University of the Incarnate Word 4301 Broadway San Antonio, TX 78209-6397 (210) 829-6005

University Control:	Private
Founded In:	1881
Average Costs:	2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $20,260

Incarnate Word's Mission which invites fidelity to a mix of age-old constants and proactive sensitivity to the future creates a particularly vibrant living-learning place. Its Mission of "Christian service and social justice" inspires service-learning projects in poor neighborhoods and the search for grants to prepare first-generation college students for graduate school. "Thoughtful innovation" and a "global perspective" translate into a School of Interactive Media & Design, a laptop university, and schools in China and Mexico. And the value of "respectful interaction" within a diverse community of persons models what the University wishes for today's strife-torn world.