Colleges
Accessible Housing
Personal Care Attendants
Arizona State University Tempe, AZ 41,626 undergrads 480-965-1234 www.asu.edu
Accessible Transportation
US News Ranking
Other
Scheduled ride system
Yes
121
Yes; adaptive fitness
102
Wheelchair and equipment shop; accessible vehicle motor pool rental Department of Disability and Psychoeducational studies; veterans’ services
Tier 3
Tuition exemption for certain hearing or visually impaired Texas residents
Tier 3
Some minor repair/loaner manual chairs
56
Accessibility maps of campus
University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 29,070 undergrads 520-621-3268 www.arizona.edu
Yes – some rooms, baths. Single room if you have an attendant. More at website.
Accessible shuttle and cart service
Stephen F. Austin University Nacogdoches, TX 10,106 undergrads 936-468-3004 www.sfasu.edu
Accommodations
Local paratransit
Ball State University Muncie, IN 16,694 undergrads 765-285-5293 www.bsu.edu
Some modified residence halls and university apartments
Boston University Boston, MA 18,733 undergrads 617-353-3658 www.bu.edu
Yes
Will help student hire attendant
Wheelchair Sports
Scheduled ride shuttle
Shuttle
1
Adaptive PE Power Soccar
Colleges
Accessible Housing
California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, CA 18,842 undergrads 805-756-1395 www.calpoly.edu
Many residence halls are accessible/ accommodations
California State University – Northridge Northridge, CA 29,484 undergrads 818-677-2684 www.csun.edu
Contact housing staff for accommodations
University of California, Berkeley, CA 24,636 undergrads 510-642-0518 www.berkeley.edu
Yes
Personal Care Attendants
Accessible Transportation
Wheelchair Sports
Tram/van service at designated stops
US News Ranking
6
Other
Veterans’ Services; disability management services
Tier 3
Yes Shuttle/cart service (If college addresses whether or not they provide attendant, we say “yes” or “no”. If no info is provided, category is left blank)
2
Yes
21
-See our complete description at Full Service Colleges -Disabled Students Residence Program -Counseling, transition assistance and more
Colleges
Accessible Housing
University of California Davis, CA 23,499 undergrads 916-752-3184 www.ucdavis.edu
Yes
University of California Irvine, CA 21,696 undergrads 949-824-7494 www.uci.edu
Consideration for priority housing
University of California Los Angeles, CA 25,928 undergrads 310-825-1501 www.ucla.edu
Yes
University of California Santa Barbara, CA 18,415 undergrads 805-893-2184 www.ucsb.edu
Yes
Personal Care Attendants
Accessible Transportation
Shuttle
No, but yours may live in room free of charge
Lift-equipped buses, shuttle and van service
3
Wheelchair Sports
US News Ranking
Other
42
Disability management counseling; wheelchair repair
46
Disability management counseling
24
Most residence halls lack ground floor student rooms
42
Campus handbook online
Colleges
Accessible Housing
Personal Care Attendants
University of California Santa Cruz, CA 14,403 undergrads 831-459-2089 www.ucsc.edu
Some accommodations
University of California San Diego, CA 22,048 undergrads 858-534-4382 www.ucsd.edu
Some accommodations
No
Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH 9,798 undergrads 216-687-2015 www.csuohio.edu
Accommodations
No, but students can have their attendant live with them
Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 21,679 undergrads 970-491-6385 www.colostate.edu
Accommodations; Will help find not all residence aide halls accessible
Accessible Transportation
Wheelchair Sports
US News Ranking
Other
Accessible shuttle/door-to-door scheduled ride lift van
71
Hilly campus with steep inclines; “wheelchair users survival guide”
Accessible, scheduled ride van or cart
35
Well organized website; veterans’ services
Tier 4
Office of Disability Services (OSD) handbook online
128
“Not all buildings completely wheelchair friendly” but “continually improving”
