HILLSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE L-10

PO Box 31127
Tampa, FL 33631-3127
Tel: (813)253-7000
Admissions: (813)253-7027
Fax: (813)253-7196
Web Site: http://www.hccfl.edu/

Description:

State-supported, 2-year, coed. Part of Florida Community College System. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1968. Setting: urban campus. Endowment: $1.6 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $4410 per student. Total enrollment: 22,149. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 28:1. 4,223 applied, 100% were admitted. Full-time: 7,009 students, 58% women, 42% men. Part-time: 15,140 students, 60% women, 40% men. Students come from 40 states and territories, 100 other countries, 4% from out-of-state, 0.4% Native American, 19% Hispanic, 19% black, 4% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 37% 25 or older, 19% transferred in. Retention: 57% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, honors program, distance learning, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs. Off campus study at University of South Florida, Linkage Program institutions. ROTC: Army (c), Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Options: Common Application, early admission. Required: high school transcript. Placement: CPT required for some. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $20. State resident tuition: $1833 full-time, $61.11 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $6835 full-time, $227.82 per credit hour part-time.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 40 open to all; national fraternities; 1% of eligible men and 1% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Student Government Association, Student Nursing Association, Phi Theta Kappa, Disabled Students Association, Radiography Club. Major annual events: Halloween Fest, Spring Fling, Valentine's Day events. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols. College housing not available. Main library plus 4 others with 170,615 books, 88,182 microform titles, 1,283 serials, 50,000 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $1.8 million. 600 computers available on campus for general student use. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

See University of South Florida.