HEBREW COLLEGE E-12

160 Herrick Rd.
Newton Centre, MA 02459
Tel: (617)559-8600
Free: 800-866-4814
Admissions: (617)559-8610
Fax: (617)559-8601
Web Site: http://www.hebrewcollege.edu/

Description:

Independent Jewish, comprehensive, coed. Awards bachelor's and master's degrees. Founded 1921. Setting: 3-acre suburban campus with easy access to Boston. Endowment: $8 million. Total enrollment: 6. Faculty: 41 (20 full-time, 21 part-time). Full-time: 5 students, 80% women, 20% men. Part-time: 1 student, 100% women. Students come from 6 states and territories, 1 other country, 1% from out-of-state, 99% 25 or older. Core. Calendar: semesters. Distance learning, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at Boston College, Boston University, Northeastern University, Simmons College, University of Massachusetts Boston, Brandeis University, Andover Newton Theological School, Tufts University.

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: Peterson's Universal Application, early admission, early decision, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript, 3 recommendations, interview. Required for some: GRE, audition. Placement: SAT required. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadlines: Rolling, 12/15 for early decision. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $50. Tuition: $15,840 full-time, $660 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $150 full-time, $75.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. College housing not available. Rae and Joseph Gann Library with 125,000 books, 3,600 microform titles, 280 serials, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $211,820. 10 computers available on campus for general student use. Staffed computer lab on campus.