SANTA FE COMMUNITY COLLEGE D-8

6401 Richards Ave.
Santa Fe, NM 87508-4887
Tel: (505)428-1000; Admissions: (505)428-1261; Fax: (505)428-1237; E-mail: atupler@sfccnm.edu; Web Site: http://www.santa-fe.cc.nm.us/

Description: State and locally supported, 2-year, coed. Awards certificates, transfer associate, and terminal associate degrees. Founded 1983. Setting: 366-acre suburban campus. Educational spending 2002-03: $2062 per student. Total enrollment: 5,452. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 18:1. Full-time: 915 students, 65% women, 35% men. Part-time: 4,537 students, 63% women, 37% men. Students come from 50 states and territories, 6 other countries, 10% from out-of-state, 5% Native American, 51% Hispanic, 1% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 0.5% international, 64% 25 or older, 1% transferred in. Retention: 47% of 2003 full-time freshmen returned. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, honors 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.

Entrance Requirements: Open admission except for nursing, early childhood education programs. Options: early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript. Entrance: noncompetitive. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $0. Area resident tuition: $720 full-time, $27 per credit hour part-time. State resident tuition: $960 full-time, $40 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $1728 full-time, $65 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $84 full-time, $3.50 per credit hour part-time, $5 per term part-time.

Collegiate Environment: Orientation program. Choral group, student-run radio station. Social organizations: 9 open to all. Most popular organizations: Student Nurses Association, Native American Student Association, Service-Learning Club, MECHA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan), Phi Theta Kappa. Major annual events: Graduation, Welcome Back Week, Margaret Mead Film Festival. Student services: personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service. College housing not available. Learning Resource Center with 38,226 books, 9,808 microform titles, 206 serials, 2,010 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2002-03: $288,100. 340 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.