SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE I-9

Baton Rouge, LA 70813
Tel: (225)771-4500
Free: 800-256-1531
Admissions: (225)771-2430
Web Site: http://www.subr.edu/

Description:

State-supported, comprehensive, coed. Part of Southern University System. Awards associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Founded 1880. Setting: 964-acre suburban campus. Endowment: $6.3 million. Research spending 2003-04: $5.2 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $3185 per student. Total enrollment: 9,400. Faculty: 561 (420 full-time, 141 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 17:1. 4,692 applied, 52% were admitted. 11% from top 10% of their high school class, 30% from top quarter, 60% from top half. 5 class presidents, 11 valedictorians, 8 student government officers. Full-time: 7,305 students, 61% women, 39% men. Part-time: 718 students, 66% women, 34% men. Students come from 41 states and territories, 28 other countries, 17% from out-of-state, 0.1% Native American, 0.1% Hispanic, 97% black, 0.4% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 17% 25 or older, 35% live on campus, 3% transferred in. Retention: 72% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; health professions and related sciences; education. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, honors program, distance learning, 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 Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, Southeastern Louisiana University, Southern University at New Orleans, Baton Rouge Community College. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army, Naval, Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Common Application, early admission. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.2 high school GPA, ACT, SAT or ACT. Placement: ACT, SAT or ACT required; SAT, SAT Subject Tests recommended. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 7/1. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $5. State resident tuition: $3440 full-time. Nonresident tuition: $9232 full-time. Full-time tuition varies according to course load and location. College room and board: $4310. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, marching band, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 63 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local fraternities, local sororities; 1% of eligible men and 2% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Student Government Association, Association for Women Students (AWS), Men's Federation. Major annual events: homecoming, Founder's Day, Springfest. Student services: legal services, health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 3,015 college housing spaces available; 2,795 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen given priority for college housing. On-campus residence required in freshman year. Options: men-only, women-only housing available. John B. Cade Library plus 2 others with 808,365 books, 721,123 microform titles, 1,857 serials, 42,734 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $2.1 million. 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.