SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY AT SHREVEPORT C-2

3050 Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr.
Shreveport, LA 71107
Tel: (318)674-3300; Admissions: (318)674-3426; Fax: (318)674-3489; E-mail: [email protected]

Description: State-supported, 2-year, coed. Part of Southern University System. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1964. Setting: 103-acre urban campus. Research spending 2002-03: $42,522. Educational spending 2002-03: $2521 per student. Total enrollment: 1,324. 420 applied, 100% were admitted. 10% from top 10% of their high school class, 30% from top quarter. Full-time: 921 students, 69% women, 31% men. Part-time: 403 students, 74% women, 26% men. Students come from 5 states and territories, 45% from out-of-state, 0.2% Native American, 0.2% Hispanic, 92% black, 0.2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0.1% international, 41% 25 or older, 10% transferred in. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, advanced placement, self-designed majors, honors program, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships. Off campus study at Louisiana State University in Shreveport.

Entrance Requirements: Open admission. Option: early admission. Required: high school transcript. Recommended: ACT. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous until 8/15.

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $5. State resident tuition: $1676 full-time. Nonresident tuition: $2806 full-time.

Collegiate Environment: Orientation program. Choral group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 38 open to all. Most popular organizations: Afro-American Society, SUSBO Gospel Choir, Student Center Board, Allied Health, Engineering Club. Major annual events: Career Day, Homecoming, Crawfish Boil. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour patrols. College housing not available. Library/Learning Resources Center with 25,733 microform titles, 380 serials, 24,016 audiovisual materials, and an OPAC. Operations spending 2002-03: $308,227.