FAYETTEVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY F-8

1200 Murchison Rd.
Fayetteville, NC 28301-4298
Tel: (910)672-1111
Free: 800-222-2594
Admissions: (910)486-1371
Fax: (910)672-1769
Web Site: http://www.uncfsu.edu/

Description:

State-supported, comprehensive, coed. Part of University of North Carolina System. Awards associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Founded 1867. Setting: 156-acre urban campus with easy access to Raleigh. Research spending 2003-04: $579,174. Total enrollment: 5,441. Faculty: 237 (177 full-time, 60 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 22:1. 2,089 applied, 84% were admitted. Full-time: 3,715 students, 64% women, 36% men. Part-time: 695 students, 69% women, 31% men. Students come from 41 states and territories, 8 other countries, 11% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 4% Hispanic, 80% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0.3% international, 10% transferred in. Retention: 73% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; social sciences and history; protective services/public administration. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, accelerated degree program, honors program, 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. ROTC: Army (c), Air Force.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: electronic application, early admission, early decision, early action, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.00 high school GPA, SAT or ACT. Recommended: essay, recommendations. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: 7/1. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $25. One-time mandatory fee: $50. State resident tuition: $1546 full-time. Nonresident tuition: $11,282 full-time. Mandatory fees: $1286 full-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to location. College room and board: $4120. College room only: $2320. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, marching band, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: national fraternities, national sororities, local fraternities, local sororities; 10% of eligible men and 10% of eligible women are members. Major annual events: Honor/Awards Program, Homecoming, Convocation. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 1,100 college housing spaces available; 1,082 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen given priority for college housing. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. Charles W. Chestnut Library with 311,016 books, 982,327 microform titles, 2,712 serials, 16,961 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $112,404. 355 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 "All-America City" of Fayetteville is located in Cumberland County with a metropolitan population of 285,299. It is near three of the most heavily traveled North-South Highways: US 301, US 401 and I-95. Fayetteville is the home of Pope Air Force Base and Fort Bragg, one of America's largest and most important military installations. It is the fourth largest urban population center in the state and one of the ten fastest growing counties in the southern states. Agriculture has contributed significantly to the area's economic growth and development.