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Academic Opportunities
    Undergraduate Approved Degree Programs: 56
    Pre-professional Majors: 5
    Academic Programs Involving Other Colleges and Universities: 9
  • B.S. Ed. Early Childhood Education, Luzerne County Community College
  • B.S. Computer Forensics 2+2+2, Columbia Montour Vocational Technical
  • School/Northumberland County Career & Technology Center/North Schuylkill
  • School District and Luzerne County Community College
  • B.S. Ed. Early Childhood Education, Lehigh-Carbon Community College
  • B.S. Ed. Early Childhood Education , Harrisburg Area Community College at the Dixon Center
  • Engineering Science 3+2, Wilkes University
  • Engineering Science 3+2, Pennsylvania State University
  • M. Ed. in School-Based Speech-Language Pathology, Dixon Center and Distance Learning Centers IU 12 & IU 20
  • M.S. Instructional Technology, Dixon Center
  • Professional Development for Educational Interpreters in the Capital Region, Dixon Center
      • Undergraduate Minors: 44
      Career Concentrations: 7
      Graduate Approved Degree Programs: 19
      Library Holdings: 489,636 print; 2,135,569 micro-text; 13,502 non-print holdings
    Accreditations
      Middle States Commission on Higher Education
      Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET)
      American Speech-Language
      Hearing Association Educational Standards Board (ASHA)
      Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
      Commission of Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
      Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP)
      Council on Education of the Deaf (CED)
      Council on Social Work Education (CSWE)
      National Association of Schools of Music (NASM)
      National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST)
      National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)
      Program Approval: Pennsylvania Department of Education, State Board of Nursing, American Chemical Society, Recognized by the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT)
    Faculty
      Student/Faculty Ratio: 20/1
      Median Class Size of Lectures: 31
      Tenured/Tenure Track Faculty with Terminal Degree: 92%
      Tenure-track Faculty Hired in Past Five Years: 106
      Faculty Professional Development Awards (2008-09): 14
      Number of Tenured/Tenure Track Faculty: 373
      Total Number of Faculty: 489 (includes part-time)
    Admissions
      Freshman Applications: 10,840
      Acceptance Rate: 31.9%
      Traditional Admit Freshmen: Mean SAT 1057, Mean GPA 89.5, Median Class Rank 27%
      Freshmen, including Provisional: Mean SAT 1021, Mean GPA 88.3, Median Class Rank 32%
    Retention
      Degrees Awarded (2008-09): 1565 Bachelors, 311 Masters, 13 Doctorates
      Freshman-to-Sophomore Retention: 80%
      Graduation Rates (2002 Freshman Class) – 4-Year: 44.0% ; 5-Year: 63.7% ; 6-Year: 65.5%
    Enrollment
      Enrollment: 7,840 Degree, 241 Non-Degree, 774 Graduate, 8855 Total
      Male Undergraduates: 42%
      Minority Undergraduates: 11%
      Geographical Background: Five-County Philadelphia Region 23.1%, Northeast and Central PA Counties 45.4%, Other PA Counties 21.5%, Out-of-State 10%
    Budget
      Total Estimated Annual Budget: $112,331,113
      Total Economic Impact on Columbia County: (2004) $121,554,842
      Budgeted FTE Employees: 932
      Operating Expenditure per Student: $12,522
      Instruction and Department Research Expenditures as percentage of Total Operating Budget: 46%
    Scholarships and Support
      Full-Time Undergraduates Receiving Financial Aid: 78%
      Number of Scholarship Awards: 769 (all sources), 535 (BU only)
      Value of Scholarship Awards: $1,490,308 (all sources), $718,659 (BU only)
      Total Financial Aid Awards (all sources): $60,844,559
      Total Endowment Fund: $15,110,374
    Alumni
      Number of Living Alumni: 55,299
      Alumni Giving Rate: 13%
      Alumni Employed Within Year of Graduation: 67.6%
      Alumni Enrolled in Graduate School Within Year of Graduation: 21.5%
    Student Volunteerism
      Total Estimated Hours: 59,620
      Estimated Value of Service: $1,125,626
      Federal Off-Campus Community Service (Work-Study): 12,606 hours, $90,130
    Technology
      Computers in Labs: 1,539
      Student/Computer Ratio: 5.75 to 1
      Electronic Classrooms: 90%
      Bandwidth to Internet: 150 MBPS Residence Halls, 55 MBPS Academic/Administrative Use, 205 MBPS Total
      Percentage of Campus that is Wireless: 90%
    Facilities/Housing
      Main Campus: 282 acres
      Instructional and Support Buildings: 72
      On-Campus Housing: 7 Residence Halls, 3 Apartment Complexes
      On-Campus Capacity: 2980 (2008-09) 3524 (2009-10)
      Percentage of Students Living On Campus: 46%
      Percentage of Students With Meal Plans: 47%, Flex-Only 14%