WEATHERFORD COLLEGE D-16

225 College Park Ave.
Weatherford, TX 76086-5699
Tel: (817)594-5471; 800-287-5471; Admissions: (817)598-6240; Fax: (817)598-6205; Web Site: http://www.wc.edu/

Description: State and locally supported, 2-year, coed. Awards certificates, diplomas, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1869. Setting: 94-acre small town campus with easy access to Dallas-Fort Worth. Endowment: $42.5 million. Research spending 2002-03: $2.7 million. Educational spending 2002-03: $13,251 per student. Total enrollment: 3,999. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 42:1. 1% Native American, 6% Hispanic, 2% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 7% live on campus. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, self-designed majors, freshman honors college, honors program, distance learning, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships. ROTC: Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements: Open admission. Options: Peterson's Universal Application, early admission. Placement: THEA required; SAT I or ACT recommended. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year: Area resident tuition: $1232 full-time, $44 per hour part-time. State resident tuition: $1624 full-time, $58 per hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $2660 full-time, $95 per hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $50 full-time. College room and board: $5700.

Collegiate Environment: Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group. Social organizations: 21 open to all. Most popular organizations: Black Awareness Student Organization, Criminal Justice Club, Phi Theta Kappa. Major annual events: Homecoming, Halloween Dance, Family Weekend. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service. College housing designed to accommodate 192 students; 200 undergraduates lived in college housing during 2001-02. Option: coed housing available. Weatherford College Library with 59,499 books, 362 serials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2002-03: $3.5 million. 85 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment: Weatherford, population 18,000, is the county seat of Parker County. In a diversified crop and livestock market, watermelons are their best known product. Cutting horse ranches are a major market. It can be reached by rail, bus, and air lines, and Interstate 20. The climate is mild with a mean average temperature of 64 degrees and an average rainfall of 31.6 inches. There is a city library, a local hospital, several churches representing the major denominations, and various civic and fraternal organizations. The Parker Plaza Shopping Center and College Park Shopping Center serve the surrounding area. Local recreation includes Weatherford Lake with boating, fishing, and swimming, a local picnic grounds, golf, and three public parks. Part-time employment opportunities are very limited.