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Five Towns College - 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 35 acres.
- Campus is located more than one mile from a city or town.
Campus Description and Transportation Services
- Description:
- 35-acre campus in Dix Hills (population: 192,000), 18 miles from New York
- City. Major airport and train serve New York City; small airport serves
- Islip (20 miles); bus serves Melville (five miles). School operates
- transportation to local train station and mall, and Plainview Plaza Hotel.
- Public transportation serves campus.
Housing
Types of Housing
- Other:
Housing available through arrangement with two local hotels.
- 10% of all students live in school housing of some type.
- 90% of all students live off campus or commute.
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.
- 85% 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
- 4% 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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