WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY I-5

1 Big Red Way
Bowling Green, KY 42101-3576
Tel: (270)745-0111
Admissions: (270)745-2551
Fax: (270)745-6133
E-mail: admission@wku.edu
Web Site: http://www.wku.edu/

Description:

State-supported, comprehensive, coed. Awards associate, bachelor's, and master's degrees and post-master's and first professional certificates. Founded 1906. Setting: 223-acre suburban campus with easy access to Nashville. Endowment: $69.8 million. Research spending 2003-04: $8.5 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $4105 per student. Total enrollment: 18,485. Faculty: 1,143 (684 full-time, 459 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 18:1. 6,078 applied, 93% were admitted. 17% from top 10% of their high school class, 39% from top quarter, 68% from top half. 4 National Merit Scholars, 105 valedictorians. Full-time: 12,944 students, 57% women, 43% men. Part-time: 2,874 students, 66% women, 34% men. Students come from 45 states and territories, 51 other countries, 17% from out-of-state, 0.3% Native American, 1% Hispanic, 9% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 20% 25 or older, 31% live on campus, 5% transferred in. Retention: 75% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: education; business/marketing; social sciences and history. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, ESL program, 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, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army, Air Force (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Open admission. Option: international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.5 high school GPA, SAT or ACT. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadlines: 8/1, 6/1 for nonresidents. Notification: continuous, continuous for nonresidents.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $35. State resident tuition: $5391 full-time, $217 per hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $13,167 full-time, $529 per hour part-time. Full-time tuition varies according to course load, location, program, and reciprocity agreements. Part-time tuition varies according to course load, location, program, and reciprocity agreements. College room and board: $4778. College room only: $2600. 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: 215 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local sororities; 7% of eligible men and 9% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Student Government Association, Campus Activities Board, Campus Crusade for Christ, campus ministries, Residence Hall Association. Major annual events: homecoming, football tailgating, step show. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. College housing designed to accommodate 4,513 students; 4,887 undergraduates lived in college housing during 2003-04. Freshmen given priority for college housing. On-campus residence required in freshman year. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. Helm-Cravens Library plus 3 others with an OPAC and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $5.8 million. 1,300 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:

The city of Bowling Green is located on the Barrer River in Warren County in southern Kentucky. Situated 60 miles north of Nashville, and 103 miles south of Louisville, Bowling Green has about 80 churches of 26 denominations, a public library, and two hospitals. Recreation is provided by local theaters and parks, including nearby Mammoth Cave National Park.