THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY DUBOIS CAMPUS OF THE COMMONWEALTH COLLEGE G-9

College Place
DuBois, PA 15801-3199
Tel: (814)375-4700
Free: 800-346-7627
Admissions: (814)865-5471
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.ds.psu.edu/

Description:

State-related, primarily 2-year, coed. Part of Pennsylvania State University. Awards transfer associate, terminal associate, and bachelor's degrees (also offers up to 2 years of most bachelor's degree programs offered at University Park campus). Founded 1935. Setting: 20-acre small town campus. Total enrollment: 848. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 12:1. 400 applied, 91% were admitted. 8% from top 10% of their high school class, 26% from top quarter, 59% from top half. Full-time: 614 students, 49% women, 51% men. Part-time: 228 students, 53% women, 47% men. 1% from out-of-state, 0.3% Native American, 0.3% Hispanic, 1% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0.1% international, 34% 25 or older, 2% transferred in. Retention: 75% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; home economics/vocational home economics; liberal arts/general studies. 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, adult/continuing education programs, internships. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: electronic application, early admission, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, SAT or ACT. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $50. State resident tuition: $9180 full-time, $371 per credit part-time. Nonresident tuition: $14,040 full-time, $585 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $434 full-time, $73 per term part-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Choral group, student-run newspaper. College housing not available. 43,710 books, 17,158 microform titles, 224 serials, and 1,091 audiovisual materials. 126 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.