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Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley State University
1 Campus Drive
Allendale, MI 49401


Fax number: (616) 331-2000
Website: https://www.gvsu.edu/
Screen last updated on: February 2024
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 18,613
Full-time undergraduates: 16,432
Part-time undergraduates: 2,176
Total graduate students: 2,979
Full-time graduate students: 1,592
Part-time graduate students: 1,387
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.3% American Indian or Alaskan Native
2.8% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
5.3% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
6.8% Hispanic/Latino
0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
79.4% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
3.6% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
1.3% Nonresident Alien
0.5% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 1,391 acres
Nearest major city: Grand Rapids, MI

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: 89%
Percent of students who live in school housing: 29%
Percent of students who live off campus: 71%

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: 2600
Other computer facilities/services: transcript, degree audit, credit card payments
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service, women's center
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
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:
Habitat for Humanity; Alternative Breaks; Hospitality and tourism Management Club; Dance Troupe; Colleges Against Cancer

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 2

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseballyes 
Men's baseball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's basketball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's basketballyes 
Men's cheerleading  
Men's crew  
Men's cross-country running NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's footballyes 
Men's football NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's golf NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's golfyes 
Men's ice hockey NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's rowing  
Men's rugby  
Men's sailing  
Men's swimming and diving NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's swimming and divingyes 
Men's tennis NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's tennisyes 
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's track and field NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Men's water polo  
Men's wrestling  
Women's basketballyes 
Women's basketball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's cheerleading  
Women's crew  
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's cross-country runningyes 
Women's golf NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's golfyes 
Women's ice hockey  
Women's lacrosse NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's rowing  
Women's rugby  
Women's sailing  
Women's skiing (downhill)  
Women's socceryes 
Women's soccer NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's softballyes 
Women's softball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's swimming and diving NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's swimming and divingyes 
Women's tennisyes 
Women's tennis NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's track and field NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's track and fieldyes 
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 2, NCAA Div. II
Women's volleyballyes 
Women's water polo  

Intramural/Recreational sports:
archery; baseball; basketball; bowling; cheerleading; crew; fencing; field hockey; football; golf; gymnastics; lacrosse; racquetball; soccer; softball; squash; tennis; volleyball; water polo; weight lifting; wrestling; skiing (downhill); swimming and diving; track and field; cross-country running; skiing (cross-country)

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: Kent County International

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 74% within six months of graduation

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