797
Admissions: (906)227-2650
Fax: (906)227-1747
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.nmu.edu/

Description:

State-supported, comprehensive, coed. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1899. Setting: 300-acre small town campus with easy access to Sawyer International. Endowment: $29.3 million. Total enrollment: 9,846. Faculty: 428 (311 full-time, 117 part-time). 5,001 applied, 83% were admitted. Full-time: 8,156 students, 55% women, 45% men. Part-time: 962 students, 54% women, 46% men. 19% from out-of-state, 2% Native American, 1% Hispanic, 2% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0% international, 32% live on campus, 6% transferred in. Retention: 72% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: education; business/marketing; social sciences and history. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at other public institutions in Michigan. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, SAT or ACT. Required for some: minimum 2.25 high school GPA. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $30. One-time mandatory fee: $100. State resident tuition: $4776 full-time, $199 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $8184 full-time, $341 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $658 full-time, $30 per term part-time. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to location. College room and board: $6182. 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: 200 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities; 2% of eligible men and 2% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Associated Students of Northern Michigan University, Platform Personalities, campus cinema, Northern Arts and Entertainment, Student Leader Fellowship Program. Major annual events: homecoming, Winterfest, Fallfest. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service. College housing designed to accommodate 2,360 students; 2,712 undergraduates lived in college housing during 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through sophomore year. Option: coed housing available. Lydia Olson Library plus 1 other with 592,689 books, 830,197 microform titles, 2,588 serials, 7,369 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $1.1 million. 9,000 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Located on Lake Superior, Marquette is a day's driving distance from Chicago, Minneapolis, Duluth and Milwaukee. It is an important service and distribution center.