SPRING HILL COLLEGE P-2

4000 Dauphin St.
Mobile, AL 36608-1791
Tel: (251)380-4000
Free: 800-SHC-6704
Admissions: (251)380-3030
Fax: (251)460-2186
E-mail: admit@shc.edu
Web Site: http://www.shc.edu/

Description:

Independent Roman Catholic (Jesuit), comprehensive, coed. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees. Founded 1830. Setting: 450-acre suburban campus. Endowment: $26.1 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $5733 per student. Total enrollment: 1,427. Faculty: 131 (69 full-time, 62 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 13:1. 1,218 applied, 80% were admitted. 29% from top 10% of their high school class, 52% from top quarter, 80% from top half. 5 valedictorians. Full-time: 1,068 students, 61% women, 39% men. Part-time: 144 students, 72% women, 28% men. Students come from 37 states and territories, 10 other countries, 52% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 6% Hispanic, 14% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 13% 25 or older, 78% live on campus, 3% transferred in. Retention: 80% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: communications/communication technologies; business/marketing; psychology. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships. Off campus study at Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army (c), Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Common Application, electronic application, early admission, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: essay, high school transcript, 1 recommendation, SAT or ACT. Recommended: minimum 2.5 high school GPA, interview. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 7/1. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $25. Comprehensive fee: $27,142 includes full-time tuition ($18,722), mandatory fees ($1228), and college room and board ($7192). College room only: $3640. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility. Part-time tuition: $741 per semester hour. Part-time mandatory fees: $40 per semester hour.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 30 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities; 22% of eligible men and 25% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Student Government Association, Multicultural Student Union, Circle K, Campus Programming Board, Habitat for Humanity. Major annual events: Fall Formal, Christmas on the Hill, Campus Mardi Gras. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 866 college housing spaces available; 835 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through junior year. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. Marnie and John Burke Memorial Library plus 1 other with 180,404 books, 305,470 microform titles, 2,195 serials, 1,494 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $749,944. 194 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.

Community Environment:

See University of South Alabama.