LEWIS & CLARK COLLEGE E-7

0615 SW Palatine Hill Rd.
Portland, OR 97219-7899
Tel: (503)768-7000
Free: 800-444-4111
Admissions: (503)768-7040
Fax: (503)768-7055
E-mail: admissions@lclark.edu
Web Site: http://www.lclark.edu/

Description:

Independent, comprehensive, coed. Awards bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and first professional degrees and post-master's and first professional certificates. Founded 1867. Setting: 137-acre suburban campus. Endowment: $156.4 million. Research spending 2003-04: $1.4 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $12,793 per student. Total enrollment: 3,259. Faculty: 380 (213 full-time, 167 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 12:1. 3,826 applied, 65% were admitted. 37% from top 10% of their high school class, 77% from top quarter, 98% from top half. 8 National Merit Scholars, 28 valedictorians. Full-time: 1,849 students, 61% women, 39% men. Part-time: 23 students, 48% women, 52% men. Students come from 49 states and territories, 44 other countries, 80% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 4% Hispanic, 1% black, 5% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 4% international, 2% 25 or older, 64% live on campus, 5% transferred in. Retention: 84% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: social sciences and history; foreign language/literature; psychology; visual/performing arts. Core. Calendar: semesters. ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, internships. Off campus study at Oregon Independent Colleges Association. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early admission, early action, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, 2 recommendations, SAT, ACT, or academic portfolio. Recommended: minimum 3.0 high school GPA, interview. Required for some: 4 recommendations, portfolio applicants must submit samples of graded work, SAT or ACT. Entrance: very difficult. Application deadlines: 2/1, 11/15 for early action. Notification: 4/1, 1/15 for early action.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $50. Comprehensive fee: $35,358 includes full-time tuition ($27,494), mandatory fees ($216), and college room and board ($7648). College room only: $3974. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility. Part-time tuition: $1386 per credit hour.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 70 open to all. Most popular organizations: College Outdoors, Associated Students, Center for Service and Work, musical groups, student radio station. Major annual events: International Affairs Symposium, Gender Studies Symposium, Environmental Studies Symposium. Student 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. 1,202 college housing spaces available; all were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through sophomore year. Option: coed housing available. Aubrey Watzek Library plus 1 other with 227,609 books, 2 million microform titles, 7,477 serials, 11,586 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $4.4 million. 158 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:

See Portland State University.