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College of the Southwest - Campus Life
Environment | Campus Description | Housing | Regulations | Student Employment
Environment
- The Southwestern region of the country constitute a vast majority of U.S. students.
- The campus area is 162 acres.
- Campus is located more than one mile from a city or town.
Campus Description and Transportation Services
- Description:
- 162-acre campus in Hobbs (population: 30,000), 120 miles from Lubbock,
- Tex.; branch campus in Carlsbad. Served by bus; major airport serves
- Lubbock; smaller airport serves Odessa, Tex. (95 miles). Public
- transportation serves campus.
Housing
Types of Housing
- Women's Dorms are used by 25% of the on-campus students.
- Men's Dorms are used by 25% of the on-campus students.
- School-owned/operated Apartments.
- 46% of freshmen live in school housing of some type.
- 12% of all students live in school housing of some type.
- 88% of all students live off campus or commute.
- On average, 40% of all students are on campus during the weekend.
Students who are required to live on campus:
- All unmarried students under age 21 not living near campus with relatives.
Campus housing is available for all unmarried students regardless of year.
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.
- 70% 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
- 91% of full-time undergraduates work on campus during the year.
- Undergraduates may expect to earn, on average, $1575 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 fair.
- Freshmen are discouraged from working during first term.
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