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Western State College of Colorado - Campus Life
Environment | Campus Description | Housing | Regulations | Student Employment
Environment
- The Western region of the country constitute a vast majority of U.S. students.
- The campus area is 228 acres.
- Campus is located within one mile of a city or town.
Campus Description and Transportation Services
- Description:
- 228-acre campus in Gunnison (population: 7,000), 166 miles from Colorado
- Springs. Served by air and bus; major airport serves Denver (200 miles);
- train serves Grand Junction (125 miles).
Housing
Types of Housing
- Coed Dorms.
- Women's Dorms.
- Fraternity housing.
- School-owned/operated Apartments.
- On-campus Married-student housing.
- 41% of all students live in school housing of some type.
- 59% of all students live off campus or commute.
- On average, 85% of all students are on campus during the weekend.
Students who are required to live on campus:
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All unmarried freshmen under age 21 must live on campus unless living
with family.
Campus housing is not available for all unmarried students regardless of year. Reason:
Housing available on a first come, first served basis.
The school provides assistance in locating off-campus housing if on-campus housing is not available.
Campus Rules, Regulations & Policies
- All students may have cars on campus.
- 75% of all students have cars on campus.
- Alcohol is not permitted on campus, even to those students of legal drinking age.
Other Policies
- Class attendance policies set by individual instructors
Student Employment
- 30% of full-time undergraduates work on campus during the year.
- Undergraduates may expect to earn, on average, $1000 per year working part-time on campus.
- This school participates in College Work/Study Program.
- Institutional employment is available.
- Part-time off-campus employment opportunities are good.
- Freshmen are not discouraged from working during first term.
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