USNews.com: America's Best Colleges 2008: Syracuse University: Services & Facilities

Syracuse University

200 Crouse-Hinds Hall
Syracuse, NY 13244

Basic services offered:: nonremedial tutoring, women's center, placement service, day care, health service, health insurance
Remedial learning services offered:: N/A
Counseling services offered:: minority student, career, personal, veteran student, academic, psychological, religious

Career services include:: co-op education, on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training

Within six months of graduation:: 92%
Within one year of graduation:: N/A
Within two years of graduation:: N/A
Firms that most frequently hire graduates:: Accenture; AmeriCorps; Bank of New York; Bloomingdale's; CIGNA; Citigroup; Deloitte & Touche; ESPN; Ernst & Young; Fidelity Investments; General Electric; IBM; IBM; JP Morgan Chase; KPMG; Liberty Mutual; Lockheed Martin; Macy's; Merrill Lynch; Morgan Stanley; NBC; Price Waterhouse Coopers; Raytheon; St. Joseph's Hospital; Strong Memorial Hospital; Syracuse City School District; Teach for America; Time Warner Cable; U.S. Air Force; U.S. Army; United Technologies - Carrier

School has a library on campus?: Yes
School is a member of library consortia?: Yes
Number of books, serial backfiles, and other material including government documents:: 3,180,427
Number of current serial subscriptions:: 22,865
Number of microforms:: 7,401,625
Number of audiovisual materials:: 1,129,851
Number of E-books:: 1,391
Additional library facilities:: E.S. Bird Library (main library); Geology Library; Mathematics Library; Physics Library; Martin Luther King Library; Science and Technology Library; H. Douglas Barclay Law Library; Architecture Reading Room.

Museums or special academic buildings on campus:: Tolley Center for the Humanities; Newhouse III building with new digital convergence center; Whitman School of Management with state-of-the-art facilities & classrooms; Center for Advanced Technology in Computer Applications & Software Engineering (CASE Center); Center for Science & Technology with Parallel Computer Processing Facility; Laser Spectroscopy Laboratory; Global Collaboratory; Dorothea Ilgen Shaffer Art Building; Lowe Art Gallery; Belfer Audio Archives.

Students required to take a computer course?: No
Students required to lease/own a computer?: No
Number of computers available to all students:: 2,755
Internet access available to all students?: Yes
E-mail accounts available to all students?: Yes
Computers available for student use in:: computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center

In the library (excluding computer labs):: 50
In classrooms:: 300
In computer labs:: 25
Elsewhere in the school/university:: 275
Does the school have a wireless network?: Yes
Areas where wireless network is available:: in all the libraries; in some classrooms; in computer labs; in administrative/faculty offices and work areas; in some of the college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing
Total approximate number of simultaneous users that can be accommodated by the wireless network:: 15,000
Recommended computer operating system on campus:: Microsoft Windows
Percentage of college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing units wired for high-speed Internet access:: 100%
Student webpages permitted?: Yes
Is online registration for classes available?: Yes

Campus safety and security services offered:: 24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, student patrols, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)

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