Eastern Connecticut State University is a public university in Willimantic, Connecticut. It was founded in 1889. Willimantics town hall sports a Victorian-era clock tower. ... 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...

 Institution: Coeducational, residential University founded in 1889 

2 Accreditation: New England Association of Schools and Colleges Accredition organization in New England. ...

3 President: David G. Carter

4 Location: Willimantic, Connecticut. 30 minutes from Hartford, 45 minutes from Providence, and midway between Boston and New York Willimantics town hall sports a Victorian-era clock tower. ... When used by itself in a sentence, the term Hartford can refer to one of several places in the United States. ... Providence may mean: Divine Providence Providence College in Rhode Island, USA Providence, television series Providence, a 1977 film Providence, a 1991 film starring Keanu Reeves Providence, 1970s-era Providence may also refer to: Providence, Rhode Island (in Providence County) Providence, Alabama Providence, Kentucky Providence, New York It is also the... Alternative meanings: Boston (disambiguation) The 18th-century Old State House in Boston is surrounded by tall buildings of the 19th and 20th centuries. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki (R) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ...

5 Campus: Wooded 178 acres

6 Buildings: 50 administrative, instructional and residential buildings

7 New Facilities: Child and Family Development Resource Center, Future Fine Arts Center, Future Public Safety Building, South Residentail Village, Track

8 Total Fall 2004 Enrollment: 5,156

9 Fall 2004 admissions profile: applications for full-time admission - 3,623; students offered admission - 69%; freshmen offered admission - 68%; mean SAT - 1026; total number of new full-time students enrolled - 1,236; freshmen living on campus - 88%

10 Diversity: In 2004, students of color accounted for 14% of all undergraduates.

11 Average Class Size: 25 students

12 Student/Teacher Ratio: 16 to 1

13 Instruction: 72% taught by full-time faculty

14 Professors: 91% hold terminal degrees

15 Degree Programs: Master of Science; Bachelor of Arts; Bachelor of Science; Bachelor of General Studies; Associate of Science A masters degree is an academic degree usually awarded for completion of a postgraduate course of one or two years in duration. ... A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B., from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ... A Bachelor of Science (B.S., B.Sc. ... A Bachelor of General Studies (BGS) degree is an undergraduate degree, offered by some universities in the Western world. ...

16 Undergraduate majors: 31

17 Teacher Certification Programs: Early Childhood; Elementary; Secondary; Physical Education.

18 Graduate Programs: Accounting; Education; Organizational Management

19 Athletics: 17 varsity teams; National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA); Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC); Little East Conference (LEC) The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced NC-Double-A) is a voluntary and often controversial association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... Eastern College Athletic Conference is a College Athletic Conference that competes in 35 mens and womens sports having 317 member institutions in NCAA Divisions I, II and III, ranging in location from Maine to North Carolina. ... The Little East Conference (or LEC) is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division III. Member institutions are located in the northeastern United States in the States of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. ...

20 Financial Aid: 54.6% of full-time undergraduates received financial aid in 2003-2004

21 Job Placement: 93% of recent graduates

22 Undergraduate Minors: 41

23 Intramural, Clubs, and Activities: Over 50 organizations

24 2004 Graduating Class: 813 undergraduates

25 Alumni: More than 20,000

Connecticut's other three state universities are State nickname: The Constitution State Other U.S. States Capital Hartford Largest city Bridgeport Governor M. Jodi Rell (R) Official languages English Area 14,371 km² (48th)  - Land 12,559 km²  - Water 1,809 km² (12. ... For alternate meanings see state university (disambiguation). ...

• Southern Connecticut State University
• Western Connecticut State University
• Central Connecticut State University

Southern Connecticut State University is a state university in New Haven, Connecticut. ... Western Connecticut State University (WestConn) is a public university in Danbury, Connecticut. ... Central Connecticut State University is a state university in New Britain, Connecticut. ...

External link

• Official site