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Towson University

Towson University
8000 York Road
Towson, MD 21252

Official telephone: (410) 704-2000
Fax number: (410) 704-3030
Website: https://www.towson.edu/
Screen last updated on: December 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 16,517
Full-time undergraduates: 14,548
Part-time undergraduates: 1,969
Total graduate students: 2,932
Full-time graduate students: 1,025
Part-time graduate students: 1,907
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.1% American Indian or Alaskan Native
7.0% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
32.8% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
11.0% Hispanic/Latino
0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
40.9% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
5.7% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
1.5% Nonresident Alien
1.0% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown
CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 329 acres
Nearest major city: Baltimore and Washington, DC

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • special housing for disabled students
  • cooperative housing
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 108%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 33%
Percent of students who live off campus: 67%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Computer equipment is provided in: computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 4171
School has a library on campus: yes

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service, women's center
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station, television station
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
University Residence Government; African Diaspora Club; Latin American Student Organization; Black Student Union; Caribbean Student Association

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseballyes 
Men's baseball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's basketballyes 
Men's footballyes 
Men's football NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's golfyes 
Men's lacrosse NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's lacrosseyes 
Men's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's swimming and divingyes 
Women's basketballyes 
Women's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's field hockeyyes 
Women's field hockey NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's golfyes 
Women's gymnasticsyes 
Women's gymnastics NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's lacrosse NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's lacrosseyes 
Women's socceryes 
Women's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's softballyes 
Women's softball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's tennisyes 
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's volleyballyes 
Intramural/Recreational sports:
badminton; basketball; baseball; cheerleading; equestrian sports; field hockey; football; golf; gymnastics; ice hockey; lacrosse; rugby; soccer; softball; tennis; ultimate Frisbee; volleyball; wrestling; indoor track; swimming and diving; track and field; table tennis; cross-country running

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Baltimore-Washington Internati

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 71% within six months of graduation

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