Lift bus from disabilities services office, even from offcampus
4
Colleges
Accessible Housing
Personal Care Attendants
College of New Jersey Ewing, NJ 6,205 undergrads 609-771-2571 www.tcnj.edu
Accommodations
No
University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 16,348 undergrads 860-486-2020 www.uconn.edu
Accommodations
Disabilities Services acts as referral source for students to hire aides
University of Delaware Newark, DE 16,272 undergrads 302-831-4643 www.udel.edu
Accommodations
Dowling College Oakdale, NY 3,428 undergrads 631-244-3144 www.dowling.edu
Accessible apartments in Dowling College residence hall
Accessible Transportation
Wheelchair Sports
US News Ranking
Other
5
Accessible van line, campus and local
66
Accessible shuttle
68
Tier 4
5
Various academic and accessibility services
Colleges
Accessible Housing
Personal Care Attendants
East Carolina University Greenville, NC 19,767 undergrads 252-737-1016 www.ecu.edu
Accommodations
No
Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Edinboro, PA 6,412 undergrads 814-732-2462 www.edinboro.edu
Yes
Yes
Emory University Atlanta, GA 6,719 undergrads 404-727-6016 www.emory.edu
Accommodations
Emporia State University Emporia, KS 4,320 undergrads 620-341-6637 www.emporia.edu
Accommodations
Florida State University Tallahassee, FL 31,595 undergrads 850-644-9566 www.fsu.edu
Accommodations
Accessible Transportation
Wheelchair Sports
US News Ranking
Yes
Tier 4
OSD handbook online
Van fleet for on and off campus transport
Yes
Tier 3
-See our complete description at Full Service Colleges -Emergency call system; independent living training; veterans’ services
Shuttle
Adaptive PE
17
Tier 3
No
Other
Scheduled ride van
6
102
All buildings adapted to be accessible; independent living center link still under construction
Colleges
Accessible Housing
University of Florida Gainesville, FL 35,189 undergrads 352-392-7056 www.ufl.edu
Accommodations and roll-in showers
University of Georgia Athens, GA 25,335 undergrads 706-542-8719 www.uga.edu
Accommodations
Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA 12,565 undergrads 404-894-2563 www.gatech.edu
Personal Care Attendants
Accessible Transportation
Wheelchair Sports
Scheduled ride van
No
Shuttle
Accommodations
Adaptive PE
7
Other
47
Hofstra University Hempstead, NY 8,444 undergrads 516-463-7075 www.hofstra.edu Hope College Holland, MI 3,226 undergrads 616-395-7805 www.hope.edu
US News Ranking
58
Academic assistants; OSD handbook online
35
New website, but hard to find info on accommodations; Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access on Campus
Tier 3
One page with very little info on website
92
Priority snow removal
Colleges University of Houston Houston, TX 27, 572 undergrads 713-743-5400 www.uh.edu
Accessible Housing
Yes
Humboldt State University Arcata, CA 6,760 undergrads 707-826-4678 www.humboldt.edu
Personal Care Attendants
Accessible Transportation
Yes
Wheelchair Sports
Yes
No
Cart/lift bus
US News Ranking
Tier 4
Other
Veterans’ Services
38
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Urbana, IL 30,895 undergrads 217-333-1970 www.uiuc.edu
Yes
Yes
Van/shuttle
Yes
39
-See our complete description at Full Service Colleges -Driver ed; meal aides; emergency call system; independent living training
Southern Illinois University Carbondale, IL 16,193 undergrads 618-453-5738 www.siu.edu
Yes
“Recruits and maintains lists of prospective personal attendants”
Bus and van for campus and community travel
Yes
Tier 3
Veterans services
No
27 accessible buses; van service
71
peer mentors; scholarships
Indiana University Bloomington, IN 30,394 undergrads 815-855-7578 www.indiana.edu
8
Colleges University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 20,907 undergrads 319-335-1462 www.uiowa.edu
Accessible Housing
Accommodations
Personal Care Attendants
No
University of Kansas Lawrence, KS 20,828 undergrads 785-864-0187 www.ku.edu
