Company description
The College of Wooster
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- Mission
- The College of Wooster is the nation's premier liberal arts college for undergraduate research. Wooster offers an excellent, comprehensive liberal education, culminating in a rigorous, in-depth project of inquiry or creative expression. By working in partnership with a faculty member to conceive, organize and complete a significant project on a topic of the student's own choosing, every Wooster student develops abilities valued by employers and graduate schools alike: initiative, self-confidence, independent judgment, creative problem solving, and strong written and oral communication skills. Wooster is a diverse, supportive, unpretentious community of learners where students can be themselves, discover and pursue their passion, and forge lifelong bonds with faculty,coaches, staff, and one another that enrich their college experience and sustain the college's tradition of excellence
- General Information
- Highly Selective, Small School, Protestant Affiliation, Small Town, Co-Ed, Graduate Students - Low, Any Cost, Handicapped Student Services, Study Abroad, Accelerated Study, Cooperative Work Experience, Campus Publications, Dormitories, Foreign Student Organizations, Minority Student Organizations, Radio/TV Station, Religious Organizations, Social Fraternities and Sororities, Student Government, Student/Faculty Ratio - Low
- Campus Description
- 320-acre campus in Wooster, 55 miles from Cleveland. Served by bus; major airport serves Cleveland; smaller airport serves Akron (25 miles); train serves Canton (35 miles). School operates transportation to Cleveland. Public transportation serves campus.
- Other Admission Requirements
- GED accepted, Financial statement NOT required, Advance deposit NOT required, Pre-application form NOT required
- School Type
- Private not-for-profit (no religious affiliation), 4-year or above
- Costs
- 2010-2011 Tuition and Fees: $36,598
- Campus Setting
- Located in a regional town
- Entrance Difficulty
- Moderately difficult
- Type
- College/University
- Level
- Four Year School
- Selectivity
- more selective
- Coed Status
- Men and Women
- City Type
- Distant Town
- Religious Affiliation
- Independent
- Highest Offering
- Bachelors
- Campus Size
- 320 acres
- Highest Degree Offered
- Bachelors
- Setting
- suburban
- Academic Calendar
- Semester
- Control
- Private
- Institutional Control
- Private
- Application Deadline
- 15-Feb
- Instate Tuition For Undergrad For 1 Yr
- $33520
- Undergraduate In State Tuition
- 28030
- Undergraduate Out Of State Tuition
- 28030
- Instate Per Credit Hr For Pt Undergrad
- $1048
- On Campus Room And Board Charges
- $8650
- Percentage Of Students Admitted
- 70.44
- Room Charge For 1 Yr On Sharing With 1 Person
- $3860
- Year Founded
- 1866
- Accredited
- true
- Books Cost (estimate)
- 1050
- Typical Board Cost
- 3850
- Typical Room Cost
- 3210
- Undergraduate Number Of Females
- 1013
- Founded In
- 1866
- Total Number Of Admissions
- 2778
- Total Number Of Applicants
- 3944
- Undergraduate Application Fee
- $40
- Additional Fees
- 200
- International Enrollment
- 122
- Undergraduate Number Of Males
- 882
- International Application Fee
- $40
- Application Fee
- $40
- Percent Out Of State Students
- 48
- Graduate Application Fee
- $0
- Percent African American
- 4
- Percent Asian
- 2
- Percent Hispanic
- 1
- Mailing Address Available Only
- N
- Web Site
- http://wooster.edu/
