At Last! A Stadium Comes to Campus

At Last! A Stadium Comes to Campus

A new era is dawning for the University and its football program.

On Aug. 1 the Board of Trustees approved financing and construction plans for a $55 million, on-campus football stadium as part of the second phase of the New Landscape for Learning campus enhancement initiative.

The 30,000-seat facility will be named InfoCision Stadium and Summa Field. Construction should be completed in time for the Zips’ home opener in 2009.

The stadium will be funded by a $30 million fund-raising campaign (of which $21 million already has been pledged) and bonds financed via stadium revenues.

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Campuses
82 buildings on 218 acres in metropolitan Akron
One regional campus, Wayne College, located on 151 acres in Orrville, Ohio, about 30 miles southwest of Akron
B.S./M.D. program offered at main campus and the Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine in Rootstown, Ohio
UA is a partner, along with community and business leaders, in The University of Akron Medina County University Center, a 33,000-square-foot facility offering college classes and workforce training
National Rankings
College of Business Administration included in the 2006 edition of The Princeton Review’s Best 237 Business Schools
UA ranked third among the nation’s top 50 campuses with the greatest wireless Web access in a 2005 Intel Corp. survey
School of Law was ranked #2 in 2004 as a best value by National Jurist and Pre-Law Insider magazine
UA School of Law is one of only 17 in the nation offering an LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law
Student teams earned #1 rankings in national trial advocacy competitions in 2004 and 2003
Industrial/Organizational Psychology program ranked 6th nationally by U.S. News & World Report
Only public university in Ohio with a science and engineering program ranked in the top five nationally by U.S. News & World Report
Engineering students placed 2nd among 17 college teams in 2005 – the first year of the three-year competition sponsored by GM to design a fuel-efficient, “green” SUV by 2007
One of only 12 universities in the nation named as a Carnegie Cluster leader in recognition of teaching and learning achievements

Accreditation
Carnegie Basic Classification
North Central Association of Colleges & Schools

Main Campus RU/H: Research Universities (high research activity)
35 professional accrediting agencies

Wayne College Assoc/Pub2in4: Associate's--Public 2-yr colleges under 4-yr universities

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http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/
Academic Programs Offered (Academic Year 2006-07)
Degrees Awarded (AY 05-06 and To Date thru Spr ‘06)
Unique Programs
Programs & Tracks

2005-06
To Date
Certificates
69
157

Associate
473
26,283
Associate
35
79

Bachelor's
2,258
95,705
Baccalaureate
87
229

Master's
892
27,471
Master's
71
151

Doctoral Degrees
119
2,938
Doctoral
17
27

Juris Doctors
142
5,917
Juris Doctor
1
7





Enrollment

Fall 2005
Fall 2006
Undergraduate Students
18,723

Undergraduate Students
19,673
Graduate Students
3,379

Graduate Students
3,327
Professional Students
534

Professional Students
539
Full-time students
15,707

Full-time students
16,615
Part-time students
6,929

Part-time students
6,924
Total Headcount: 22,636
Total Headcount: 23,539
Fall 2006 Enrollment by Ethnicity
Fall 2006 Enrollment by Degree Type

Count
Percent


Count
Percent
Native American
76
0.3%

Baccalaureate
16,134
68.5%
Asian Pac Islander
442
1.9%

Associate
2,702
11.5%
African American
2,811
11.9%

Master's
2,345
10.0%
Hispanic
266
1.1%

Non degree-seeking
1,094
4.6%
White
18,285
77.7%

Doctoral
726
3.1%
Non Resident Alien
771
3.3%

Law
538
2.3%
Unknown
888
3.8%