SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO D-16

37 South Wabash
Chicago, IL 60603-3103
Tel: (312)899-5100
Free: 800-232-SAIC
Admissions: (312)899-5219
Fax: (312)263-0141
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.artic.edu/saic/

Description:

Independent, comprehensive, coed. Awards bachelor's and master's degrees. Founded 1866. Setting: 1-acre urban campus. Endowment: $225 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $13,923 per student. Total enrollment: 2,660. Faculty: 472 (124 full-time, 348 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 13:1. 1,194 applied, 83% were admitted. Full-time: 1,894 students, 67% women, 33% men. Part-time: 199 students, 72% women, 28% men. Students come from 50 states and territories, 27 other countries, 77% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 7% Hispanic, 3% black, 10% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 15% international, 17% 25 or older, 35% live on campus, 14% transferred in. Retention: 79% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, self-designed majors, independent study, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Option: deferred admission. Required: essay, high school transcript, 1 recommendation, portfolio, SAT or ACT. Recommended: interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 9/1. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $65. Tuition: $27,150 full-time, $905 per credit hour part-time. College room only: $8200. Room charges vary according to housing facility.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 28 open to all. Most popular organizations: Student Government/Student Union Galleries, N.I.A. (black student union), L.A.S.O. (Latin Art Student organization), Soccer Group/Kickball League, Student Diversity Council. Major annual events: Day Without Art, Holiday Art Sale, Undergraduate Bachelor of Fine Arts Show. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 718 college housing spaces available; 704 were occupied in 2003-04. No special consideration for freshman housing applicants. Option: coed housing available. Flaxman Memorial Library plus 1 other with 72,490 books, 157 microform titles, 334 serials, 4,067 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $747,141. 450 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:

See University of Chicago.