EMBRY-RIDDLE AERONAUTICAL UNIVERSITY E-11

600 South Clyde Morris Blvd.
Daytona Beach, FL 32114-3900
Tel: (386)226-6000; 800-862-2416; Admissions: (386)226-6112; Fax: (386)226-7070; E-mail: admit@erau.edu; Web Site: http://www.embryriddle.edu/

Description: Independent, comprehensive, specialized, coed. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1926. Setting: 178-acre urban campus with easy access to Orlando. Endowment: $35.9 million. Research spending 2002-03: $5.8 million. Educational spending 2002-03: $10,133 per student. Total enrollment: 4,926. Faculty: 274 (207 full-time, 67 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 19:1. 3,073 applied, 82% were admitted. 20% from top 10% of their high school class, 48% from top quarter, 78% from top half. Full-time: 4,159 students, 17% women, 83% men. Part-time: 359 students, 20% women, 80% men. Students come from 53 states and territories, 99 other countries, 71% from out-of-state, 0.5% Native American, 6% Hispanic, 5% black, 3% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 9% international, 9% 25 or older, 43% live on campus, 6% transferred in. Retention: 77% of 2003 full-time freshmen returned. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: trade and industry; engineering/engineering technologies; business/marketing. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army, Air Force.

Entrance Requirements: Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early admission, early decision, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, SAT I or ACT. Recommended: essay, recommendations, interview. Required for some: minimum 3.0 high school GPA, medical examination for flight students. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadlines: Rolling, 12/1 for early decision. Notification: continuous, 12/31 for early decision.

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $30. Comprehensive fee: $28,820 includes full-time tuition ($21,530), mandatory fees ($660), and college room and board ($6630). College room only: $3600. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to program. Room and board charges vary according to board plan. Part-time tuition: $900 per credit hour. Part-time tuition varies according to program.

Collegiate Environment: Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 102 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities; 4% of eligible men and 2% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Eagle Wing, Future Professional Pilots Association, African Student Association, Caribbean Student Association, Sigma Gamma Tau. Major annual events: homecoming, spring concert, hypnotist performance. 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. 1,889 college housing spaces available; 1,832 were occupied in 2002-03. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through sophomore year. Option: coed housing available. Jack R. Hunt Memorial Library with 138,327 books, 295,619 microform titles, 741 serials, 7,030 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2002-03: $2.9 million. 817 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: Daytona Beach has a population of approximately 300,000 in the immediate vicinity, and the campus itself has approximately 4,500 students. Boasting one of the finest recreational beaches in the world, it is also home to the Daytona International Speed-way. Other major attractions include Walt Disney World and Sea World near Orlando (approximately 80 miles away). The area provides ample housing and excellent opportunities for part-time employment for ERAU students. The Prescott area is one of the more colorful areas of the old "Wild West," with a population in the immediate area approaching 100,000. The Prescott Campus of approximately 1,500 students is surrounded by a national forest and is close to mountains and excellent out-door recreational areas. The city of Phoenix is about 90 miles away.