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Ferris State University - Campus Life
Environment | Campus Description | Housing | Regulations | Student Employment
Environment
- The Midwestern region of the country constitute a vast majority of U.S. students.
- The campus area is 600 acres.
- Campus is located within one mile of a city or town.
Campus Description and Transportation Services
- Description:
- 600-acre campus in Big Rapids (population: 14,600), 50 miles from Grand
- Rapids; branch campus in Grand Rapids. Served by bus; airport and train
- serve Grand Rapids. Public transportation serves campus.
Housing
Types of Housing
- Coed Dorms.
- Women's Dorms.
- Fraternity housing.
- School-owned/operated Apartments.
- On-campus Married-student housing.
- Other:
Private rooms.
- 46% of all students live in school housing of some type.
Students who are required to live on campus:
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All freshmen and sophomores must live on campus.
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.
- 68% 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
- Hazing Prohibited
Student Employment
- 32% of full-time undergraduates work on campus during the year.
- Undergraduates may expect to earn, on average, $1600 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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