HARRIS-STOWE STATE COLLEGE F-12

3026 Laclede Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63103-2136
Tel: (314)340-3366
Admissions: (314)340-3301
Fax: (314)340-3322
Web Site: http://www.hssc.edu/

Description:

State-supported, 4-year, coed. Part of Missouri Coordinating Board for Higher Education. Awards bachelor's degrees. Founded 1857. Setting: 22-acre urban campus. Educational spending 2003-04: $4032 per student. Total enrollment: 1,605. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 12:1. 848 applied, 33% were admitted. 9% from top 10% of their high school class, 26% from top quarter, 51% from top half. 21 valedictorians. Full-time: 793 students, 64% women, 36% men. Part-time: 812 students, 77% women, 23% men. Students come from 9 states and territories, 19 other countries, 7% from out-of-state, 0.2% Native American, 1% Hispanic, 84% black, 0.1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 42% 25 or older, 15% transferred in. Retention: 62% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: education; interdisciplinary studies; business/marketing. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, self-designed majors, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, co-op programs and internships. Off campus study at Saint Louis University, University of Missouri-St. Louis. ROTC: Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: early admission, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, SAT or ACT. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $15. State resident tuition: $4095 full-time, $136.50 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $8067 full-time, $268.90 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $160 full-time, $80 per term part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load.

Collegiate Environment:

Drama-theater group, choral group. Social organizations: 43 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities; 1% of eligible men and 1% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Drama Club, concert chorale, Student Government Association, Multicultural Council, Student Ambassadors. Major annual events: Homecoming, Commencement, Organization Day. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, 16-hour patrols by trained security personnel Monday through Friday, 24-hour weekend and holiday patrols. College housing not available. Southwestern Bell Library and Technology Center with 60,000 books, 8,700 microform titles, 340 serials, 15 audiovisual materials, and an OPAC. Operations spending 2003-04: $354,589. 251 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.