Company description
The Evergreen State College offers Colleges services in Olympia WA, WA area.
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- Mission
- The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington is a distinctive public liberal arts college where coordinated, team-taught, interdisciplinary programs - combining a range of topics around a central theme - replace disconnected courses. Faculty members write narrative evaluations to assess student work, rather than reducing performance and progress to a letter grade. The curriculum promotes engagement and collaboration, rather than competition. Students have the freedom, and accountability, to design their education to meet their personal and career goals, without the limits of formalized majors or rigid requirements. The curriculum is redesigned every year, and upper division students can propose individual learning contracts to further customize their learning experience. While in many ways Evergreen breaks the mold of traditional higher education - and in doing so opens up opportunities for students with a wide range of learning styles and career goals - the college delivers a high level of academic rigor. The National Survey of Student Engagement, sponsored by the Pew Charitable Trusts, notes that Evergreen students tend to read more, prepare more extensively for class, make more presentations and engage more actively with faculty and each other than at the vast majority of colleges and universities nationwide. Students have opportunities for research, hands-on field study, community service, internships and study abroad. Evergreen is one of just three institutions on the West Coast included in the book "Colleges That Change Lives" by former New York Times education editor Loren Pope. Pope notes that at these colleges, "Learning is collaborative rather than competitive; values are central; there is a strong sense of community. They are places of great synergy, where the whole becomes greater than the sum of its parts. Aspirations are raised, young people are empowered." Evergreen is located in the vibrant state capital of Olympia. Students can easily access the urban life of Seattle or Portland, or the recreational opportunities of the Pacific Ocean, Mount Rainier and the Olympic National Park, all within a one- to two-hour drive. Evergreen's forested 1000-acre campus features a half-mile of saltwater beach on Puget Sound, a Native American longhouse, an organic farm, and award winning, environmentally friendly architecture in its newest classroom and office complex. With a strong commitment to sustainability in operations, curriculum and policy, Evergreen has been noted as one of the nation's top 'green' colleges. The vast majority of Evergreen's 4700 students are undergraduates studying the liberal arts and the sciences, including natural and physical sciences. The college also offers graduate programs in Education, Environmental Study, Public Administration, and Teaching.
- General Information
- Selective, Medium School, Public School, Large Town, Co-Ed, Graduate Students - Low, Low Cost, Reader Service for the Blind, Handicapped Student Services, Note taking Services, Study Abroad, Advanced Placement/CLEP, Cooperative Work Experience, Campus Publications, Foreign Student Organizations, Minority Student Organizations, Radio/TV Station, Religious Organizations, Student/Faculty Ratio - High
- Campus Description
- 1,000-acre campus in Olympia, 60 miles from Seattle; branch campus in Tacoma (35 miles). Served by bus; major airport serves Seattle; train serves Lacey (10 miles). Public transportation serves campus.
- Other Admission Requirements
- GED accepted, TOEFL test ONLY required, SAT/ACT tests NOT required, Financial statement NOT required, Advance deposit NOT required, Pre-application form NOT required
- Costs
- 2010-2011 In-state tuition and fees: $6,681; Out-of-state tuition and fees: $17,808
- Campus Setting
- Located in a regional town
- Email
- [email protected]
- School Type
- Public, 4-year or above
- Entrance Difficulty
- Moderately difficult
- Type
- College/University
- Level
- Four Year School
- Coed Status
- Men and Women
- Enrollment Concentration
- Traditional
- Campus Size
- 1000 acres
- City Type
- Small City
- Selectivity
- selective
- Academic Calendar
- Quarter
- Highest Offering
- Masters
- Highest Degree Offered
- Masters
- Application Deadline
- rolling
- Control
- Public
- Institutional Control
- Public
- Setting
- urban
- Graduate Out Of State Tuition
- 19959
- Undergraduate Out Of State Tuition
- 14538
- Instate Tuition Fees For Grad 1 Yr
- $6567
- Instate Tuition For Undergrad For 1 Yr
- $4797
- On Campus Room And Board Charges
- $8052
- Percentage Of Students Admitted
- 94.32
- Year Founded
- 1967
- Accredited
- true
- Graduate In State Tuition
- 6522
- Typical Room And Board
- 6924
- Undergraduate In State Tuition
- 4128
- Undergraduate Number Of Females
- 2845
- Undergraduate Number Of Males
- 2348
- Founded In
- 1967
- Instate Per Credit Hr For Pt Grad
- $219
- Instate Per Credit Hr For Pt Undergrad
- $160
- Total Number Of Admissions
- 1876
- Total Number Of Applicants
- 1989
- Undergraduate Application Fee
- $50
- Additional Fees
- 209
- Books Cost (estimate)
- 780
- Graduate Number Of Females
- 187
- Graduate Application Fee
- $50
- International Application Fee
- $35
- Application Fee
- $50
- Graduate Number Of Males
- 90
- Percent Out Of State Students
- 22
- Percent African American
- 5
- Percent Asian
- 4
- Percent Hispanic
- 4
- Percent Native American
- 4
- Mailing Address Available Only
- N
- Web Site
- http://www.evergreen.edu/
