SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY CARBONDALE W-11

Carbondale, IL 62901-4701
Tel: (618)453-2121
Admissions: (618)453-2908
Fax: (618)453-3250
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.siu.edu/siuc/

Description:

State-supported, university, coed. Part of Southern Illinois University. Awards associate, bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and first professional degrees and first professional certificates. Founded 1869. Setting: 1,133-acre rural campus with easy access to St. Louis. Endowment: $56.3 million. Research spending 2003-04: $44.6 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $3485 per student. Total enrollment: 21,589. Faculty: 1,061 (869 full-time, 192 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 18:1. 9,388 applied, 76% were admitted. 8% from top 10% of their high school class, 27% from top quarter, 58% from top half. 1 National Merit Scholar, 32 valedictorians. Full-time: 15,032 students, 43% women, 57% men. Part-time: 1,840 students, 40% women, 60% men. Students come from 56 states and territories, 120 other countries, 12% from out-of-state, 0.4% Native American, 3% Hispanic, 15% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 2% international, 18% 25 or older, 27% live on campus, 12% transferred in. Retention: 68% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: education; engineering/engineering technologies; business/marketing. Core. Calendar: semesters plus 8-week summer session. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine; off campus courses offered at 34 Military bases across the U.S. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army, Air Force.

Entrance Requirements:

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

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $30. State resident tuition: $4920 full-time, $164 per semester hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $12,300 full-time, $410 per semester hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $1421 full-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load and student level. Part-time tuition varies according to course load and student level. College room and board: $5200. College room only: $2640. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility. Tuition guaranteed not to increase for student's term of enrollment.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, marching band, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 386 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local fraternities, local sororities; 5% of eligible men and 4% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Undergraduate Student Government, International Student Council, Black Togetherness Organization, Black Affairs Council, Hispanic Council. Major annual events: homecoming, Parents' Weekend, Cardboard Boat Regatta. Student services: legal services, health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, well-lit pathways, night safety vans, student transit system. 4,884 college housing spaces available; 4,407 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required in freshman year. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. Morris Library plus 1 other with 4.2 million books, 4.2 million microform titles, 18,271 serials, 371,180 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $14.2 million. 1,827 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:

Carbondale, an economic center of Southern Illinois, is only a few hours from Chicago, St. Louis, and Memphis. It sits amid rolling hills, farmlands, and orchards just 60 miles above the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. The area from Carbondale south is ruggedly scenic and suitable for a wide range of year-round outdoor activities. Within minutes are four large recreational lakes, the two great rivers, and spectacular 270,000-acre Shawnee National Forest. A large number of smaller lakes, state parks, and recreational areas are within easy driving distance.