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Naropa University

Naropa University
2130 Arapahoe Avenue
Boulder, CO 80302

Official telephone: (303) 444-0202
Fax number: (303) 444-0410
Website: www.naropa.edu
Screen last updated on: December 2016
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 397
Full-time undergraduates: 368
Part-time undergraduates: 29
Total graduate students: 545
Full-time graduate students: 371
Part-time graduate students: 174
Average age of full-time undergraduates: 24
U.S. region where majority of students come from: West
Percent of full-time U.S. undergraduates from out of state: 59%
First-year student enrollment breakdown:
4.4% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
2.2% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
4.4% Hispanic/Latino
68.9% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
2.2% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
2.2% Nonresident Alien
15.6% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
1.0% American Indian or Alaskan Native
1.3% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
1.5% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
9.6% Hispanic/Latino
0.3% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
63.5% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
10.3% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
2.0% Nonresident Alien
10.6% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 12 acres
City or town school is located in: Boulder, CO
Population of city/town: 103,166
Nearest major city: Denver
Distance of nearest major city: 35 miles
Population of nearest major city: 649,495

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Campus housing available to all unmarried students regardless of year: No. Not enough units available.
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • single-student apartments (100%)
Percent of students who live in school housing: 17%
Percent of students who live off campus: 83%
Students required to live on campus: All students under age 20 with fewer than 30 semester hours must live on campus.
Student conduct policies:
class attendance policies set by individual instructors, hazing prohibited
Alcohol is permitted on campus to students of legal age: no

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
Every student is required to take a computer course: no
Computer equipment is provided in: residence halls, library, computer center/lab(s)
Total number of microcomputers available to students: 48
Other computer facilities/services: Wireless network.
Internet access provided to all students: yes
E-mail services/accounts provided to all students: yes
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Audio and video archives. University and Chogyam Trungpa recordings.
Museums and other special academic buildings/equipment on campus:
Meditation halls, consciousness lab, greenhouse, tea house; writing, community arts, career/community engagement, counseling, and media centers; dance, music/performance, and recording studios.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Remedial learning services:
writing, study skills, Time management skills.
Additional services offered:
nonremedial tutoring, health insurance
Counseling services:
minority student, veteran student, older student, career, personal, academic, psychological, religious
Career placement services:
internships, career/job search classes, interest inventory, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training
Services for students with disabilities:
note-taking services, tape recorders, tutors, reader services, interpreters for hearing-impaired, adaptive equipment, sign language interpreters.
Amount of campus that is accessible to physically handicapped: 85%

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Number of social fraternities on campus: 0
Number of social sororities on campus: 0
Student activities:
student government, literary magazine
Total number of registered organizations: 33
Campus-based religious organizations:
Naropa Zazen
Minority student organizations:
Community of Color and Allies
International student organizations:
International Student group
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Awakening Goddesses, Community of Color and Allies, Counselor Identity Development Group, Eating in the Light of the Moon, Mindful Improvisation Alliance, Mindful Sobriety Anonymous, Alliance for Psychedelic Studies, Student Veterans, Vagina Monologues, Not Naturally Evil: A group for students with illness or disability, Peer Counseling Cauldron, Peer Warrior Exam Group, Rising Sun Sanga, Sacred Sex Salon, Something Asian, Song Swap Workshop, Students Overcoming Stigma, Sound Healers Collective, Students for Sensible Drug Policy, Theatre of the Oppressed, Flow Fitness, Improvisational Movement Group, Integral Naropa, International Student Group, ROOT, Team Tapas; art, psychokinetic arts, book, and science clubs

ATHLETICS
School has an athletic program: no
School colors: purple and gold

GETTING AWAY
Public transportation serves campus: yes
Nearest international airport: Denver (43 miles)
Nearest passenger train service: Denver (35 miles)
Nearest passenger bus service: Boulder, CO

PAYING THE BILLS
Institutional employment is available: yes
Off-campus employment opportunities for undergraduates are: good
Freshmen are discouraged from working for first term: no

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 94% within six months of graduation
List of most prominent alumni/ae:
  • Tim Hernandez, poet
  • Ty Burkhoe, musician, tabla
  • Bao Nguyen, Mayor Garden Grove, CA.

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