WHEELOCK COLLEGE F-13

200 The Riverway
Boston, MA 02215
Tel: (617)879-2000; 800-734-5212; Admissions: (617)879-2204; Fax: (617)566-7531; E-mail: [email protected]; Web Site: http://www.wheelock.edu/

Description: Independent, comprehensive, specialized, coed. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1888. Setting: 7-acre urban campus. Endowment: $34.6 million. Research spending 2002-03: $120,000. Educational spending 2002-03: $15,317 per student. Total enrollment: 942. Faculty: 116 (56 full-time, 60 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 11:1. 609 applied, 67% were admitted. 12% from top 10% of their high school class, 28% from top quarter, 63% from top half. Full-time: 577 students, 94% women, 6% men. Part-time: 10 students, 100% women. Students come from 20 states and territories, 46% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 3% Hispanic, 5% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 2% 25 or older, 70% live on campus, 8% transferred in. Retention: 71% of 2003 full-time freshmen returned. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: education; protective services/public administration; visual/performing arts. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, honors program, independent study, double major, part-time degree program, internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at 5 other members of Colleges of the Fenway. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements: Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early decision, deferred admission. Required: essay, high school transcript, 2 recommendations, SAT I or ACT. Recommended: minimum 2.0 high school GPA, interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadlines: 3/1, 12/1 for early decision. Notification: continuous until 4/15, 1/1 for early decision.

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $35. Comprehensive fee: $29,000 includes full-time tuition ($20,400) and college room and board ($8600). Full-time tuition varies according to location. Part-time tuition: $638 per credit. Part-time tuition varies according to location.

Collegiate Environment: Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group. Social organizations: 25 open to all. Most popular organizations: Student Government Association, Campus Activities Board, AHANA Club, residence hall councils, class councils. Major annual events: Fall Fest Weekend, Semi-Formal Banquet, Spring Weekend. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access, self-defense education. 475 college housing spaces available; all were occupied in 2002-03. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. Options: coed, women-only housing available. Wheelock College Library with 96,500 books, 587,044 microform titles, 546 serials, 5,058 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2002-03: $623,000. 120 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: See Boston University.