EL PASO COMMUNITY COLLEGE F-2

PO Box 20500
El Paso, TX 79998-0500
Tel: (915)831-2000
Admissions: (915)831-2580
Fax: (915)831-6145
E-mail: daryleh@epcc.edu
Web Site: http://www.epcc.edu/

Description:

County-supported, 2-year, coed. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1969. Setting: urban campus. Endowment: $24,000. Total enrollment: 19,953. 3,672 applied, 100% were admitted. Students come from 47 states and territories, 40 other countries, 5% from out-of-state, 45% 25 or older. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, honors program, distance learning, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships. Off campus study at University of Texas at El Paso. ROTC: Army (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: early admission, deferred admission. Placement: THEA required. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: 8/3.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $10. State resident tuition: $1096 full-time, $34 per credit part-time. Nonresident tuition: $1566 full-time. Mandatory fees: $240 full-time, $10 per credit part-time. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load.

Collegiate Environment:

Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 52 open to all. Most popular organizations: African-American Coalition, Art Student Society, Phi Theta Kappa, Architecture Club, Social Science Club. Major annual events: National Alcohol Prevention Awareness Week, Intramural Sports Festival, Hispanic Heritage Month. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour patrols, late night transport-escort service. College housing not available. El Paso Community College Learning Resource Center plus 4 others with 442,879 books, 240,891 microform titles, 938 serials, 12,035 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $2 million. 1,200 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

See University of Texas - El Paso.