TROY STATE UNIVERSITY L-9

University Ave.
Troy, AL 36082
Tel: (334)670-3000; 800-551-9716; Admissions: (334)670-3243; Fax: (334)670-3815; Web Site: http://www.troyst.edu/

Description: State-supported, comprehensive, coed. Part of Troy State University System. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1887. Setting: 577-acre small town campus. Endowment: $22 million. Research spending 2002-03: $196,170. Educational spending 2002-03: $3554 per student. Total enrollment: 8,031. Faculty: 498 (240 full-time, 258 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 20:1. 3,507 applied, 67% were admitted. 47% from top quarter of their high school class, 82% from top half. Full-time: 4,156 students, 57% women, 43% men. Part-time: 1,049 students, 69% women, 31% men. Students come from 56 states and territories, 59 other countries, 13% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 1% Hispanic, 26% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 6% international, 24% 25 or older, 34% live on campus, 6% transferred in. Retention: 74% of 2003 full-time freshmen returned. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; education; protective services/public administration. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. ROTC: Army, Air Force.

Entrance Requirements: Options: Peterson's Universal Application, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, SAT I or ACT. Recommended: interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling.

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $20. State resident tuition: $3530 full-time, $149 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $7060 full-time, $298 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $312 full-time, $13 per credit hour part-time. College room and board: $4580. College room only: $2240. 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: 110 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities; 20% of eligible men and 20% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: University band, University choir, yearbook, University Activities Council. Major annual events: homecoming, Honors Day. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 1,612 college housing spaces available; 1,578 were occupied in 2002-03. On-campus residence required in freshman year. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. Wallace Library with 389,524 books, 2,692 serials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2002-03: $1.8 million. 487 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: Population 15,000, Troy is located at the junction of U.S. Highways 231 and 29 and is 50 miles from Montgomery, the state capital. There is regular bus service. The citizens take great interest in the University, and extend a cordial welcome to students. There are numerous social, church, civic and school organizations which provide cultural enrichment for the citizens and for the students of the University. Recreational facilities include parks for swimming, tennis courts, a lake for fishing, and two golf courses.