Towson University
Office of Admissions
8000 York Road
Towson, MD 21252-0001
Admission:
1-800-4TOWSON
ENROLLMENT
Total
16,647
Full-time:
11,536
Part-time:
2,445
Graduate:
35% men/65% women
Law school:
61% men/39% women
FRESHMAN ADMISSION
PROFILE
Number who applied:
8,468
Number accepted:
5,163
Number enrolled:
2,043
Average SAT scores:
1100
Average GPA:
3.21
2006-2007 COSTS
Tuition:
In-State: $6,972
Out-of-State: $16,352
Room and board:
$7,800
(based on double occupancy and meal plan c)
FINANCIAL AID
Freshmen receiving aid:
65%
Average financial aid package:
$NA
FACULTY
Full-time:
521
Part Time:
619
Student/faculty ratio:
16:1
Towson University
800 York Road
Towson, MD 21252-0001
Autumn at Towson University.
College Description
Founded in 1866, Towson University (TU) is a regional comprehensive university that offers degree programs in the liberal arts and sciences and preprofessional and professional areas of study. The University's beautiful 328-acre campus is located in the suburban community of Towson, Maryland, just 7 miles north of downtown Baltimore. Towson offers bachelors degrees in fifty-eight fields of study, master's degrees in twenty-nine, and two doctoral programs. The University emphasizes excellence in teaching and continued scholarly growth by faculty members. Towson is nationally recognized for its excellent programs in business, communications, computer information systems, fine arts, health professions,teacher education, and women's studies. Towson is located in Baltimore County, in the suburban community of Towson. The campus is 10 minutes from Towson Town Center, the region's largest upscale shopping mall, and within walking distance of restaurants, bookstores, movie theaters, and libraries. The University is 20 minutes from the cultural and educational resources of downtown Baltimore, home of the National Aquarium, the Maryland Science Center, Oriole Park at Camden Yards, the Walters Art Gallery, and Federal Hill. Towson is also centrally located in the mid-Atlantic region, convenient to the Atlantic beaches; the Appalachian Mountains; Washington, D.C.; Philadelphia; and New York City.
Academic Life
Towson University is composed of eight colleges: the College of Business and Economics, the College of Education, the College of Fine Arts and Communication, the College of Health Professions, the College of Liberal Arts, the College of Science and Mathematics, the College of Graduate Education and Research, and the College of Extended Programs. The University follows the semester system with spring and fall semesters, an optional January minimester, and several summer sessions. The University's first and most important goal is to provide a sound liberal arts and sciences education for all students. To fulfill this goal, the university provides a core program of General Education (GenEd) requirements. Qualified students are invited to participate in the Honors College, which offers opportunities for research, course work, extracurricular seminars, and mentoring in a wide range of academic disciplines. Additional opportunities include study abroad in more than 70 countries, and internships that offer college credit, work experience, networking, and exploration.
Campus Life
The University enrolls over 16,000 full- and part-time students, including more than 800 international students from eighty nine countries. Approximately 14,000 TU students are undergradu- ates. Fifteen percent of these students come from minority groups. More than 3,200 students (almost 68 percent of the freshman class) live on campus at TU. There are twelve residence halls, including modern high-rise towers, apartment complexes, and two- and three-story traditional buildings. Student life on campus offers exciting academic, social, cultural, and athletic opportunities. There are more than 100 student clubs and campus organizations, including fraternities, sororities, and social and professional clubs. The University Union is a popular gathering place, housing the campus bookstore, the post office, dining facilities, ATM machines, a recreation/bowling center, and more. The University's health center, counseling center, academic advising center, and career center are also available to students.
Facilities and Resources
The Albert S. Cook Library, located near the center of campus, contains more than 530,000 books, more than 2,000 periodicals, and a variety of other media, including microforms, audiocassettes and videocassettes, CD-ROMs, and online data- bases. The library's online catalog system gives Towson students access to the collections of all eleven University System of Maryland campuses. Web resources on MdUSA provide a virtual library with indexing, abstracting, and full-text articles. The Center for the Arts houses the departments of art, dance, music, and theater arts; a 546-seat main stage theater; a 520-seat concert hall; and two art galleries. Van Bokkelen Hall, which houses the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders and the Department of Mass Communication and Communication Studies, contains modern communication equip- ment and a clinic that offers services to people with hearing and speech disorders. Smith Hall, home to the science departments, contains modern laboratory facilities and a planetarium. Historic Stephens Hall houses the College of Business and Economics and the 700-seat Stephens Hall Auditorium. The University's Media Center is the location of the student-run television station (WMJF-TV), the campus radio stations, and the Department of Electronic Media and Film.
Athletics/Sports
Towson University is a Division I member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and fields teams in eleven men's and twelve women's sports. The Tigers compete in the America East Conference in twenty-one sports, the East Atlantic Gymnastics League, and the Patriot League for football. The University's 24-acre sports complex includes Minnegan Stadium, where the Tiger football, track, field hockey, and lacrosse teams play; and the Towson Center, which seats more than 5,000 spectators. TU's athletic facilities include an NCAA-regulation swimming pool, three gymnasiums, two weight training rooms, a sand volleyball court, twenty-three tennis courts, a fitness center, six racquetball courts, and six squash courts. Towson also offers intramural sports with leagues for men and women.
Financial Aid
Approximately 65 percent of Towson University students receive financial aid. Aid for eligible students who have financial need may come from programs funded by federal, state, and university sources.
Towson University offers academic and non-need-based scholarships to qualified students. Priority is granted to the earliest applicants. No separate application for most scholarships is needed, but an admissions application, transcripts, and test results must be completed and filed by December 1, 2000.
For a complete list of scholarships and their criteria, visit our website, http://onestop.towson.edu/finaid/.
Admission Requirements
Applicants with college-preparatory course experience are considered for admission on the basis of the cumulative academic high school grade point average, SAT I or ACT scores, recommendations from appropriate high school officials, and other evidence of the ability to do college-level work. All matriculating freshmen are evaluated for placement in reading, writing, and mathematics. To be considered for transfer admission, an appli- cant must have completed at least 50 transferable semester hours of college-level work with a corresponding minimum 2.25 cumulative grade point average. International applicants whose native language is not English are required to submit an official report of Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) scores. A minimum score of 500 is required on the paper-based TOEFL; 175 is required on the computer-based TOEFL. Admission to Towson University is selective. Sixty-nine percent of last year's applicants were offered admission. The SAT I range for the middle 50 percentile of all admitted students was 500 to 590 for both verbal and math. The mean GPA for the same group was 3.21.
Towson renders admission decisions to qualified candidates on a continuous (rolling admissions) basis. Applicants should submit all appropriate application materials and required academic credentials by May 1 for fall admission and by December 1 for spring admission. Priority admission is granted beginning October 1 to those freshman applicants whose secondary school record indicates an overall 3.0 or above average in academic courses from grades 9-11 and whose combined SAT I score is at least 1100.