DAEMEN COLLEGE J-7

4380 Main St.
Amherst, NY 14226-3592
Tel: (716)839-3600
Free: 800-462-7652
Admissions: (716)839-8225
Fax: (716)839-8516
E-mail: [email protected]
Web Site: http://www.daemen.edu/

Description:

Independent, comprehensive, coed. Awards bachelor's, master's, and first professional degrees and post-master's certificates. Founded 1947. Setting: 35-acre suburban campus with easy access to Buffalo. Endowment: $2.1 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $5964 per student. Total enrollment: 2,186. Faculty: 215 (76 full-time, 139 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 15:1. 1,429 applied, 73% were admitted. 16% from top 10% of their high school class, 42% from top quarter, 74% from top half. Full-time: 1,221 students, 76% women, 24% men. Part-time: 373 students, 81% women, 19% men. Students come from 19 states and territories, 14 other countries, 4% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 2% Hispanic, 16% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 18% 25 or older, 42% live on campus, 10% transferred in. Retention: 73% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: health professions and related sciences; education; business/marketing. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, 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 Western New York Consortium. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army (c).

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, Common Application, electronic application, early admission, early action, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA, SAT or ACT. Required for some: essay, 3 recommendations, interview, portfolio for art program, supplemental application for physician's assistant program. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadlines: Rolling, 8/30 for early action. Notification: continuous, 9/1 for early action.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $25. Comprehensive fee: $23,390 includes full-time tuition ($15,570), mandatory fees ($450), and college room and board ($7370). Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility. Part-time tuition: $520 per credit. Part-time mandatory fees: $4 per credit, $68 per term. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, student-run newspaper. Social organizations: 42 open to all; local fraternities, local sororities; 29% of eligible men and 18% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: Students Without Borders, Student Physical Therapy Association, Physician Assistant Student Society, Step Team, cheerleaders. Major annual events: Campus Bonfire, Boobar (Halloween party), Springfest. Student services: personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, 24-hour security cameras. 592 college housing spaces available; 588 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen guaranteed college housing. On-campus residence required through sophomore year. Option: coed housing available. Marian Library plus 1 other with 127,232 books, 26,782 microform titles, 889 serials, 10,584 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $767,490. 99 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 college is located in a quiet suburban environment accessible to the City of Buffalo and the international boundary with Canada. Transportation hubs-plane, train, and bus-are located a short distance from the campus.