USNews.com: America's Best Colleges 2008: Washington University in St. Louis: Services & Facilities

Washington University in St. Louis

Campus Box 1089, 1 Brookings Drive
St. Louis, MO 63130-4899

Basic services offered:: nonremedial tutoring, women's center, placement service, day care, health service, health insurance, other
Remedial learning services offered:: study skills
Counseling services offered:: minority student, career, personal, academic, older student, psychological, birth control, 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:: N/A
Within one year of graduation:: N/A
Within two years of graduation:: N/A
Firms that most frequently hire graduates:: A.G. Edwards and Sons Inc.; AT&T; Americorps; Bank of America; Bear Stearns; Boeing Company; CIBS World Markets Corp.; ConocoPhillips, Inc.; Corporate Executive Board; Deloitte & Touche; Deutsche Bank; Edward Jones; Epic Systems; Ernst & Young LLP; ExxonMobil; Fleishman-Hillard; General Mills; Goldman Sachs; Google, Inc.; Green Corps; IBM; J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.; JET; KPMG; LaSalle Bank Corp.; Lehman Brothers; McKinsey & Co.; McMaster-Carr; Merrill Lynch; Merrill Lynch & Company; Microsoft; Monsanto; Motorola; National Institutes of Health; National Oilwell Varco; Northwest Airlines; Peace Corps; PricewaterhouseCoopers; Proctor & Gamble; Progressive Insurance; Raytheon; St. Jude Medical; Student Conservation Association; Teach For America; United States Congressional Offices; Zipatoni

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:: 3,947,725
Number of current serial subscriptions:: 41,339
Number of microforms:: 3,392,968
Number of audiovisual materials:: 98,070
Number of E-books:: 198,091
Additional library facilities:: Fourteen libraries. Government document repository.

Museums or special academic buildings on campus:: Art gallery, business/economics experimental lab, botanical garden, teaching/learning center, student enterprise zone, NASA planetary imaging facility, TAP reactor system, triple monochromator, Computer Automated Radioactive Particle Tracking and gamma ray Computed Tomography, observatory, Edison Theatre, lab science building, outdoor Tyson Research Center.

Students required to take a computer course?: No
Students required to lease/own a computer?: No
Number of computers available to all students:: 2,500
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):: 1,250
In classrooms:: 300
In computer labs:: 1,500
Elsewhere in the school/university:: 7,500
Does the school have a wireless network?: Yes
Areas where wireless network is available:: in some of the libraries (excluding computer labs); in some classrooms; in computer labs; in some of the college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing
Total approximate number of simultaneous users that can be accommodated by the wireless network:: 4,500
Recommended computer operating system on campus:: Microsoft Windows
Percentage of college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing units wired for high-speed Internet access:: 90%
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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