WEST TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY D-3

2501 4th Ave.
Canyon, TX 79016-0001
Tel: (806)651-2000
Free: 800-99-WTAMU
Admissions: (806)651-2020
Fax: (806)651-2126
E-mail: lilav@wtamu.edu
Web Site: http://www.wtamu.edu/

Description:

State-supported, comprehensive, coed. Part of Texas A&M University System. Awards bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Founded 1909. Setting: 128-acre small town campus. Endowment: $14.4 million. Research spending 2003-04: $4.7 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $4305 per student. Total enrollment: 7,299. Faculty: 377 (243 full-time, 134 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 25:1. 1,939 applied, 70% were admitted. 16% from top 10% of their high school class, 44% from top quarter, 80% from top half. 19 valedictorians. Full-time: 4,517 students, 58% women, 42% men. Part-time: 1,305 students, 53% women, 47% men. Students come from 32 states and territories, 30 other countries, 8% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 15% Hispanic, 4% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 2% international, 26% 25 or older, 19% live on campus, 13% transferred in. Retention: 66% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; interdisciplinary studies; liberal arts/general studies. 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, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Common Application, electronic application. Required: high school transcript, class rank +Texas high school curriculum or equivalent, SAT or ACT. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $25. One-time mandatory fee: $10. State resident tuition: $2580 full-time, $86 per hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $10,320 full-time, $344 per hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $892 full-time, $26 per hour part-time, $116 per term part-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to course load. College room and board: $4592. College room only: $2090. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, marching band, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 100 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local fraternities, local sororities; 6% of eligible men and 4% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Residence Hall Association, Student Organizations' Roundtable, student government, Students in Free Enterprise. Major annual events: Buffalo Branding, Workathon, Homecoming. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 1,500 college housing spaces available; 1,260 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through sophomore year. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. Cornette Library with 1.1 million books, 1.3 million microform titles, 5,464 serials, 1,572 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $954,631. 1,200 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.