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Duke University - Campus Life
Environment | Campus Description | Housing | Regulations | Student Employment
Environment
- The Northeastern region of the country constitute a vast majority of U.S. students.
- The campus area is 8500 acres.
- Campus is located within one mile of a city or town.
Campus Description and Transportation Services
- Description:
- 8,500-acre, suburban campus in Durham (population: 137,000), 30 miles from
- Raleigh; marine lab campus in Beaufort. Served by air, bus, and train.
- School operates campus shuttle service. Public transportation serves
- campus.
Housing
Types of Housing
- Coed Dorms are used by 58% of the on-campus students.
- Women's Dorms are used by 10% of the on-campus students.
- Men's Dorms are used by 17% of the on-campus students.
- Fraternity housing.
- School-owned/operated Apartments.
- Other:
Theme dorms. Theme halls.
- 100% of freshmen live in school housing of some type.
- 82% of all students live in school housing of some type.
- 18% of all students live off campus or commute.
Students who are required to live on campus:
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All first-semester freshmen 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.
- 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
Student Employment
- 44% of full-time undergraduates work on campus during the year.
- Undergraduates may expect to earn, on average, $1700 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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