Framingham State College

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Master's Colleges and Universities (larger programs)

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Master's degree
Calendar System	Semester
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Framingham State College Academics

Framingham State College is unique in its study options. There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Extensive Undergraduate Evening or Early Morning Classes, Learning Center, Reduced Course Load, Study Skills Assistance, Tutoring and Writing Center. Furthermore, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Adult (re-entering) student services, Alcohol/Substance Abuse Counseling, Campus Ministries/Chaplain, Career Counseling, Economically Disadvantaged Student Services, Employment Service, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Minority Student Services, Personal Counseling, Placement Service, Veterans Counselor and Women’s Services can help. Students with disabilities are not left alone with programs such as Partial Services/Facilities For Students With Learning Disabilities, Services/Facilities For Hearing Impaired, Services/Facilities For Visually Impaired, Wheelchair Accessibility, 200 work stations, available in: dorms, libraries, computer centers, student centers, Own PC Required, Dorms Wired for Access to Campus-Wide Network, Email Accounts Provided to All Students, Online Course Registration for Freshmen, Commuter/Off-Campus Students Can Connect to Campus Network, Computer Helpline Available, Dorms Wired for High Speed Internet Connections, Online Library, Wireless Network, Offers distance learning courses or programs (online or partially online): Yes, During Intersession Periods, During Normal Term Periods, Over the Summer, Percent of courses taught as online courses: 13%, Percent of courses taught as blended (online and offline): 1% and Percent of courses taught face-to-face: 86%. In particular, the university has a Cross-Registration, Distance Learning, Double Major, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, Liberal Arts/Career Combination, ROTC, Army, Study Abroad, Teacher Certification and Washington Semester.

The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at Framingham State College.

School of Visual and Performing Arts:

Art – General

Popular majors:

seventeen percent business per marketing, fifteen percent social sciences, eleven percent psychology, nine percent communication technologies, eight percent english, eight percent family and consumer sciences, six percent education, five percent visual and performing arts

Computer Science:

Computer/Information Sciences – General

Mathematics:

Mathematics – General

Communications & Journalism:

Communications/Rhetoric

Education:

Biology Teacher Education, Chemistry Teacher Education, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, English Teacher Education, Family/Consumer Sciences – Education, Foreign Language Teacher Education, Geography Teacher Education, Health Teacher Education, History Teacher Education, Mathematics Education, Secondary Education, Social Science Teacher Education

Foreign Language and Literature:

Foreign Language & Literature – General

Social Sciences:

Economics, Geography, Political Science/Government, Sociology

English Language and Literature:

English, English Language & Literature – General

Business, Management, & Marketing:

Business – General, Business and information technology

Psychology:

Psychology – General

Biological and Biomedical Sciences:

Biology

Physical Sciences:

Chemistry

Health and Clinical Sciences:

Nursing (RN)

History:

History – General

Additionally, for international students, the application fee is 40. Are you an international student? The Fall application deadline for international students is the 15th of February.

Framingham State College Admissions

This school requires an application fee consisting of twenty-five dollars regular application fee, forty dollars out-of-state application fee, twenty-five dollars online application fee and point zero . Transfer student are not ignored. In particular, there were nine hundred and forty-eight total number of transfer students who applied and six hundred and four total number of transfer students who were admitted. Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 64% and Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 75%. Remember that this can change at any time.

In the same way, if you wish to apply with priority status make sure you application is in by the 15th of February. For all student applicants, the Fall application deadline is the 15th of February. Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. the SAT subject section score due date was not reported. The regular application is due the 15th of May. It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, make sure to check with the university about the specific date for this year. SAT and ACT score reports are due the 15th of February and Transfer students must apply no later than the 1st of June, with priority applications due on the 15th of February. For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 1st of March.

Framingham State College Financial Aid

Financial aid forms are FAFSA. If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics. Similarly, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics. Financial aid distribution is at thirty-two percent scholarships per grants and sixty-eight percent loans per jobs. Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school.

Framingham State College Students

The university is a Public, Liberal Arts College, Teachers College/College of Education, Four-year, Coed, where 64 percent of the applicants were admitted, Regionally accredited and College Board member. Moreover, the student body consists of ninety-two percent in-state students, eight percent out-of-state students, zero percent part-time students, sixty-nine percent women, thirty-one percent men, less than one percent american indian per alaskan native, two percent asian per pacific islander, three percent black per non-hispanic, four percent hispanic, eighty-four percent white per non-hispanic, less than one percent non-resident alien, six percent race per ethnicity unreported, eight percent in top 10th of graduating class, thirty-one percent in top quarter of graduating class, seventy-four percent in top half of graduating class, ten percent had h.s. gpa of 3.75 and higher, ten percent had h.s. gpa between 3.5 and 3.74, twelve percent had h.s. gpa between 3.25 and 3.49, sixteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.0 and 3.24, thirty-nine percent had h.s. gpa between 2.5 and 2.99 and thirteen percent had h.s. gpa between 2.0 and 2.49. The school’s size is approximately three thousand, four hundred and sixty degree-seeking undergrads, six hundred and seventy first-time degree-seeking freshmen and two thousand, one hundred and two graduate enrollment. Framingham State College offers Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. Besides, it is part of an Suburban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Residential campus.

Students should note the housing policies: seventy-five percent of first-year students live in college housing, forty-nine percent of all undergraduates live in college housing, Coed Housing, Women’s Housing, Wellness housing (alcohol/drug/smoke-free), one-MAY deadline for housing deposit, one hundred and fifty dollars amount of housing deposit, point zero , and First-time first-year students allowed to have car. Additionally, the university has many unique facilites such as greenhouse, early childhood demonstration lab, education curriculum library, learning center. This school features the Suburban setting, Small city (50,000 – 249,999) and Residential campus. In general, the school is located 20 miles from Boston.

Framingham State College Athletics

The Rams are a member of NCAA. The following sports can be found here:

• Men’s NCAA Division III and Men’s Intercollegiate Baseball
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Basketball
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate and Women’s Intercollegiate Cross_country
• Men’s NCAA Division III and Men’s Intercollegiate Football
• Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Golf
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate and Women’s Intercollegiate Soccer
• Women’s NCAA Division III, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Softball
• Women’s NCAA Division III, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Volleyball