BENEDICTINE COLLEGE B-16

1020 North 2nd St.
Atchison, KS 66002-1499
Tel: (913)367-5340
Free: 800-467-5340
Fax: (913)367-3673
E-mail: mail@benedictine.edu
Web Site: http://www.benedictine.edu/

Description:

Independent Roman Catholic, comprehensive, coed. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1859. Setting: 225-acre small town campus with easy access to Kansas City. Endowment: $9.1 million. Research spending 2003-04: $15,000. Educational spending 2003-04: $3452 per student. Total enrollment: 1,441. Faculty: 99 (59 full-time, 40 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 16:1. 624 applied, 99% were admitted. 5% from top 10% of their high school class, 15% from top quarter, 36% from top half. Full-time: 1,086 students, 49% women, 51% men. Part-time: 308 students, 62% women, 38% men. Students come from 36 states and territories, 19 other countries, 61% from out-of-state, 0.2% Native American, 8% Hispanic, 4% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 3% international, 3% 25 or older, 69% live on campus, 5% transferred in. Retention: 84% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: education; business/marketing; social sciences and history. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, advanced placement, self-designed majors, independent study, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at 16 members of the Kansas City Regional Council for Higher Education, Kansas State University. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, SAT or ACT. Required for some: interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $25. Comprehensive fee: $21,254 includes full-time tuition ($14,576), mandatory fees ($550), and college room and board ($6128). College room only: $2650. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load and degree level. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility. Part-time tuition: $300 per credit hour. Part-time tuition varies according to course load and degree level.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 42 open to all. Most popular organizations: student government, Students in Free Enterprise, Knights of Columbus, Concert Chorale/Chamber Singers, Campus Activities Board. Major annual events: Springfest, Homecoming, Parents' Weekend. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service. College housing designed to accommodate 749 students; 750 undergraduates lived in college housing during 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through senior year. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. Benedictine College Library with 368,558 books, 37,482 microform titles, 504 serials, 857 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $290,724. 80 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:

Atchison is located on the Kansas-Missouri border, within 30-50 miles of St. Joseph and Kansas City, Missouri, and Topeka and Kansas City, Kansas.