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* The university: A selective four-year private
Christian university. ACU includes the colleges
of Business Administration, Biblical Studies,
Education and Human Services, and Arts and
Sciences, the Graduate School, the Graduate
School of Theology, the Patty Hanks Shelton
' School of Nursing, and the School of Social Work.
It is affiliated with the Churches of Christ and is
one of the largest private universities in the
Southwest.
* Academic programs*: Students may choose
from 60 baccalaureate majors that include more
than 100 areas of study, 27 master's degree
programs and one doctoral program.
* Accreditation: Abilene Christian University is
accredited by the Commission on Colleges of
the Southern Association of Colleges and
Schools to award associate, baccalaureate,
master's and doctoral degrees.
* Students: About 4,700 students, including
approximately 4,150 undergraduates and 550
graduate students, generally from all 50 states
and about 60 other countries.
* Location: ACU is in Abilene, Texas, an
All-America City of 115,000 people 150 miles
west of the Dallas and Fort Worth area.
* Faculty: More than 200 full-time faculty
members with 94 percent of tenure-track faculty
holding terminal degrees. A student-to-faculty
ratio of 17:1.
* Financial aid: Ninety percent of ACU
freshmen receive financial aid. Last year,
the average amount of financial aid for
freshmen (a combination of scholarships,
grants, work-study and loans) was $12,960.
The average package of grants and scholarships
was $7,366.OFI LE
* Annual cost: $21,600* for tuition, fees,
room and board, plus approximately $800
for textbooks.
* Health professional school acceptance rate:
More than 80 percent of ACU students who
apply for admission to medical and dental
schools are accepted, a rate more than double
the national average.
* Foreign study: ACU's Study Abroad programs
take students to study in places such as Europe,
Asia and Latin America.
* Campus Technology: Each residence hall has
a lab with Windows-based PC computers. Several
major buildings also have wireless Internet
capability, including the library. Each ACU student
has an email address and access to the Internet
and campus servers.
* Campus organizations: There are more than
90 campus and groups in which students
can become involved, including seven men's
social clubs and six women's social clubs.
* Intramurals: About 3,000 students participate
each year in 22 intramural sports and other
activities. Students also can be involved in the
roller hockey, men's soccer, and bike clubs.
* Athletics: NCAA Division II, Lone Star
Conference. Football, men's and women's
basketball, baseball, men's golf, men's and
women's cross country, men's and women's track
and field, women's volleyball, men's and women's
tennis, women's softball, and women's soccer.
ACU is an annual contender for the United States
Sports Academy Directors Cup, recognizing
the best all-around sports program in
NCAA Division II.
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