NIAGARA UNIVERSITY J-6

Niagara University, NY 14109
Tel: (716)285-1212
Free: 800-462-2111
Admissions: (716)286-8700
Fax: (716)286-8355
E-mail: admissions@niagara.edu
Web Site: http://www.niagara.edu/

Description:

Independent, comprehensive, coed, affiliated with Roman Catholic Church. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1856. Setting: 160-acre suburban campus with easy access to Buffalo and Toronto. Endowment: $38 million. Research spending 2003-04: $335,387. Educational spending 2003-04: $4859 per student. Total enrollment: 3,807. Faculty: 327 (131 full-time, 196 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 17:1. 2,946 applied, 80% were admitted. 15% from top 10% of their high school class, 38% from top quarter, 76% from top half. Full-time: 2,709 students, 62% women, 38% men. Part-time: 234 students, 59% women, 41% men. Students come from 31 states and territories, 16 other countries, 7% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 2% Hispanic, 5% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 5% international, 7% 25 or older, 55% live on campus, 6% transferred in. Retention: 80% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; education; social sciences and history. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, freshman honors college, honors program, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at members of the New York State Visiting Student Program, the Western New York Consortium. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, electronic application, early admission, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, SAT or ACT. Recommended: minimum 3.0 high school GPA, 3 recommendations, interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 8/1.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $30. Comprehensive fee: $26,470 includes full-time tuition ($17,700), mandatory fees ($720), and college room and board ($8050). Part-time tuition: $590 per credit hour. Part-time mandatory fees: $20 per term.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 70 open to all; national fraternities. Most popular organizations: Niagara University Community Action Program, student government, Programming Board. Major annual events: Family Weekend, The University Ball, Spring Weekend. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access, 24-hour escort service. 1,497 college housing spaces available; 1,450 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through sophomore year. Options: coed, women-only housing available. Our Lady of Angels Library with 279,793 books, 76,987 microform titles, 8,600 serials, and an OPAC. Operations spending 2003-04: $977,624. 150 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms. Staffed computer lab on campus.