MCDANIEL COLLEGE B-8

2 College Hill
Westminster, MD 21157-4390
Tel: (410)848-7000
Free: 800-638-5005
Admissions: (410)857-2230
Fax: (410)857-2729
E-mail: admissions@mcdaniel.edu
Web Site: http://www.mcdaniel.edu/

Description:

Independent, comprehensive, coed. Awards bachelor's and master's degrees. Founded 1867. Setting: 160-acre suburban campus with easy access to Baltimore and Washington, DC. Endowment: $65.4 million. Research spending 2003-04: $140,829. Educational spending 2003-04: $8892 per student. Total enrollment: 3,304. Faculty: 190 (129 full-time, 61 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 12:1. 2,041 applied, 76% were admitted. 30% from top 10% of their high school class, 54% from top quarter, 87% from top half. Full-time: 1,575 students, 58% women, 42% men. Part-time: 44 students, 68% women, 32% men. Students come from 30 states and territories, 9 other countries, 27% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 2% Hispanic, 8% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 3% 25 or older, 80% live on campus, 4% transferred in. Retention: 83% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: social sciences and history; business/marketing; communications/communication technologies. Core. Calendar: 4-1-4. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at American University, Drew University, Gallaudet University. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army.

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 2.5 high school GPA, SAT or ACT. Recommended: recommendations, interview, SAT Subject Tests. Required for some: interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadlines: 2/1, 12/1 for early action. Notification: 4/1, 1/15 for early action.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $50. Comprehensive fee: $30,400 includes full-time tuition ($24,500), mandatory fees ($300), and college room and board ($5600). College room only: $3000. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility. Part-time tuition: $766 per credit. Part-time mandatory fees: $150 per term.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 128 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local fraternities, local sororities; 16% of eligible men and 12% of eligible women are members. Major annual events: homecoming, Jazz Nights, Spring Fling. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 1,314 college housing spaces available; 1,250 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through junior year. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. Hoover Library with 629,965 books, 1.4 million microform titles, 3,500 serials, 11,125 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $1.2 million. 171 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.