SOUTHERN WEST VIRGINIA COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE J-2

Dempsey Branch Rd., PO Box 2900
Mount Gay, WV 25637-2900
Tel: (304)792-7160; Admissions: (304)792-7160; Fax: (304)792-7096; E-mail: [email protected]; Web Site: http://www.southern.wvnet.edu/

Description: State-supported, 2-year, coed. Part of State College System of West Virginia. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1971. Setting: 23-acre rural campus. Total enrollment: 2,042. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 25:1. 1,465 applied, 100% were admitted. 5% from top 10% of their high school class, 13% from top quarter, 35% from top half. Full-time: 1,340 students, 63% women, 37% men. Part-time: 702 students, 74% women, 26% men. Students come from 2 states and territories, 10% from out-of-state, 0.2% Native American, 0.3% Hispanic, 2% black, 0.1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 38% 25 or older, 7% transferred in. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs.

Entrance Requirements: Open admission except for nursing, medical laboratory technology, radiological technology programs. Options: early admission, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript. Placement: ACT required for some. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $0. Area resident tuition: $68 per credit hour part-time. State resident tuition: $1634 full-time. Nonresident tuition: $6486 full-time, $270 per credit hour part-time.

Collegiate Environment: Drama-theater group. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. College housing not available. 70,576 books and 233 serials. 92 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.