Austin Business College: Narrative Description

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AUSTIN BUSINESS COLLEGE I-18

2101 IH-35 South, Third Floor
Austin, TX 78741
Tel: (512)447-9415; (512)447-9415
Fax: (512)447-0194
E-mail: pambinns@austinbusinesscollege.org
Web Site: http://www.austinbusinesscollege.org/

Description:

Proprietary, 2-year, coed. Awards certificates and terminal associate degrees. Educational spending 2003-04: $12,000 per student. Total enrollment: 252. 300 applied, 92% were admitted. 5% from top 10% of their high school class, 25% from top quarter, 50% from top half. Full-time: 201 students, 80% women, 20% men. Part-time: 51 students, 78% women, 22% men. Students come from 5 states and territories, 2 other countries, 5% from out-of-state, 70% 25 or older. Core. Academic remediation for entering students, honors program, independent study, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Required: essay, high school transcript, interview, Wonderlic aptitude test. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Learning Resource Center with 1,000 books, 15 serials, and 50 audiovisual materials. Operations spending 2003-04: $7500. 200 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed. Staffed computer lab on campus.

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