WESTERN NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE F-5

1215 Wilbraham Rd.
Springfield, MA 01119
Tel: (413)782-3111
Free: 800-325-1122
Admissions: (413)782-1321
Fax: (413)782-1777
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.wnec.edu/

Description:

Independent, comprehensive, coed. Awards associate, bachelor's, master's, and first professional degrees. Founded 1919. Setting: 215-acre suburban campus. Endowment: $33.1 million. Research spending 2003-04: $38,597. Total enrollment: 4,025. Faculty: 332 (159 full-time, 173 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 17:1. 4,427 applied, 79% were admitted. 10% from top 10% of their high school class, 33% from top quarter, 72% from top half. Full-time: 2,412 students, 41% women, 59% men. Part-time: 626 students, 24% women, 76% men. Students come from 28 states and territories, 5 other countries, 48% from out-of-state, 0.3% Native American, 3% Hispanic, 3% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0.2% international, 20% 25 or older, 57% live on campus, 3% transferred in. Retention: 74% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: protective services/public administration; business/marketing; psychology. Core. Calendar: semesters. 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. Off campus study at Cooperating Colleges of Greater Springfield. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army, Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, 1 recommendation, SAT or ACT. Recommended: essay, interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $50. Comprehensive fee: $30,510 includes full-time tuition ($20,570), mandatory fees ($1416), and college room and board ($8524). Full-time tuition and fees vary according to program and student level. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility. Part-time tuition: $421 per credit hour. Part-time mandatory fees: $20 per term. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to program.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 60 open to all. Most popular organizations: Student Senate, Residence Hall Association, Campus Activities Board, student radio station, Management Association. Major annual events: homecoming, Family Weekend, Spring Concert. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, controlled dormitory access, security cameras. 1,950 college housing spaces available; 1,880 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. D'Amour Library plus 1 other with 100,010 books, 361,460 microform titles, 787 serials, 2,989 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $1.1 million. 460 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:

The College is located in a residential section of Springfield, Massachusetts, about four miles from the city's downtown area. Because Springfield is a city of 157,000 people, there are a variety of social, cultural, and athletic activities from which to choose. Some of the city's special features are live theater ant City Stage; the Springfield Symphony; the Quadrangle, a complex of museums; the Basketball Hall of Fame; the Springfield Falcons hockey team; Six Flags New England Amusement Park; the Eastern States Exposition fairgrounds; and many activities, shows, and concerts held in the Springfield Civic Center. Public transportation is available to locations throughout the greater Springfield area. The College is also a member of the Cooperating Colleges of Greater Springfield, a group of 8 private and public colleges in the immediate area.