WASHINGTON BIBLE COLLEGE

6511 Princess Garden Parkway
Lanham, MD 20706-3599
Tel: (301)552-1400; 877-793-7227
Admissions: 877-793-7227
Fax: (301)552-2775
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.bible.edu/

Description:

Independent nondenominational, 4-year, coed. Administratively affiliated with Capital Bible Seminary. Awards associate and bachelor's degrees. Founded 1938. Setting: 63-acre suburban campus with easy access to Washington, DC. Total enrollment: 331. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 13:1. 167 applied, 65% were admitted. Students come from 14 states and territories, 9 other countries, 24% from out-of-state, 0% Native American, 2% Hispanic, 39% black, 8% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 2% international, 63% 25 or older, 28% live on campus. Retention: 70% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships. Off campus study at New Antioch Baptist Church, Randallstown, MD.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: early admission, deferred admission. Required: essay, high school transcript, 2 recommendations, Christian testimony, SAT or ACT. Required for some: interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 1/9. Notification: continuous until 8/15.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $25. Comprehensive fee: $20,130 includes full-time tuition ($14,500), mandatory fees ($380), and college room and board ($5250). College room only: $3000. Room and board charges vary according to board plan. Part-time tuition: $335 per credit. Part-time mandatory fees: $335 per credit. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load and location.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group. Most popular organizations: Student Missions Fellowship, school choir and ensemble, Korean Student Fellowship. Major annual events: homecoming, Christmas banquet. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, secured campus entrances, trained guards on duty. 250 college housing spaces available; 120 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen given priority for college housing. On-campus residence required through senior year. Options: men-only, women-only housing available. Oyer Memorial Library plus 1 other with 78,000 books, 4,640 microform titles, 525 serials, 3,824 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. 25 computers available on campus for general student use. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Washington Bible College is 25 minutes outside of Washington, D.C., and within 30 minutes of historic Annapolis and Baltimore's Inner Harbor, making metropolitan recreational and cultural facilities easily accessible.