KEENE STATE COLLEGE P-2

229 Main St.
Keene, NH 03435
Tel: (603)352-1909
Free: 800-572-1909
Admissions: (603)358-2273
Fax: (603)358-2767
E-mail: admissions@keene.edu
Web Site: http://www.keene.edu/

Description:

State-supported, comprehensive, coed. Part of University System of New Hampshire. Awards bachelor's and master's degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1909. Setting: 160-acre small town campus. Endowment: $9.1 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $4377 per student. Total enrollment: 4,937. Faculty: 386 (184 full-time, 202 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 18:1. 4,207 applied, 71% were admitted. 4% from top 10% of their high school class, 24% from top quarter, 66% from top half. Full-time: 4,173 students, 58% women, 42% men. Part-time: 624 students, 56% women, 44% men. Students come from 30 states and territories, 11 other countries, 47% from out-of-state, 0.2% Native American, 1% Hispanic, 0.3% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 11% 25 or older, 56% live on campus, 4% transferred in. Retention: 77% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: education; visual/performing arts; psychology. Core. Calendar: semesters. ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at members of the New Hampshire College and University Council. Study abroad program. ROTC: Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Option: deferred admission. Required: essay, high school transcript, 1 recommendation, SAT, SAT or ACT. Recommended: interview. Required for some: interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 4/1. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $25. State resident tuition: $5060 full-time, $212 per credit part-time. Nonresident tuition: $11,500 full-time, $480 per credit part-time. Mandatory fees: $1840 full-time, $74 per credit part-time. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load. College room and board: $5966. College room only: $4064. 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: 80 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local fraternities, local sororities, coed organization; 11% of eligible men and 8% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Social Activities Council, Concerned Students Coalition, Pride, Habitat for Humanity, Sports Club. Major annual events: Pumpkin Festival, Parent and Family Weekend, Spring Weekend. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 2,391 college housing spaces available; 2,340 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. Options: coed, women-only housing available. Mason Library with 1 million microform titles, 958 serials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $1.8 million. 500 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:

Keene, population 22,000, is located in the southwest corner of New Hampshire, 90 miles from Boston. All forms of commercial transportation are available. Keene is a city of diversified industry with metal and machine industries the most important. There are a number of churches, a community hospital and library serving the area. One of the most popular resorts in the state, Keene has many lakes and ponds within a 20-mile radius as well as golf courses and facilities for winter sports. A number of covered bridges may be seen on side roads off State Highway 10 between Keene and Winchester.