The distinctive mission of the University is to serve society as a center of higher learning, providing long-term societal benefits through transmitting advanced knowledge, providing new knowledge, and functioning as an active, working repository of organized knowledge. That obligation, more specifically, includes undergraduate education, graduate and professional education, research, and other kinds of public service, which are shaped and bounded by the central and pervasive mission of discovering and advancing knowledge.
Admission Considerations:
Secondary school GPA (Required), Secondary school record (Required), Completion of college-prepatory program (Required), Admission test scores (Required), TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) (Required)
Test Scores (2006) :
25th Percentile
75th Percentile
SAT Critical Reading
460
590
SAT Math
480
610
SAT Writing
ACT Composite
18
24
ACT English
17
23
ACT Math
18
25
Notes:
25th Percentile = 25% of students scored at or below
75th Percentile = 25% of students scored above
Tuition and Fees :
Undergraduate Academic Year Cost:
2005-2006
2006-2007
2007-2008
Tuition and fees (in-state)
$6,653
$6,653
$7,148
Tuition and fees (out-of-state)
$24,473
$25,337
$26,768
Books and supplies
$1,444
$1,513
$1,474
Room and board (on campus)
$10,200
$10,783
$10,714
Room and board (off campus)
$7,500
$7,393
$7,609
Financial Aid Information:
Financial Aid Office Phone: (209) 724-4384
Percentage of students receiving any financial aid: 68%
Average amount of types of financial aid received from:
Federal Grants: $3,732
State/Local Grants: $3,623
Institutional Grants: $7,083
Student Loans: $3,281
