Hey guys, Sheana here
for YOUniversityTV.

Welcome to the
University of La Verne,

a private research university
located in southern California.

Our tour is starting off
right here at the rock,

which has been a source
of campus pride

since the 1950s.

Let’s check out the rest.

The University of La Verne is
located in La Verne, California,

about 35 miles east
of Los Angeles.

The location, of course,
our students have

very easy access to the beaches,
to go mountain skiing,

to snowboarding.

They have easy access
to downtown Los Angeles,

the Hollywood Bowl,
and many of the other

wonderful attractions
that make southern California

such a great place to live
and to go to school.

La Verne’s tree lined campus
resides on 38 acres

and features a mixture of old
and contemporary buildings.

The school is connected
to old town La Verne,

which has plenty of
local shops, eateries,

and it’s really fun
to hang out in.

The new campus center
is here now,

it has a pool table,
it’s games, it’s TV,

it’s just so much you can do
on this campus

where being nervous is just--

It won’t even--you won’t even
get a chance to be nervous

because it’s so much stuff
to do here.

The University of La Verne
enrolls approximately

1,600 undergraduate students.

Nearly half of undergrads
are minority students.

The University of La Verne is
a common application university.

We accept applications
on a rolling basis,

which means we accept
applications

throughout the year.

Our students are required
to submit

their high school transcripts,
their SAT or ACT scores,

a letter of recommendation
from someone who knows them

from an academic setting,
as well as an essay is required.

And of course,
the application form itself.

Tuition for all students runs
you just under $30,000 per year,

while room and board on average
will cost an additional $11,000.

More than 90% of students
receive some form

of financial aid.

At the University of La Verne,
students are given

every opportunity to succeed.

Thanks to the First Generation
Student Success program,

the university lends a hand
to students

who are the first in their
family to attend college

through workshops,
scholarships,

and a mentor program.

The University of La Verne
offers over 70 different majors.

Some of the most popular
majors include:

Business Administration,
Psychology,

Liberal Studies, Biology,
and Communications.

If you think Hollywood’s
the place for you,

check out La Verne’s
Communications Department.

Students here get
hands-on experience

in radio, public relations,
television, multimedia,

and broadcast journalism.

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The university’s debate team
competes in the world’s

largest debating championship
and is ranked in the top 20.

Wanna see the world?

La Verne’s study abroad program
goes to over

40 different countries
on six continents.

Students can stay between
a few weeks and an entire year.

And the best part is,
the cost is the same

as living on campus,
and students can use

their financial aid.

Whether you choose to study
in countries

and do an archeological dig
on the Mediterranean,

or to go to Europe,
or Latin America,

study abroad at
the University of La Verne

is something that many
of our students do.

I studied abroad in Egypt
for about three weeks,

and it was probably
one of the most

incredible experiences
in my life.

And I know that for a fact
that if I hadn’t come to

the University of La Verne
or gotten a college career,

I would’ve never had
that experience.

There are 187 full-time faculty
members at La Verne

with an average
class size of 16

and a low 11:1
student to faculty ratio.

51% of full-time professors
hold their PhD

and 82% hold a terminal degree.

If students ever have a problem
in any of their classes,

the first point of contact
is the faculty member,

the teacher,
the professor,

who’s gonna take a little bit
of extra time and office hours

or after class to try to
guide ‘em.

If they’re still having trouble,
we also have a learning

enhancement center
that you can go to

to get help with math tutoring
or writing,

or really any field at all
that you’re struggling with.

What initially drew me here
was for the small class sizes

and the intimate relationships
that I’ve heard

with professors,
with faculty,

with other administrators
here on campus.

And that’s honestly
what’s keeping me here too.

Our classes are not very big.

So they range from
somewhere around like,

I think my biggest class
this semester has 22 in it.

Given that, there’s a lot of
opportunity for them to have

one on one interaction
with me before class

or after class,
and certainly in class

because it is a more intimate
environment.

I feel like being
very close to my teachers.

I can ask them and talk to them
about anything I--

in the--anything I feel like.

So with that said,
that’s helping me

and getting me ready
for the real world.

Eighteen Leopards men’s
and women’s athletic teams

compete at the NCAA
Division III level

in the Southern California
Intercollegiate

Athletic Conference.

I’m headed over to
the golf team

to see if they can help me out
with my swing.

They are ranked number two
in the nation.

And the baseball and volleyball
teams have also been dominant

in the SCIAC with 18 and 20
conference championships.

About half of first year
students choose

to live on campus.

There are three options.

There’s two co-ed residence
halls and one all female.

And if you meet the deadline,
housing is guaranteed.

I’d get on that if I were you.

About 40% of first year students
choose to live on campus.

There are over 50 student
organizations on campus

for La Verne students
to choose from.

In fact, the campus activities
board plans more than

100 events each year,
including intramurals,

films in the park,
and concerts.

That wraps up our tour here
at the University of La Verne.

And just a heads up
before you get here,

the seal is not something
you want to mess with.

They say if you walk
across it,

you’ll be here for
an extra semester.

Which, come to think of it,
might not be

such a bad thing
around here.

For YOUniversityTV,
I’m Sheana Jeanne

and I’ll see you next time!