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West Virginia University - Campus Life
Environment | Campus Description | Housing | Regulations | Student Employment
Environment
- The Southeastern region of the country constitute a vast majority of U.S. students.
- The campus area is 541 acres.
- Campus is located within one mile of a city or town.
Campus Description and Transportation Services
- Description:
- Two campuses of over 1,000 acres in Morgantown (population: 26,000) and
- Evansdale, 75 miles from Pittsburgh; branch campuses in Parkersburg and
- Keyser. Served by air and bus; major airport serves Pittsburgh; train
- serves Connellsville. Main campus is connected by rapid transit to
- Evansdale campus. Personal Rapid Transit system connects major locations
- on campus. School operates transportation to areas in Morgantown. Public
- transportation serves campus.
Housing
Types of Housing
- Coed Dorms.
- Sorority housing.
- Fraternity housing.
- School-owned/operated Apartments.
- On-campus Married-student housing.
- Off-campus Married-student housing.
- Other:
Single-sex sections and blocks. Foreign language floors. Honors floors.
Special-interest floors.
- 90% of freshmen live in school housing of some type.
- 25% of all students live in school housing of some type.
- 75% of all students live off campus or commute.
Students who are required to live on campus:
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Freshmen are generally required to live on campus.
Campus housing is not available for all unmarried students regardless of year. Reason:
Housing is limited.
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 not permitted on campus, even to those students of legal drinking age.
Other Policies
- Class attendance policies set by individual instructors
- Honor Code
- Hazing Prohibited
Student Employment
- 18% of full-time undergraduates work on campus during the year.
- Undergraduates may expect to earn, on average, $1400 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 excellent.
- Freshmen are not discouraged from working during first term.
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