WALTERS STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE I-4

500 South Davy Crockett Parkway
Morristown, TN 37813-6899
Tel: (423)585-2600
Admissions: (423)585-2680
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.ws.edu/

Description:

State-supported, 2-year, coed. Part of Tennessee Board of Regents. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1970. Setting: 100-acre small town campus. Endowment: $6.9 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $2500 per student. Total enrollment: 5,964. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 22:1. 1,698 applied, 100% were admitted. 10% from top 10% of their high school class, 25% from top quarter, 65% from top half. Full-time: 3,101 students, 60% women, 40% men. Part-time: 2,863 students, 70% women, 30% men. Students come from 8 states and territories, 6 other countries, 1% from out-of-state, 0.2% Native American, 1% Hispanic, 4% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0.1% international, 26% 25 or older, 4% transferred in. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, freshman honors college, honors program, distance learning, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs. ROTC: Army (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Option: early admission. Required: high school transcript, SAT or ACT. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $10. State resident tuition: $1952 full-time, $83 per hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $7798 full-time, $358 per hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $238 full-time, $15 per hour part-time, $7 per term part-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Choral group, student-run newspaper. Student services: health clinic. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices. College housing not available. Walters State Library with 47,559 books, 189 serials, 22,677 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $591,184. 686 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Known as the City Between the Lakes, Morristown is centrally located in the college's 10-county service area. It has become a market center for the region with the establishment of a shopping mall as well as a growing industrial center. Farming remains an important part of the local economy with primary crops of light burley tobacco, corn, hay, and wheat. The lakes provide for fishing, swimming, hunting, and picnicking. Scenic drives lead to the nearby Great Smoky Mountains, Clinch Mountain, and the larger urban areas to both the north and south.