DAVIDSON COLLEGE D-3

Davidson, NC 28035
Tel: (704)894-2000
Free: 800-768-0380
Admissions: (704)894-2230
Fax: (704)894-2016
E-mail: admission@davidson.edu
Web Site: http://www.davidson.edu/

Description:

Independent Presbyterian, 4-year, coed. Awards bachelor's degrees. Founded 1837. Setting: 556-acre small town campus with easy access to Charlotte. Endowment: $333.2 million. Research spending 2003-04: $746,562. Educational spending 2003-04: $13,470 per student. Total enrollment: 1,714. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 11:1. 4,154 applied, 27% were admitted. 71% from top 10% of their high school class, 94% from top quarter, 100% from top half. Full-time: 1,714 students, 51% women, 49% men. Students come from 46 states and territories, 31 other countries, 81% from out-of-state, 0.5% Native American, 4% Hispanic, 6% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 3% international, 0% 25 or older, 91% live on campus, 0.1% transferred in. Retention: 96% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: social sciences and history; English; biological/life sciences. Core. Calendar: semesters. Services for LD students, advanced placement, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, double major. Off campus study at 19 members of the Charlotte Area Educational Consortium. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army, Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Common Application, early admission, early decision, deferred admission. Required: essay, high school transcript, 3 recommendations, SAT or ACT. Recommended: interview, SAT Subject Tests, SAT II: Writing Test. Entrance: very difficult. Application deadlines: 1/2, 11/15 for early decision plan 1, 1/2 for early decision plan 2. Notification: 4/1, 12/15 for early decision plan 1, 2/1 for early decision plan 2.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $50. Comprehensive fee: $34,903 includes full-time tuition ($26,211), mandatory fees ($960), and college room and board ($7732). College room only: $4083.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 162 open to all; national fraternities, women's eating houses; 41% of eligible men and 73% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship, Dean Rusk Program Student Advisory Council, music organizations, Community Service Council, Student Government Association. Major annual events: homecoming, fall concert, spring concert. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 1,536 college housing spaces available; 1,519 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through senior year. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. E. H. Little Library plus 1 other with 422,035 books, 475,798 microform titles, 2,767 serials, 9,497 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $2.7 million. 142 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:

The town of Davidson has grown around Davidson College. The cultural, social and religious life of the community revolves around the college. Davidson is twenty minutes north of Charlotte, NC, and offers students the advantages of that city's services, amenities, and recreational opportunities.