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  • Students

    Find out more about the characteristics of students who attend HSU.

  • Admissions

    See how many students applied, accepted, and enrolled at HSU. Learn more about students’ high school preparation and test scores.

  • College Costs & Financial Aid

    Learn about costs to attend HSU and how much financial aid is typically awarded.

  • College Cost Estimator

    Estimate your cost to attend HSU in a few simple steps.

  • Classes and Campus Life

    Learn more about professors, where students live, and campus safety at HSU.

  • Student Experiences

    Discover ways to be actively involved in your education at HSU – inside and outside the classroom.

  • Majors, Graduation and Next Steps

    See which majors are most popular at HSU and what recent graduates plan to do after earning their bachelor's degree.

  • Student Success & Progress

    Discover how many students who start at HSU finish their bachelor's degree and how long it takes.

  • Student Learning Outcomes

    Figure out what learning gains to expect in critical thinking, writing, and other important subjects at HSU.

  • Public Good

HSU Classes & Instructors

Classroom Environment
 
Students per Faculty 23 to 1
Undergraduate classes with fewer than 30 students 64%
Undergraduate classes with fewer than 50 students 86%
 
Total Full-Time Instructional Faculty 254
% of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Female 39%
% of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Persons of Color 8%
% of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Have the Highest Academic Degree Offered in Their Field of Study 91%

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Campus-based Housing

77% of new freshmen live in campus-based housing or residence halls.
23% of all undergraduates live on campus

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Campus Safety

Humboldt State University has an on-campus Police Department with professionally trained officers and staff. In addition to law enforcement, its services include safety escorts, bicycle licensing, motorist assistance and crime prevention. All campus residence halls have staff available to assist students with a wide range of issues. An emergency notification system offers students and others the option to receive text message alerts on their cell phones. There are also courtesy phones throughout campus for direct contact with University Police 24 hours a day.

Campus Crime Statistics

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Carnegie Classification of Institutional Characteristics

The Carnegie Classification's were created "to reference the great diversity of colleges and universities in the United States, and ... enable [people] to identify groups of roughly comparable institutions." For information on the Carnegie Classifications system, please visit their website: http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/

Basic Type
Master's Colleges and Universities (medium programs)
Size and Setting
Medium four-year, primarily nonresidential
Enrollment Profile
Very high undergraduate
Undergraduate Profile
Full-time four-year, more selective, higher transfer-in
Undergraduate Instructional Program
Arts & sciences focus, some graduate coexistence
Graduate Instructional Program
Postbaccalaureate comprehensive

NOTE: Institutional classifications based on the Carnegie 2010 edition.

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