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Stanford University - 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 8180 acres.
- Campus is located within one mile of a city or town.
Campus Description and Transportation Services
- Description:
- 8,180-acre campus near Palo Alto (population: 56,000), 20 miles from San
- Jose and 30 miles from San Francisco; branch campuses in Washington,
- D.C., and overseas in Berlin, Florence, Krakow, Kyoto, Oxford, Paris, and
- Santiago. Served by bus; major airports serve San Francisco and San Jose;
- train serves San Jose. School operates transportation to local shopping
- center, downtown Palo Alto, and university medical center. Public
- transportation serves campus.
Housing
Types of Housing
- Coed Dorms.
- Women's Dorms.
- Fraternity housing.
- School-owned/operated Apartments.
- On-campus Married-student housing.
- 94% of all students live in school housing of some type.
- 6% of all students live off campus or commute.
- On average, 95% of all students are on campus during the weekend.
Students who are required to live on campus:
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All freshmen must live on campus.
Campus housing is not available for all unmarried students regardless of year. Reason:
Contact School Directly
Campus Rules, Regulations & Policies
- All students may have cars on campus.
- 33% of all students have cars on campus.
- Alcohol is permitted on campus to students of legal age but certain restrictions apply.
Other Policies
- Class attendance policies set by individual instructors
- Honor Code
- Hazing Prohibited
- Other:
Sexual harrassment policy. Smoking prohibited in campus buildings.
Student Employment
- 50% of full-time undergraduates work on campus during the year.
- Undergraduates may expect to earn, on average, $1500 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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