CROSSROADS COLLEGE X-11

920 Mayowood Rd., SW
Rochester, MN 55902-2382
Tel: (507)288-4563
Free: 800-456-7651
Fax: (507)288-9046
Web Site: http://www.crossroadscollege.edu/

Description:

Independent, 4-year, coed, affiliated with Christian Churches and Churches of Christ. Awards associate and bachelor's degrees. Founded 1913. Setting: 40-acre urban campus with easy access to Minneapolis-St. Paul. Endowment: $744,600. Educational spending 2003-04: $4479 per student. Total enrollment: 149. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 9:1. 75 applied, 93% were admitted. 58% from top quarter of their high school class, 63% from top half. Full-time: 130 students, 43% women, 57% men. Part-time: 19 students, 47% women, 53% men. Students come from 10 states and territories, 4 other countries, 25% from out-of-state, 0% Native American, 0% Hispanic, 5% black, 3% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 3% international, 21% 25 or older, 78% live on campus, 13% transferred in. Retention: 68% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic area with the most degrees conferred: liberal arts/general studies. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, advanced placement, self-designed majors, independent study, double major, adult/continuing education programs, internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Option: deferred admission. Required: essay, high school transcript, 3 recommendations, SAT or ACT. Required for some: interview. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: 8/15. Notification: continuous until 9/1.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $30. One-time mandatory fee: $125. Tuition: $8940 full-time, $298 per semester hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $320 full-time, $50 per term part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to class time, course load, and program. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load. College room only: $2700. Room charges vary according to housing facility. Tuition guaranteed not to increase for student's term of enrollment.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 5 open to all. Most popular organizations: Christian Outdoors, Musical Outreach, Ambassadors Mission Group. Major annual events: Spiritual Emphasis Week, Missions Emphasis Week, Fall Conference. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: student patrols, late night transport-escort service. College housing designed to accommodate 100 students; 101 undergraduates lived in college housing during 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through sophomore year. Options: men-only, women-only housing available. G. H. Cachiaras Memorial Library with 33,697 books, 2,088 microform titles, 300 serials, and 1,755 audiovisual materials. Operations spending 2003-04: $73,910. 15 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 Rochester Community and Technical College.