Hey what's up?

I'm Ferrari St. Paul
with YOUniversity TV.

Welcome to Western
Illinois University,

home of the Fighting
Leathernecks!

Let's go on a tour!

Western Illinois University has
two different campus locations.

The more traditional WIU
Macomb campus is situated

in a rural residential area
while the metropolitan

WIU Quad Cities campus
is located in Moline, Illinois,

and is the only public
university in the Quad Cities.

WIU Macomb is set on 1,050
acres of beautiful landscaping

with plenty of green space.

One of the things that
I love about this university

is it's size.

It's not really small, but it's
not so big that you get lost.

The WIU Quad Cities
campus is more urban

and covers 10 wooded acres
with a new expansion

of riverfront campus
along the Mississippi River.

WIU has a total enrollment
of more than 13,500 students.

The Macomb campus averages
a class size of 28,

while the Quad Cities campus
class size is around 18.

The combined male to female
ratio is 54% male to 46% female

and the total minority
population is around 12%.

We look for students
who have graduated

with at least a 2.5 GPA
on a 4.0 scale.

We look for students
that have earned at least

an ACT composite score of 20.

The higher your
grade point average,

the lower your ACT or SAT
score can be, and vice versa.

We think that students are more
well rounded who are involved

in extra-curricular activities
in high school and we hope

that would be an extra
added benefit in terms of

getting them involved
in activities here on campus.

Tuition at the Macomb
campus including fees,

health insurance,
and room and board

runs about $16,000
per year for in-state

and roughly $19,500
for out-of-state students.

While at the Quad Cities campus,
tuition and fees run

around $7,000 per year for both
in and out-of-state students.

Worried about tuition hikes?

At WIU, the cost
guarantee program

makes sure that
doesn't happen.

It means your tuition
is going to stay the same

your entire college career.

How cool is that?

And, room and board is included!

WIU's Macomb campus offers
59 undergraduate degrees,

thirty-five graduate degrees,
one educational Doctorate,

thirteen pre-professional
programs

and fourteen post-baccalaureate
certificate programs.

The Quad Cities campus
offers ten undergraduate,

thirteen graduate,
one educational Doctorate,

and ten post-baccalaureate
certificate programs.

WIU's top majors include
law enforcement,

justice administration,
elementary education,

kinesiology,
psychology,

and family and consumer
sciences.

Western is one of only
three in the country

to offer a Bachelor degree
in forensic chemistry.

There are 656 full time faculty,
about 65% hold a PhD

or a terminal degree
and around 47% are tenured.

The student to faculty ratio
is an intimate 17 to 1.

I think that faculty here are
really hardworking individuals.

The faculty is really involved,
really hands-on.

Any question that you have
they answer.

We get together
formally and informally

with the students
in our department,

and I know that
that happens elsewhere--

in other departments, as well.

For instance,
we have ongoing art shows.

There's things that
students and faculty

can get involved in together,
so I do see a connection

with students and professors
all working together.

Go, fight, win, Western!

Ten men's and ten women's
athletic teams compete

at the NCAA Division I level.

Western athletics is a charter
member of the Senate League

and the Missouri Valley
Football Conference.

Check this out: Western Illinois
is the alma mater of more alumni

on NFL rosters than any other
1AA school in the nation.

All non-commuting freshmen
and sophomore students

are required
to live on campus

in one of the ten
residence halls.

There are also three graduate
and family apartment complexes.

You can also choose to live
in the international house

and if you're willing
to pay a little extra,

you can even get a single
or suite-style room.

At Western we have over 250
different student organizations,

so students can get involved
in lots of activities

while they are on campus.

Dive right into
student activities

here at WIU Macomb's
campus rec center.

Swim laps in the Olympic-sized
pool...

Play racquetball...

Volleyball...

Or run on the elevated
indoor track.

And if that doesn't
tweak your interest,

head over to the student union
for a game of bowling.

Coming in as a freshman,
we were kind of bombarded

by the number
of activities there were,

because there was
the student activities fair

that was at the beginning
of the semester--

of each semester, actually.

Being involved in the Greek
community has opened

a lot of doors for me
here at Western.

It's helped me meet a lot
of new people that I don't think

I would have ever met
if I wouldn't have joined

the Greek community.

Western is recognized as one of
the best in the Midwest colleges

by the Princeton Review,
and as a top-tier school

by U.S. News and World Report.

Western has also been
announced as one of the nation's

best value undergraduate
institutions.

So if you're looking
for a quality school

that's affordable
and feels like home,

then be sure to check out
Western Illinois University.

Well thanks for hanging out
with us here in Macomb, Illinois

on our tour of Western
Illinois University.

I'm Ferrari St. Paul,
and I'm outta here!