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Students attend Wright State University to 鈥渕ake the most out of their education at a reasonable cost.鈥� Tuition here is 鈥渓ow,鈥� but students don鈥檛 have to forfeit personal attention in order to save a little money. Students report that 鈥淪ince it鈥檚 a smaller school, WSU affords the opportunity for individuals to get to know professors in even the largest lectures such as freshman chemistry and biology.鈥� WSU鈥檚 faculty is 鈥渇riendly and approachable, eager to assist and willing to accommodate鈥� students as they negotiate a 鈥渃hallenging academic experience in which one must put forth effort to succeed.鈥� WSU excels in a diverse range of academics fields. It boasts a 鈥渧ery strong theater program, nursing program, and engineering program,鈥� and an 鈥渁bsolutely amazing鈥� business and international education department (business professors are recruited 鈥渞ight out of local businesses, so there is a lot of real-life experience and it gives students connections with those businesses after they graduate鈥�). Students tout focused programs such as 鈥渢he anatomical gift program, which really allows students to learn more in-depth anatomy鈥� and 鈥渁 specialized program in the computer science department for bioinformatics鈥�that sets the university apart from others academically.鈥�

The Wright State student body encompasses many groups: 鈥測oung, old, upper-class, middle-class, lower-class, some come from real farmland, others from urban areas.鈥� There鈥檚 a large nontraditional student body as a result of 鈥渘eighboring an Air Force Base.鈥� 鈥淢ilitary professionals and retirees鈥� add to the mix of foreign students (who are 鈥渆specially from India) and 鈥減arents going back to school.鈥� Also, 鈥淲SU has a great disability center, which attracts disabled students from across the state.鈥� Traditionally, 鈥淢ost students are commuters, and this is unfortunate, but WSU is trying to get away from being a commuter school, as more and more campus housing is becoming available.鈥� Until then, 鈥淭he majority of students come to class and leave.鈥� 鈥淎s a result of this there is virtually no community at Wright State,鈥� one student says.

鈥淲SU is primarily a commuter school,鈥� although 鈥渢here is campus housing鈥� to accommodate roughly one-fifth of the student body. As a result, 鈥渕ost students come to campus for class and then leave,鈥� resulting in 鈥渘ot a lot of campus life.鈥� The campus is hardly dead, however. 鈥淭here are athletic events to attend, a movie theatre and mall less than five minutes from campus, our creative arts college frequently puts on shows, several bars close by (but none on campus), bowling alleys, parks, soccer and softball fields within ten minutes from campus, and the school鈥檚 Nutter Center host many concerts and events,鈥� including games for the school鈥檚 鈥渧ery much supported鈥� men鈥檚 basketball team. There are party scenes focused on both off-campus residences and a small but robust Greek community, but students assure us that this is 鈥渂y no means a party school.鈥