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Valparaiso University

Valparaiso University
1700 Chapel Drive
Valparaiso, IN 46383

Official telephone: (219) 464-5000
Fax number: (219) 464-6898
Website: https://www.valpo.edu/
Screen last updated on: December 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 2,258
Full-time undergraduates: 2,207
Part-time undergraduates: 51
Total graduate students: 609
Full-time graduate students: 438
Part-time graduate students: 171
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.1% American Indian or Alaskan Native
3.4% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
6.4% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
11.4% Hispanic/Latino
0.0% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
68.9% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
3.9% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
4.5% Nonresident Alien
1.5% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 350 acres
Nearest major city: Chicago

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • special housing for disabled students
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 65%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 58%
Percent of students who live off campus: 42%

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: 539
Other computer facilities/services: Web Academic Information, Degree Audit, Online Course Evaluations, Online Bills, Online Financial Award
School has a library on campus: yes

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service
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:
Dance Marathon; Fraternity/Sorority Life; Alpha Phi Omega (Volunteer Honorary); University Programming Council; Cultural Based Organizations

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseballyes 
Men's baseball  
Men's basketballyes 
Men's basketball  
Men's cross-country running  
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's football  
Men's golfyes 
Men's golf  
Men's indoor track  
Men's sand volleyball  
Men's soccer  
Men's softball  
Men's swimming and diving  
Men's swimming and divingyes 
Men's table tennis  
Men's tennis  
Men's track and field  
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's ultimate Frisbee  
Men's volleyball  
Women's baseball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's basketballyes 
Women's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's bowlingyes 
Women's bowling NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's football NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's golfyes 
Women's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's indoor track NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's sand volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's socceryes 
Women's softball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's softballyes 
Women's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's table tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's tennisyes 
Women's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's ultimate Frisbee NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's volleyballyes 

Intramural/Recreational sports:
basketball; football; soccer; softball; tennis; ultimate Frisbee; volleyball; indoor track; sand volleyball; table tennis

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Chicago Midway

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

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