STEPHENS COLLEGE F-8

1200 East Broadway
Columbia, MO 65215-0002
Tel: (573)442-2211; 800-876-7207; Admissions: (573)876-7207; Fax: (573)876-7237; E-mail: [email protected]; Web Site: http://www.stephens.edu/

Description: Independent, comprehensive, women only. Awards bachelor's and master's degrees. Founded 1833. Setting: 86-acre urban campus. Endowment: $19.7 million. Research spending 2002-03: $98,000. Educational spending 2002-03: $6464 per student. Total enrollment: 647. Faculty: 77 (47 full-time, 30 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 10:1. 393 applied, 79% were admitted. 17% from top 10% of their high school class, 56% from top quarter, 85% from top half. full-time: 447 students. Part-time: 130 students. Students come from 41 states and territories, 3 other countries, 55% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 3% Hispanic, 8% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 26% 25 or older, 75% live on campus, 5% transferred in. Retention: 73% of 2003 full-time freshmen returned. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: visual/performing arts; communications/communication technologies; psychology. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, freshman honors college, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at University of Missouri, Columbia College (MO). Study abroad program. ROTC: Army (c), Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements: Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript, minimum 2.5 high school GPA, 1 recommendation, SAT I or ACT. Recommended: interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 7/31. Notification: continuous until 8/15.

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $25. Comprehensive fee: $24,260 includes full-time tuition ($17,360) and college room and board ($6900). College room only: $3050. Room and board charges vary according to board plan.

Collegiate Environment: Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 45 open to all; national sororities; 10% of eligible undergrads are members. Most popular organizations: Student Government Association, Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union, Stephens Ambassadors Association, Stephens Christian Fellowship, Young Women's Political Caucus. Major annual events: Opening Convocation, Winter Formal, Honors Convocation. Student 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, controlled dormitory access. 750 college housing spaces available; 450 were occupied in 2002-03. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through junior year. Option: women-only housing available. Hugh Stephens Library with 121,084 books, 11,067 microform titles, 534 serials, 4,764 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2002-03: $306,765. 64 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: Stephens College is located in Columbia, Missouri. Situated between Kansas City and St. Louis, Columbia is the cultural, medical, and business center of mid-Missouri. Often called "College Town, USA", Columbia is also the home of Columbia College and the University of Missouri. Stephens students have easy access to Columbia's shopping, dining, and entertainment offerings.