GRATZ COLLEGE N-26

7605 Old York Rd.
Melrose Park, PA 19027
Tel: (215)635-7300; 800-475-4635; Admissions: (215)635-7300; Fax: (215)635-7320; E-mail: ajohnston@gratz.edu; Web Site: http://www.gratzcollege.edu/

Description: Independent Jewish, comprehensive, specialized, coed. Awards bachelor's and master's degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1895. Setting: 28-acre suburban campus with easy access to Philadelphia. Total enrollment: 696. Faculty: 14 (8 full-time, 6 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 12:1. 7 applied, 71% were admitted. Full-time: 6 students, 83% women, 17% men. Part-time: 10 students, 90% women, 10% men. Students come from 5 states and territories, 44% from out-of-state, 90% 25 or older, 31% transferred in. Retention: 100% of 2003 full-time freshmen returned. Core. Calendar: semesters. Independent study, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements: Open admission. Options: electronic application, early admission, deferred admission. Required: essay, high school transcript, recommendations. Required for some: interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $50. Tuition: $11,000 full-time, $458 per credit part-time.

Collegiate Environment: Orientation program. Choral group. Major annual events: College President's Annual Student Reception, Abramson Fellowship Concert. Campus security: 24-hour patrols. College housing not available. Tuttleman Library with 100,000 books, 175 serials, 380 audiovisual materials, and an OPAC. 2 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus.

Community Environment: All the amenities of Greater Philadelphia's cultural and academic environment (museums, concert halls, colleges and universities, etc.) are available and accessible to Gratz's multifaceted student body by either private or public transportation. A large, diverse and well-organized Jewish community enables those interested in an active Jewish communal life to thrive.