LEWIS UNIVERSITY J-10

One University Parkway
Romeoville, IL 60446
Tel: (815)838-0500
Free: 800-897-9000
Fax: (815)838-9456
Web Site: http://www.lewisu.edu/

Description:

Independent, comprehensive, coed, affiliated with Roman Catholic Church. Awards associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Founded 1932. Setting: 375-acre small town campus with easy access to Chicago. Endowment: $17.6 million. Total enrollment: 4,826. Faculty: 459 (151 full-time, 308 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 13:1. 1,878 applied, 68% were admitted. 12% from top 10% of their high school class, 34% from top quarter, 63% from top half. 1 valedictorian. Full-time: 2,446 students, 58% women, 42% men. Part-time: 1,011 students, 67% women, 33% men. Students come from 24 states and territories, 31 other countries, 4% from out-of-state, 0.1% Native American, 7% Hispanic, 14% black, 3% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 4% international, 40% 25 or older, 27% live on campus, 10% transferred in. Retention: 79% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; health professions and related sciences; protective services/public administration. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army (c), Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Common Application, electronic application, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, SAT or ACT. Required for some: interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 8/1.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $35. Comprehensive fee: $25,490 includes full-time tuition ($17,990) and college room and board ($7500). College room only: $5050. Full-time tuition varies according to course load and program. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility. Part-time tuition: $582 per credit. Part-time tuition varies according to course load and program.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 27 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local fraternities, local sororities; 12% of eligible men and 9% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Phi Kappa Theta, Scholars Academy, Black Student Union, Fellowship of Justice, Latin American Student Organization. Major annual events: Greekstock, Spring Formal, International Student Food Festival. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 1,044 college housing spaces available; 998 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. Option: coed housing available. Lewis University Library with 149,870 books, 147,132 microform titles, 1,990 serials, 2,281 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $1.1 million. 310 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Romeoville, located 35 miles southwest of Chicago, enjoys a seasonal climate. The Regional Transportation Authority between Chicago and Joliet serves the area, as well as Amtrak. Romeoville has the usual civic, fraternal, and veterans' organizations. Part-time employment is available.