KEAN UNIVERSITY H-13

1000 Morris Ave.
Union, NJ 07083
Tel: (908)737-KEAN
Admissions: (908)737-7100
Fax: (908)737-3415
E-mail: admitme@kean.edu
Web Site: http://www.kean.edu/

Description:

State-supported, comprehensive, coed. Part of New Jersey State College System. Awards bachelor's and master's degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1855. Setting: 151-acre urban campus with easy access to New York City. Endowment: $3.7 million. Research spending 2003-04: $290,000. Educational spending 2003-04: $7315 per student. Total enrollment: 12,897. Faculty: 1,098 (376 full-time, 722 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 16:1. 4,216 applied, 65% were admitted. 8% from top 10% of their high school class, 24% from top quarter, 60% from top half. Full-time: 7,361 students, 62% women, 38% men. Part-time: 2,586 students, 72% women, 28% men. Students come from 22 states and territories, 74 other countries, 1% from out-of-state, 0.3% Native American, 20% Hispanic, 21% black, 6% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 3% international, 32% 25 or older, 12% live on campus, 11% transferred in. Retention: 80% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; education; psychology. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, 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 members of the Consortium of East New Jersey. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army (c), Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Option: electronic application. Required: essay, high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, SAT or ACT. Recommended: recommendations. Required for some: interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 5/31. Notification: continuous until 9/1.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $50. State resident tuition: $4665 full-time, $155.50 per credit part-time. Nonresident tuition: $7170 full-time, $239 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $2486 full-time, $83.60 per credit part-time. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load. College room and board: $8093. College room only: $5693. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 130 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local fraternities, local sororities, eating clubs. Most popular organization: Student Organization. Major annual events: homecoming, Campus Awareness Festival, Celebration of Diversity. Student services: legal services, health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access, 24-hour patrols by campus police. 1,300 college housing spaces available; all were occupied in 2003-04. No special consideration for freshman housing applicants. On-campus residence required in freshman year. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. Nancy Thompson Library plus 2 others with 280,000 books, 16,053 serials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $3.7 million. 2,000 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:

The township of Union, population 53,400, and its proximity to major automobile, bus, rail, and air transportation networks makes access to the university excellent. This provides continuous cultural, intellectual and social interchange between the cities and the university. Community facilities include library, numerous churches, hospitals and clinics, major civic and service organizations. A recreation center provides facilities for special activities.