PRATT INSTITUTE O-34

200 Willoughby Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11205-3899
Tel: (718)636-3600
Free: 800-331-0834
Admissions: (718)636-3669
Fax: (718)636-3670
Web Site: http://www.pratt.edu/

Description:

Independent, comprehensive, coed. Awards associate, bachelor's, master's, and first professional degrees. Founded 1887. Setting: 25-acre urban campus. Endowment: $41.1 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $7333 per student. Total enrollment: 4,540. Faculty: 834 (110 full-time, 724 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 11:1. 3,587 applied, 50% were admitted. Full-time: 2,861 students, 57% women, 43% men. Part-time: 207 students, 49% women, 51% men. Students come from 46 states and territories, 38 other countries, 47% from out-of-state, 0.4% Native American, 8% Hispanic, 8% black, 12% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 9% international, 12% 25 or older, 55% live on campus, 7% transferred in. Retention: 87% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: architecture; education; visual/performing arts. Core. Calendar: semesters plus optional May term and summer session. ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, independent study, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at members of the New York State Visiting Student Program, the Consortium of East Coast Art Schools. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early decision, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript, 1 recommendation, SAT or ACT. Recommended: minimum 3.38 high school GPA. Required for some: interview, portfolio, SAT Subject Tests, SAT II: Writing Test. Entrance: very difficult. Application deadlines: 2/1, 11/15 for early decision. Notification: continuous until 4/11, 12/15 for early decision.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $40. Comprehensive fee: $36,156 includes full-time tuition ($26,500), mandatory fees ($1080), and college room and board ($8576). College room only: $5376. Room and board charges vary according to board plan, housing facility, and student level. Part-time tuition: $860 per credit.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 50 open to all; national fraternities, local fraternities, local sororities; 5% of eligible men and 5% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: travel and recreation, student newspaper, athletic clubs, Performing Arts Committee. Major annual events: Holiday Ball, Graduate Symposium, President's Lecture Series. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service. 1,500 college housing spaces available; 1,465 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. Option: coed housing available. Pratt Institute Library with 172,000 books, 40,000 microform titles, 540 serials, 2,851 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $1.5 million. 250 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.