INDIANA UNIVERSITY NORTHWEST B-5

3400 Broadway
Gary, IN 46408-1197
Tel: (219)980-6500
Free: 800-968-7486
Admissions: (219)980-6767
Fax: (219)981-4219
E-mail: wlee@unhaw1.iun.indiana.edu
Web Site: http://www.iun.edu/

Description:

State-supported, comprehensive, coed. Part of Indiana University System. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1959. Setting: 38-acre urban campus with easy access to Chicago. Endowment: $6.9 million. Research spending 2003-04: $341,762. Educational spending 2003-04: $5375 per student. Total enrollment: 5,138. Faculty: 393 (190 full-time, 203 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 14:1. 1,259 applied, 79% were admitted. 5% from top 10% of their high school class, 20% from top quarter, 51% from top half. Full-time: 2,585 students, 69% women, 31% men. Part-time: 1,951 students, 71% women, 29% men. Students come from 6 states and territories, 1% from out-of-state, 0.4% Native American, 12% Hispanic, 21% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0.2% international, 42% 25 or older, 7% transferred in. Retention: 62% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: liberal arts/general studies; business/marketing; protective services/public administration. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships. Off campus study. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: early admission, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, SAT or ACT. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: 8/1. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $35. State resident tuition: $4283 full-time, $142.75 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $10,673 full-time, $355.75 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $424 full-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load. Part-time tuition varies according to course load.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 45 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities. Most popular organizations: Student Government Association, Student Guides Organization, Nursing Association, Dental Association, International Affairs Club. Major annual events: Welcome Back Week, Spring Fest, Black History Month activities. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, lighted pathways. College housing not available. IUN Library with 251,508 books, 350,045 microform titles, 1,541 serials, 331 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $1.3 million. 250 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Gary (population 150,000) is the second largest city in Indiana, a metropolitan area, and is in one of the country's outstanding steel production areas. The United States Steel Corp. is located here on Lake Michigan. All forms of transportation are available. Community facilities include libraries, churches, hospitals, and shopping areas. Part-time employment is available. Marquette Park nearby has a four-mile beach, a pavilion, piers, and a picnic area.