HAMPTON UNIVERSITY G-16

Hampton, VA 23668
Tel: (757)727-5000; 800-624-3328; Admissions: (757)727-5328; Fax: (757)727-5084; Web Site: http://www.hamptonu.edu/

Description: Independent, university, coed. Awards associate, bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and first professional degrees. Founded 1868. Setting: 210-acre urban campus with easy access to Norfolk. Endowment: $165.3 million. Research spending 2002-03: $10.4 million. Educational spending 2002-03: $14,101 per student. Total enrollment: 5,790. Faculty: 400 (284 full-time, 116 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 16:1. 5,696 applied, 62% were admitted. 20% from top 10% of their high school class, 45% from top quarter, 90% from top half. Full-time: 4,486 students, 63% women, 37% men. Part-time: 493 students, 42% women, 58% men. Students come from 37 states and territories, 69% from out-of-state, 0.2% Native American, 0.5% Hispanic, 96% black, 0.1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0.5% international, 15% 25 or older, 59% live on campus, 2% transferred in. Retention: 85% of 2003 full-time freshmen returned. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; psychology; biological/life sciences. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, 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. Off campus study at 11 members of the Virginia Tidewater Consortium for Continuing Higher Education. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army, Naval.

Entrance Requirements: Options: Common Application, electronic application, early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, 1 recommendation, SAT I or ACT. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 3/1. Notification: continuous until 7/31.

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $25. Comprehensive fee: $18,982 includes full-time tuition ($12,864) and college room and board ($6118). Room and board charges vary according to housing facility. Part-time tuition: $290 per credit.

Collegiate Environment: Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, marching band, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 80 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities; 5% of eligible men and 4% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: student government, student leaders, Student Union Board, student recruitment team, resident assistants. Major annual events: Homecoming, Commencement, Convocation. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, controlled dormitory access, emergency call boxes. 3,066 college housing spaces available; 2,692 were occupied in 2002-03. Freshmen given priority for college housing. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. William R. and Norma B. Harvey Library plus 3 others with 336,092 books, 711,759 microform titles, 1,414 serials, 1,649 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2002-03: $2.5 million. 1,300 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment: Hampton is the oldest English settlement still in existence in the nation; the city was settled in 1610. Hampton is the center of the fishing industry of Virginia. All modes of transportation are available. The Syms-Eaton Academy, first free school of America, and Hampton University, of which Booker T. Washington was an alumnus, are only two of the area's important sites. St. John's Church, which survived a partial burning during the Civil War, is another historic point of interest. Its most precious relic is communion silver made in 1618. The window dedicated to Pocahontas was donated by Indian students at Hampton Institute.