GOLDEY-BEACOM COLLEGE B-7

4701 Limestone Rd.
Wilmington, DE 19808-1999
Tel: (302)998-8814; 800-833-4877; Admissions: (302)998-8814; Fax: (302)996-5408; E-mail: mcintyrk@goldey.gbc.edu; Web Site: http://goldey.gbc.edu/

Description: Independent, comprehensive, specialized, coed. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1886. Setting: 27-acre suburban campus with easy access to Philadelphia. Endowment: $1.7 million. Educational spending 2002-03: $2546 per student. Total enrollment: 1,324. Faculty: 49 (25 full-time, 24 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 28:1. 408 applied, 78% were admitted. 67% from top half of their high school class. Students come from 15 states and territories, 50 other countries, 50% from out-of-state, 0% Native American, 5% Hispanic, 24% black, 10% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0% international, 43% 25 or older, 16% live on campus. Retention: 82% of 2003 full-time freshmen returned. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; computer/information sciences. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, honors program, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements: Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early admission, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, SAT I. Required for some: 1 recommendation, interview, DTLS, DTMS. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous until 8/15.

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $30. Tuition: $11,025 full-time, $315 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $324 full-time, $9 per credit hour part-time. College room only: $3937.

Collegiate Environment: Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 20 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities; 10% of eligible men and 10% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Marketing/Management Association, Circle K International, Data Processing Management Association, GBC singers. Major annual events: Follies, Miss GBC Pageant, Spirit Day. Student services: health clinic. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices. Option: coed housing available. J. Wilbur Hirons Library with 29,700 books, 817 serials, and a Web page. Operations spending 2002-03: $120,352. 136 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: Known as the "Chemical Capital of the World," Wilmington (pop. 71,529) lies on the west bank of the Delaware River in northern Delaware. Railroads and airlines serve the area. Almost 300 industries are located in the area. A great variety of items are shipped from Wilmington, including such products as automobiles, airplanes, steel, clothing, hosiery, machinery, paper and paper products. Points of interest include Holy Trinity Church (Old Swedes), Wilmington Institute, Free Library, Brandywine Park, Fort Christian State Park, Delaware Art Center, Hagley Museum, Old Town Hall, and the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum. Nearby are Longwood Gardens and the Brandywine Museum.