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Delaware Colleges
Beebe
School of Nursing
424 Savannah Road, Lewes 19958; 645-3251.
- Two-year, hospital-based
nursing program; founded in 1921.
- About 50 students, 50 percent
commuters.
- Dorms for women and men.
Diploma in nursing.
- Admission factors: SAT scores,
high school grade-point average, references and personal interviews.
Delaware College of Art and
Design
600 Market Street Mall, Wilmington, 19801; 622-8000.
- Two-year visual arts school, a
creative partnership of Pratt Institute, New York, and the Corcoran
School of Art, Washington, opened September 1997.
- About 110 students, two-thirds
commuters.
- Associate degrees offered in
fine art, graphic design, illustration and photography.
- Degree program admission
factors: application form, artwork/portfolio review, high school
grade-point average, educational goal statement; ACT or SAT test
scores recommended.
Delaware State University
Main campus, 1200 N. Du Pont Highway, Dover, 19901; 857-6350.
Wilmington campus, 621 Market Street Mall, Wilmington, 19801; 577-2728.
Georgetown campus, William A. Carter Partnership Center, Box 660,
Georgetown, 19947; 856-5397.
- Four-year public university;
founded in 1891.
- About 3,200 students, 50
percent commuters.
- Separate dorms by gender.
- Bachelor of science, arts and
technology degrees; master's degrees in certain fields.
- Admission factors: grades,
class rank, SAT scores and recommendation of high school officials.
Web site: www.dsc.edu/index.html.
Delaware Technical
& Community College
Wilmington campus,
333 Shipley St., Wilmington, 1 9801; 571-5300.
Stanton campus, 400 Stanton-Christiana Road, Newark, 19713; 454-3900.
Terry campus, 1832 N. Du Pont Highway, Dover, 19901; 741-2700.
Jack F Owens campus, Del. 18, Box 610, Georgetown, 19947: 856-5400.
- Two-year, public college.
- For 1998-99, 17,878 students
enrolled in credit courses, 43,549 for all programs; all commuters.
- Associate degrees in applied
science; diploma and certificate programs. Admission factors: high
school diploma or equivalent or at least 18 years of age and able to
benefit from instruction.
- Computerized placement test and
interview are also required.
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Web sites:
Delaware Technical & Community College - http://www.dtcc.edu
Terry Campus (Dover) http://www.dtcc.edu/terry/
Owens Campus (Georgetown) http://www.dtcc.edu/owens/
Stanton/Wilmington Campus http://www.dtcc.edu/stanton-wilmington/
Drexel University
Wilmington campus, 913 Market Street Mall, Wilmington, 19801; 658-7500.
- Accelerated degree programs, graduate and undergraduate.
- Programs customized to meet specific organizational needs, delivered on-site at company locations and/or on the Wilmington and Philadelphia
campuses.
- Affordable, competitive rates for customized training programs and work-site development.
- Admission factors for Wilmington campus: open admissions, application,
transcript from high school and college if seeking degree.
- Approximately 100 students currently enrolled on campus, in addition to
students attending several degree programs offered throughout Delaware
in area companies.
- Web site: http://www.drexel.edu/evening/2.asp?page=7
Goldey-Beacom College
4701
Limestone Road, Wilmington, 19808; 998-8814.
- Four-year business college,
founded in 1886.
- About 1,700 students, 85-90
percent commuters.
- Apartment style dorms.
- Bachelor's and associate's
degrees; MBA program.
- Admission factors: SAT scores,
high school grade-point average, placement test, interview.
- Web site: goldey.gbc.edu.
Springfield College of Human
Services
501 Shipley St., Wilmington, 19801; 658-5720.
Branch of Springfield College, 263 Alden St., Springfield, MAO 1109.
- 220 students, all
commuters.
- Master's and bachelor's degrees
in human services
- 16-weekend courses of study for
master's degree, with classes offered Friday, Saturday and Sunday one
weekend each month
- 16- to 24-month course of
study, depending on transfer credits, for bachelor's degree, with
classes on Saturday and Sunday two weekends each month.
- Admission factors: for master's
degree - a bachelor's degree, interview, writing sample, transcripts
from all colleges previously attended; for bachelor's degree -high
school diploma or GED, interview, writing sample.
- Web site (main campus): www.spfldcol.edu/
University
of Delaware
Main campus,
South College Avenue, Newark, 19716
Admissions office, 831-8125.
- Marine studies program on
Pilottown Road, Lewes: continuing education programs at multiple
locations around the state.
- Academy of Lifelong Learning on
the Wilmington and Lewes campuses.
- Agricultural research facility
on U.S. 9 in Georgetown; offerings in Georgetown, Dover and Wilmington
through the parallel program with Delaware Technical & Community
College.
- Comprehensive doctoral
granting, state-assisted university.
- Enrollment: 21,346.
Undergraduate: 14,670 full-time, 1,440 part-time. Graduate: 2,163
full-time, 968 part-time.
- Continuing education: 52
full-time, 2,053 part-time. About 50 percent commuters.
Special-interest houses and apartments; residence halls that are coed
by building, floor and alternating room; and apartment-style residence
halls. Associate's degrees in arts and sciences; bachelor's, master's
and doctoral degrees in some colleges.
- Admission factors: high school
record, SAT scores and ACT scores, course selection, history of
academic performance, essay, personal qualities, activities and
community service.
- Web site: www.udel.edu/.
Wesley
College
Main campus, 120 N.
State St., Dover, 19901; 736-2400 or (800) 937-5398.
Wilmington campus, 13 Reads Way, New Castle, 19720; 333-4723.
- Four-year, private liberal arts
college, affiliated with the United Methodist Church, founded in
1873.
- About 1,000 full-time and
part-time students, 40 percent commuters.
- Bachelor's and associate's
degrees in certain majors; master's in business administration,
nursing, environmental science and education.
- Coed and single-gender
residence halls.
- Admission factors: SAT scores,
high school performance, references, interviews.
- Web site: www.wesley.edu/.
Widener University
Main campus, 1 University Place, Chester, PA 19013; (610)
499-4000.
Delaware campus, Widener University School of Law, 4601 Concord Pike,
Talleyville, 19803; 477-2000.
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