Slippery Rock University College Portrait
Slippery Rock University1 Morrow Way Slippery Rock, PA 16057
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- Students
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- Admissions
See how many students applied, accepted, and enrolled at SRU. Learn more about students’ high school preparation and test scores.
- College Costs & Financial Aid
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- Classes and Campus Life
Learn more about professors, where students live, and campus safety at SRU.
- Student Experiences
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- Majors, Graduation and Next Steps
See which majors are most popular at SRU and what recent graduates plan to do after earning their bachelor's degree.
- Student Success & Progress
Discover how many students who start at SRU 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 SRU.
SRU Classes & Instructors
| Classroom Environment | |
|---|---|
| Students per Faculty | 20 to 1 |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 30 students | 53% |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 50 students | 92% |
| Total Full-Time Instructional Faculty | 349 |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Female | 47% |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Persons of Color | 18% |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Have the Highest Academic Degree Offered in Their Field of Study | 89% |
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Campus-based Housing
96% of new freshmen live in campus-based housing or residence halls.
36% of all undergraduates live on campus
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Campus Safety
The SRU campus and community provide a safe place in which to live and learn. SRU employs Certified Police Officers that patrol the campus 24 hours a day, seven days a week. A student safety escort service and emergency light and call stations throughout campus add to our safe environment. All residence hall exterior doors are monitored and require an ID card and pass code for entry. In an emergency, students, faculty and staff receive immediate text message alerts via our free e2Campus warning system.
Campus Crime Statistics
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 (larger programs)
- Size and Setting
- Medium four-year, primarily residential
- Enrollment Profile
- Very high undergraduate
- Undergraduate Profile
- Full-time four-year, selective, higher transfer-in
- Undergraduate Instructional Program
- Professions plus arts & sciences, some graduate coexistence
- Graduate Instructional Program
- Postbaccalaureate with arts & sciences (other dominant fields)