WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY J-6

1 University Circle
Macomb, IL 61455-1390
Tel: (309)298-1414; 877-742-5948
Admissions: (309)298-3157
Fax: (309)298-3111
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.wiu.edu/

Description:

State-supported, comprehensive, coed. Awards bachelor's and master's degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1899. Setting: 1,050-acre small town campus. Endowment: $20.1 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $7415 per student. Total enrollment: 13,558. Faculty: 704 (615 full-time, 89 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 17:1. 7,833 applied, 70% were admitted. 6% from top 10% of their high school class, 22% from top quarter, 59% from top half. Full-time: 10,130 students, 48% women, 52% men. Part-time: 1,180 students, 53% women, 47% men. Students come from 37 states and territories, 46 other countries, 6% from out-of-state, 0.2% Native American, 4% Hispanic, 7% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 14% 25 or older, 51% live on campus, 12% transferred in. Retention: 76% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: education; liberal arts/general studies; protective services/public administration. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, self-designed majors, freshman honors college, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at Western Illinois Education Consortium. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: electronic application, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, SAT or ACT. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 5/15. Notification: continuous until 8/3.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $30. State resident tuition: $4537 full-time, $151.25 per semester hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $9075 full-time, $302.50 per semester hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $1646 full-time, $38.59 per semester hour part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to location. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to location. College room and board: $5768. College room only: $3428. Room and board charges vary according to housing facility. Tuition guaranteed not to increase for student's term of enrollment.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, marching band, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 240 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local fraternities, local sororities; 12% of eligible men and 10% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Student Government Association, Black Student Association, University Union Board, International Friendship Club, Bureau of Cultural Affairs. Major annual events: Family Weekend, Homecoming. Student services: legal 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. College housing designed to accommodate 5,200 students; 5,363 undergraduates lived in college housing during 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through sophomore year. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. Leslie Malpass Library plus 4 others with 998,041 books, 1.3 million microform titles, 3,200 serials, 3,445 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $4.5 million. 1,000 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:

Macomb is located 240 miles southwest of Chicago and 150 miles north of St. Louis on the main line of the Burlington Railroad. Besides agriculture, Macomb's industries produce ball bearings, plastic bags, porcelain insulators, and pottery. This is a friendly, Midwest community balanced by the youthfulness and creativity of the rapidly expanding university. The community facilities include a hospital, library, hotels, motels, and many clubs and organizations in the city. Recreational facilities include a swimming pool, bowling alleys, parks, and movie theaters.