2. Angelo State
University at 9:30,
November 12th
Sam Houston State
2:45, November
14th
3. University of Incarnate
Word at 9:30,
November 15th
University of North
Texas at 9:30,
November 16th
4. Texas’ only public liberal arts college.
Consumer Digest’s #1 Best Value
College!
5. 5 hour drive from Austin, and at 100,000
people, about half the city of Lubbock
(Recreation of the long-lost Wichita Falls)
6. 5,712 undergraduates
White
65% White
African-
14% African-American
American
Latino 9.5% Latino
Asian (note: College Board
has different numbers)
Native
American
27% of first-year students
Retention Rate: 71%
receive Pell Grant assistance. Six-Year Graduation Rate: 30%
7. Most Popular majors:
Health
Professions*, Business/Mar
keting, Interdisciplinary
Studies, Education, Criminal
-NCAA Division II Athletics (12
Justice. sports)
-Intramural Program
-Air Force ROTC
-Nearly-nonexistent Greek System
* Includes: Sports Medicine, Nursing (RN), Dental
Hygiene, Pre-dental, Pre-med, Pre-pharm, Pre-
vet, Respiratory Therapy
8. Tuition and fees, in-state: $6,910 (Fall 2011)
Total cost (College Board numbers): $12,453
Net price after grants: $7,596
-One third of applicants for aid had full need met, overall
average was 84% of need met.
-Average aid package of $12,106 ($7,789 in S&G
9. Assured Middle 50% of Students
% -ile SAT ACT
SAT ACT
Top Half 990 21
910-1100 19-23
3rd Quarter 1070 23
4th Quarter 1100 24
Takeaway: a school where assured
standards are hardly a barrier to admission.
Accepted CoFo Students: 970
SAT, 21 ACT, 3.24 GPA
10.
11. Smith College is located
in
Northampton, Massachu
setts and is part of the
five college consortium.
Smith is ranked in the
top 20 schools in the
country for college
dorms, LGBT
friendliness, having
liberal students, and best
quality of life.
12. The most popular majors
at Smith are
government, psychology
, art, English, economics
and biology.
Smith is ranked 18th
among liberal arts
colleges in the country.
Total cost of attendance
is usually around
$55,000. Rarely does a
student actually end up
paying anywhere near
that
