1. Open admission policy under which virtually all secondary school graduates or students
with GED equivalency diplomas are admitted without regard to academic record, test scores, or
other qualifications: Yes
2. Policy regarding admission decisions that are reached for certain groups of students or for
certain programs: Selective admissions to physical therapist assistant, respiratory care,
nursing programs, dental hygiene, and dental assisting.
Admission Requirements
3. High School Diploma or GED required and accepted: Yes
4. Institution's requirement or recommendation regarding a general college preparatory
program: Recommended
5. Distribution of high school units recommended:
| Total academic units |
19 |
| English |
4 |
| Mathematics |
3 |
| Laboratory Science |
2 |
| Foreign Language |
2 |
| History |
3 |
| Electives |
5 |
6. High school course requirements or recommendations not covered above:
a) For Engineering & Physical Science programs must include: elementary
& intermediate algebra, plane geometry & trigonometry. Business majors
are encouraged to have: algebra I, geometry & algebra II.
b) Engineering & Physical Science students should include: physics & chemistry.
Health Technologies students include: biology & chemistry.
SAT and ACT Policies
7. Test policies: SAT required of some Health Tech program applicants, score report
required by April for Fall acceptance.
Freshman Application Procedures for Fall
8. Institution's Application fee requirement: Yes
9. Amount of application fee: $35
10. Policy for an application fee waiver for applicants with financial need: Case by Case
11. Admission policies on interviews, auditions, portfolios, and essays: By departmental
recommendation
12. Early Admission of high school students: Yes - Bridge Programs
13. Institution's policy regarding an application closing date: May apply to some programs
14. Dates vary for applications: Program driven
15. Policy on placing students on Waiting list: No
16. Notification to applicants regarding admission decision sent: On a rolling basis
17. Reply policy for admitted applicants: On a rolling basis
18. Institution subscribes to the Candidates Reply Date Agreement (CRDA): No
19. Deferred admission policy: No
Academic Profile
20. Percentage of all first-time, first-year (freshman) students who had high school class rank
within each of the following ranges:
4% in top tenth of high school graduating class
12% in top quarter of high school graduating class
31% in top half of high school graduating class
69% in bottom half of high school graduating class
21. First time Freshman student Enrollment:
Total applied: 7536
Total admitted: 6381
Total enrolled: 3559
Director of Admissions
Name: JoAnn Davis-Wayne
Title: Registrar
Phone: (908) 709-7127
E-mail: Davis@ucc.edu