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"There are precious few public institutions where the faculty feels as close to the students or values them as highly."
-Loren Pope
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CHARACTER |
- A public liberal arts college founded in 1969. The foundation of its curriculum is based on team-teaching and collaborative learning.
- All majors and academic pathways are student-designed.
- Faculty at Evergreen assess a student's learning and academic progress in narrative evaluations rather than grades.
- Olympia is halfway between metropolitan Seattle and Portland, Oregon, and an hour from Mt. Rainier and the Olympic mountains.
- The 1,000 forested-acre campus is located on the southernmost beaches of Puget Sound.
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WORTH NOTING |
- U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Colleges has ranked Evergreen as a "Top College for Learning Communities" and for "First-Year Experiences for Freshmen," 2003-2007.
- Kaplan/Newsweek ranked Evergreen as one of the "12 Hottest Schools" for 2004.
- Evergreen's seniors and first-year students scored in the 90th percentile for the Active and Collaborative Learning benchmark compared to all Baccalaureate-Liberal Arts Colleges in the National Survey of Student Engagement.
- The Unofficial, Unbiased Guide to the 331 Most Interesting Colleges identifies Evergreen as "one of the most highly regarded public liberal arts colleges in the nation … designed for students passionate about pursuing their educational goals and serious about making a difference in the world."
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ENROLLMENT |
- 21:1 student-to-faculty instructional ratio
- Approximately 21% students from out of state
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FACULTY & ACADEMICS |
- 73% of full-time faculty hold the most advanced degree in their field; there are no teaching assistants.
- 50% of full-time faculty are female.
- 24% of full-time faculty are faculty of color.
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TUITION & FEES |
- Comprehensive In-State Fee: $16,812
- Comprehensive Out-of-State Fee: $27,672
- 60% of students receive financial assistance.
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CAMPUS LIFE |
- Apartment-style campus housing with a variety of living spaces.
- More than 50 student organizations, a student newspaper, and community radio station.
- Students have access to equipment and facilities often reserved for graduate students elsewhere.
- NAIA Region I, Cascade Collegiate Conference
- 20 acres of playing fields and an 11-lane Olympic pool; indoor and outdoor climbing walls and ropes course
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ACADEMIC PROFILE OF ENTERING CLASS |
- Middle 50% SAT composite score: 1137
- 16% of students are from underrepresented minority groups.
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