SPRING ARBOR UNIVERSITY O-20

106 East Main St.
Spring Arbor, MI 49283-9799
Tel: (517)750-1200
Free: 800-968-0011
Fax: (517)750-1604
E-mail: admissions@arbor.edu
Web Site: http://www.arbor.edu/

Description:

Independent Free Methodist, comprehensive, coed. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1873. Setting: 123-acre small town campus. Endowment: $7.5 million. Total enrollment: 3,511. Faculty: 143 (77 full-time, 66 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 15:1. 995 applied, 83% were admitted. 19% from top 10% of their high school class, 45% from top quarter, 76% from top half. Full-time: 2,006 students, 66% women, 34% men. Part-time: 504 students, 74% women, 26% men. Students come from 22 states and territories, 4 other countries, 12% from out-of-state, 0.4% Native American, 2% Hispanic, 7% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 63% live on campus, 5% transferred in. Retention: 80% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; home economics/vocational home economics; education. Core. Calendar: 4-1-4. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, external degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at Christian College Consortium. ROTC: Army (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: early admission, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, SAT or ACT. Recommended: essay, interview, guidance counselor's evaluation form, ACT. Required for some: recommendations. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 8/1. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $50. Comprehensive fee: $21,706 includes full-time tuition ($15,700), mandatory fees ($396), and college room and board ($5610). College room only: $2640. Room and board charges vary according to board plan, housing facility, and location. Part-time tuition: $305 per credit. Part-time mandatory fees: $306 per semester hour. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Most popular organizations: Action Jackson, Cougarettes, Multicultural Organization. Major annual events: Arbor Games, Homecoming, Ormston Porchfest. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: late night transport-escort service. College housing designed to accommodate 919 students; 932 undergraduates lived in college housing during 2003-04. On-campus residence required in freshman year. Options: men-only, women-only housing available. Hugh A. White Library with 100,094 books, 351,759 microform titles, 667 serials, 6,181 audiovisual materials, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $278,000. 168 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.