MAPLE SPRINGS BAPTIST BIBLE COLLEGE AND SEMINARY F-9

4130 Belt Rd.
Capitol Heights, MD 20743
Tel: (301)736-3631; Admissions: (301)736-3631; Fax: (301)735-6507; E-mail: percy.coker@msbbcs.edu; Web Site: http://www.msbbcs.edu/

Description: Independent Baptist, comprehensive, specialized. Awards associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Founded 1986. Setting: 1-acre suburban campus with easy access to Washington, DC. Educational spending 2002-03: $867 per student. Total enrollment: 151. 24 applied, 100% were admitted. Full-time: 7 students, 57% women, 43% men. Part-time: 82 students, 55% women, 45% men. Students come from 4 states and territories, 50% from out-of-state, 90% 25 or older, 24% transferred in. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, accelerated degree program, independent study, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships, graduate courses open to undergrads.

Entrance Requirements: Open admission. Option: deferred admission. Required: essay, high school transcript, 3 recommendations, interview. Placement: Bible examination required. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $25. Tuition: $2100 full-time, $95 per credit hour part-time.

Collegiate Environment: Orientation program. Student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 2 open to all. Most popular organizations: Student Government Association, newsletter. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices, part-time security personnel. College housing not available. 1,781 books, 37 serials, and 35 audiovisual materials. Operations spending 2002-03: $4176.