SOUTHERN POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY D-3

1100 South Marietta Parkway
Marietta, GA 30060-2896
Tel: (678)915-7778
Free: 800-635-3204
Admissions: (678)915-4188
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.spsu.edu/

Description:

State-supported, comprehensive, coed. Part of University System of Georgia. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1948. Setting: 200-acre suburban campus with easy access to Atlanta. Endowment: $823,044. Research spending 2003-04: $328,431. Educational spending 2003-04: $2249 per student. Total enrollment: 3,801. Faculty: 226 (137 full-time, 89 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 17:1. 1,069 applied, 62% were admitted. Full-time: 2,082 students, 17% women, 83% men. Part-time: 1,173 students, 17% women, 83% men. Students come from 40 states and territories, 5% from out-of-state, 0.2% Native American, 3% Hispanic, 21% black, 6% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 5% international, 33% 25 or older, 12% live on campus, 12% transferred in. Retention: 67% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: engineering/engineering technologies; computer/information sciences; business/marketing. Core. Calendar: semesters. Services for LD students, advanced placement, self-designed majors, 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. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army (c), Naval (c), Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: early admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, proof of immunization, SAT or ACT. Required for some: SAT Subject Tests. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 8/1. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $20. State resident tuition: $2428 full-time, $102 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $9710 full-time, $405 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $464 full-time. College room and board: $4946. College room only: $2740. Room and board charges vary according to board plan.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 24 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local fraternities; 4% of eligible men and 1% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: International Student Association, Campus Activities Board, National Society of Black Engineers, Aerial Robotics Team. Major annual events: Fall Party, movie nights, Spring Fling. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 1,133 college housing spaces available; 680 were occupied in 2003-04. No special consideration for freshman housing applicants. Option: coed housing available. Lawrence V. Johnson Library with 117,963 books, 56,619 microform titles, 1,320 serials, 60 audiovisual materials, and an OPAC. Operations spending 2003-04: $767,577. 1,500 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.

Community Environment:

Nestled between the Chattahoochee National Recreation Area and Kennesaw National Battlefield Park on the Piedmont Plateau of north central Georgia lies historic Marietta, Georgia. Incorporated in 1834, Marietta is the heart of Cobb County, Georgia, and serves as the seat of Cobb County Government. Marietta, the "Gem City of the South," is the second largest municipality in the Atlantic area (15 miles from downtown Atlanta), but has the lowest tax rate. Cobb is one of the twenty-five fastest growing counties in the country with a population of 539,000. Lockheed Martin is the county's largest single employer. Cobb has one of the metro area's highest per family incomes at $46,119. College-educated residents make up 33 percent of the population. Five colleges and two technical institutes serve the area, as do two public school systems.