WOODBURY UNIVERSITY S-10

7500 Glenoaks Blvd.
Burbank, CA 91504-1099
Tel: (818)767-0888
Free: 800-784-WOOD
Fax: (818)504-9320
E-mail: admissions@vaxb.woodbury.edu
Web Site: http://www.woodbury.edu/

Description:

Independent, comprehensive, coed. Awards bachelor's and master's degrees. Founded 1884. Setting: 22-acre suburban campus with easy access to Los Angeles. Endowment: $8.7 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $6582 per student. Total enrollment: 1,446. Faculty: 221 (40 full-time, 181 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 18:1. 354 applied, 71% were admitted. 10% from top 10% of their high school class, 40% from top quarter, 80% from top half. Full-time: 994 students, 58% women, 42% men. Part-time: 276 students, 61% women, 39% men. Students come from 29 states and territories, 29 other countries, 0.2% Native American, 36% Hispanic, 6% black, 12% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 7% international, 37% 25 or older, 16% live on campus, 16% transferred in. Retention: 75% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: business/marketing; architecture; computer/information sciences. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, independent study, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, internships. Study abroad program.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Common Application, electronic application, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, SAT or ACT. Recommended: essay, minimum 3.0 high school GPA, 2 recommendations, interview. Required for some: portfolio. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: Rolling.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $35. Comprehensive fee: $29,016 includes full-time tuition ($21,074), mandatory fees ($240), and college room and board ($7702). College room only: $4514. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to program. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility. Part-time tuition: $688 per credit. Part-time tuition varies according to class time, course load, and program.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 18 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local fraternities, local sororities; 25% of eligible men and 25% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Associated Student Government, Fashion Guild, American Institute of Architecture Students, Delta Sigma Phi, Reliving Intercultural Experiences (RICE). Major annual events: Winter Formal, International Festival, Beaux Arts Ball. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 210 college housing spaces available; all were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen given priority for college housing. Option: coed housing available. Los Angeles Times Library with 66,157 books, 93,815 microform titles, 9,621 serials, 11,140 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $906,072. 135 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

Southern California is famous for the variety of terrain it offers and the array of activities available to its residents. Valleys, mountains, beaches, and deserts enable Woodbury students to escape to practically any climate they wish. Woodbury is surrounded by a residential neighborhood in a city known as the heart of the entertainment industry. Students are just minutes away from the many benefits of southern California: historical and cultural events and museums, world-class entertainment, professional sporting events, and vast beaches, deserts, mountains, and valleys for recreational leisure.