STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO H-15

7060 Route 104
Oswego, NY 13126
Tel: (315)312-2500
Admissions: (315)312-2250
Fax: (315)312-5799
E-mail: admiss@oswego.edu
Web Site: http://www.oswego.edu/

Description:

State-supported, comprehensive, coed. Part of State University of New York System. Awards bachelor's and master's degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1861. Setting: 696-acre small town campus with easy access to Syracuse. Endowment: $5.2 million. Research spending 2003-04: $1.8 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $4462 per student. Total enrollment: 8,289. Faculty: 467 (312 full-time, 155 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 19:1. 7,466 applied, 57% were admitted. 10% from top 10% of their high school class, 50% from top quarter, 84% from top half. Full-time: 6,531 students, 54% women, 46% men. Part-time: 528 students, 58% women, 42% men. Students come from 28 states and territories, 19 other countries, 2% from out-of-state, 0.4% Native American, 4% Hispanic, 4% black, 2% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 12% 25 or older, 57% live on campus, 10% transferred in. Retention: 75% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: education; business/marketing; communications/communication technologies. Core. Calendar: semesters. ESL program, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, freshman honors college, honors program, independent study, distance learning, 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 Bryant and Stratton North Campus, Finger Lakes Community College, Jefferson-Lewis Board of Cooperative Educational Services, Onondage-Cortland-Madison Board of Cooperative Educational Services. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: electronic application, early admission, early decision, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, SAT or ACT. Recommended: essay, interview. Required for some: recommendations. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadlines: Rolling, 11/15 for early decision. Notification: 1/15, 12/15 for early decision.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $40. State resident tuition: $4350 full-time, $181 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $10,160 full-time, $429 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $888 full-time, $34.14 per credit hour part-time. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to class time and location. College room and board: $7890. College room only: $4790. Room and board charges vary according to board plan, housing facility, and location.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 123 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local fraternities, local sororities; 6% of eligible men and 6% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: club/intramural sports, student radio/television stations, Outing/Recreation Club, student government, programming boards. Major annual events: Quest, May Day, Family and Friends Weekend. Student services: legal services, health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, controlled dormitory access. 3,926 college housing spaces available; 3,700 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through sophomore year. Option: coed housing available. Penfield Library plus 1 other with 477,930 books, 2.1 million microform titles, 959 serials, 32,179 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $2.6 million. 600 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.