THE COLLEGE OF SAINT ROSE L-25

432 Western Ave.
Albany, NY 12203-1419
Tel: (518)454-5111
Free: 800-637-8556
Admissions: (518)454-5150
Fax: (518)451-2013
E-mail: admit@strose.edu
Web Site: http://www.strose.edu/

Description:

Independent, comprehensive, coed. Awards bachelor's and master's degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1920. Setting: 28-acre urban campus. Endowment: $18.8 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $4849 per student. Total enrollment: 4,971. Faculty: 452 (171 full-time, 281 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 15:1. 2,659 applied, 71% were admitted. 18% from top 10% of their high school class, 48% from top quarter, 84% from top half. Full-time: 2,643 students, 74% women, 26% men. Part-time: 315 students, 72% women, 28% men. Students come from 20 states and territories, 6% from out-of-state, 0.2% Native American, 3% Hispanic, 2% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0% international, 15% 25 or older, 30% live on campus, 10% transferred in. Retention: 86% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: engineering/engineering technologies; communications/communication technologies; computer/information sciences; visual/performing arts. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, independent study, 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 Hudson-Mohawk Association of Colleges and Universities. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early admission, deferred admission. Required: essay, high school transcript, 1 recommendation, SAT or ACT. Recommended: minimum 3.0 high school GPA, interview. Required for some: interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 5/1. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $35. Comprehensive fee: $24,252 includes full-time tuition ($16,230), mandatory fees ($550), and college room and board ($7472). College room only: $3542. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load and program. Room and board charges vary according to board plan. Part-time tuition: $540 per credit hour. Part-time tuition varies according to class time.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 35 open to all. Most popular organizations: Student Association, Student Events Board, Circle K, Student Education Association, Student Speech, Hearing and Language Association. Major annual events: Family Weekend, Spring Fling, Fall Fest. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 1,075 college housing spaces available; all were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen given priority for college housing. Options: coed, women-only housing available. Neil Hellman Library plus 1 other with 205,938 books, 300,216 microform titles, 925 serials, 1,513 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $1 million. 322 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 State University of New York at Albany.