CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, FRESNO N-9

5241 North Maple Ave.
Fresno, CA 93740-8027
Tel: (559)278-4240; Admissions: (559)278-2261; Fax: (559)278-4715; Web Site: http://www.csufresno.edu/

Description: State-supported, comprehensive, coed. Part of California State University System. Awards bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Founded 1911. Setting: 1,410-acre urban campus. Endowment: $58.5 million. Research spending 2002-03: $5 million. Educational spending 2002-03: $10,358 per student. Total enrollment: 22,348. Faculty: 1,234 (681 full-time, 553 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 18:1. 10,374 applied, 70% were admitted. Full-time: 14,294 students, 59% women, 41% men. Part-time: 4,280 students, 54% women, 46% men. Students come from 50 states and territories, 74 other countries, 1% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 26% Hispanic, 5% black, 12% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 3% international, 20% 25 or older, 5% live on campus, 11% transferred in. Retention: 64% of 2003 full-time freshmen returned. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: education; health professions and related sciences; 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, freshman honors college, 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. Off campus study at other units of the California State University System. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army, Air Force.

Entrance Requirements: Options: Common Application, electronic application. Required: high school transcript, SAT I or ACT. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 7/28. Notification: 8/1. Preference given to state residents.

Costs Per Year: Application fee: $55. State resident tuition: $0 full-time. Nonresident tuition: $10,874 full-time, $282 per unit part-time. Mandatory fees: $2414 full-time, $778 per term part-time. College room and board: $7073. Room and board charges vary according to board plan.

Collegiate Environment: Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, marching band, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 250 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local fraternities, local sororities; 42% of eligible men and 58% of eligible women are members. Major annual events: Vintage Day, Welcome Week, Commencement. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 1,035 college housing spaces available; 1,010 were occupied in 2002-03. No special consideration for freshman housing applicants. Option: coed housing available. Henry Madden Library with 977,198 books, 1.2 million microform titles, 2,500 serials, 71,482 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2002-03: $6.3 million. 853 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment: Fresno (population 510,00) is located in the heart of the San Joaquin Valley, at the center of the state. The climate is mild all year. All modes of transportation serve the area. Fresno is in an agricultural area producing figs, grapes and cotton. Roma Winery and several other wineries are located here; other industries include processing and packing of fruit, the manufacture of cottonseed oil, livestock and poultry feed, agricultural equipment and aircraft parts. There are facilities in the area for swimming, fishing, sailing, water skiing, horseback riding, hiking, rock climbing and all the winter sports. Three national parks and two national forests are nearby.