PEIRCE COLLEGE N-26

1420 Pine St.
Philadelphia, PA 19102-4699
Tel: (215)545-6400; 877-670-9190; Admissions: (215)670-9236; Fax: (215)546-5996; Web Site: http://www.peirce.edu/

Description: Independent, 4-year, coed. Awards associate and bachelor's degrees. Founded 1865. Setting: 1-acre urban campus. Endowment: $6.8 million. Educational spending 2002-03: $5367 per student. Total enrollment: 1,765. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 16:1. 267 applied, 78% were admitted. Full-time: 546 students, 70% women, 30% men. Part-time: 1,219 students, 71% women, 29% men. Students come from 40 states and territories, 30 other countries, 19% from out-of-state, 0.3% Native American, 4% Hispanic, 49% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 2% international, 79% 25 or older, 38% transferred in. Retention: 63% of 2003 full-time freshmen returned. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; computer/information sciences; law/legal studies. Core. Calendar: continuous. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships. Off campus study.

Entrance Requirements: Open admission. Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript. Entrance: minimally difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $50. Tuition: $10,800 full-time, $360 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $1000 full-time, $100 per course part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load.

Collegiate Environment: Major annual events: Academic Awards Ceremony, Commencement, Student Appreciation Day. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, 24-hour security cameras. College housing not available. Peirce College Library with 29,844 books, 80 serials, 497 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2002-03: $199,969. 300 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.