Accessible Transportation
Wheelchair Sports
US News Ranking
Van/shuttle
71
Yes
96
OSD handbook on line
Scheduled ride
Tier 3
Manual loaner chairs; Student Accessibility Services handbook on line
Kent State University Kent, OH 18,090 undergrads 330-762-3391 www.kent.edu
Accommodations
University of Kentucky Lexington, KY 18,770 undergrads 859-257-2754 www.uky.edu
Yes
Bus/shuttle
128
University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 20,114 undergrads 413-545-0892 www.umass.edu
Yes
Paratransit; Spec Trans on campus
106
No
Other
9
Colleges
Accessible Housing
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, MA 7,927 undergrads 508-999-8711 www.umassd.edu
Personal Care Attendants
Accessible Transportation
Wheelchair Sports
No
US News Ranking
Other
62
University of Memphis Memphis, TN 15,802 undergrads 901-678-2880 www.memphis.edu
“Adapted” rooms;
Railroad tracks un down center of campus requiring student to use own or university transport/shuttle/ Memphis paratransit†
Tier 4
Central Michigan University Mt. Pleasant, MI 20,078 undergrads 989-774-3018 www.cmich.edu
Yes
“accessible campus transportation”
Tier 4
Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 36,072 undergrads 517-884-7273 www.msu.edu
Yes; integrated into general housing
No; will assist to recruit aide
Fixed route buses with ramps or lifts; scheduled ride paratransit; night time on-call service
University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 26,083 undergrads 734-763-3000 www.umich.edu
Yes
No; will assist to recruit aide
Buses are accessible; scheduled paratransit also
10
Yes
71
Priority snow removal; campus access map; veterans’ with disabilities assistance
27
OSD handbook online; access maps; library retrieval service
Colleges
Accessible Housing
Southwest Minnesota State Marshall, MN 5,721 undergrads 507-537-7676 www.smsu.edu
Personal Care Attendants
Accessible Transportation
Attendants through agency
University of Minnesota Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN 32,294 undergrads 612-626-1333 www.umn.edu
Yes; listings for each dorm
University of Missouri Columbia, MO 21,654 undergrads 573-882-4896 www.missouri.edu
Yes; detail on website
University of Missouri Kansas City, MO 9,094 undergrads 573-882-4696 www.umkc.edu
Consideration for priority housing
Montana State University Bozeman, MT 10,572 undergrads 406-994-6701 www.montana.edu
Yes
Assists in recruiting; has resource guide
Wheelchair Sports
PT; adaptive PE; intercollegiate wheelchair basketball
US News Ranking
Other
Tier 3
All shuttle buses; scheduled paratransit also
61
Disabled student cultural center
One lift-equipped bus
102
Access map
Tier 3
Fixed-route shuttle/door-to-door paratransit
11
Tier 3
Campus access map
Colleges
Accessible Housing
Personal Care Attendants
Accessible Transportation
Wheelchair Sports
US News Ranking
New York University New York, NY 21,327 undergrads 212-998-4980 www.nyu.edu
Accommodations; Housing shortage exists
Free housing for personal attendants
Shared ride paratransit/university transit
Programs at 32 Coles Sports and Recreation Center
State University of New York Binghamton, NY 11,515 undergrads 607-777-2686 www.binghamton.edu
Yes
Will refer to appropriate home care agency and assist in advocating with them
Bus/scheduled ride paratransit
Designs accommodate d PE programs
State University of New York Buffalo, NY 19,022 undergrads 716-645-2608 www.buffalo.edu
Reasonable accommodation
No
Scheduled Van
121
State University of New York Stony Brook, NY 15,519 undergrads 631-632-6748 www.stonybrook.edu
Yes
Bus/scheduled ride paratransit
96
University of North Carolina Greensboro, NC 13,408 undergrads 336-334-5440 www.uncg.edu
Accommodations
Moses Center provides assistance with scholarships and study abroad; NYU snow clearing for wheelchair passage
80
Tier 3
12
Other
Snow removal to maximize access; accessible rooms and apartments on campus; new Universally Designed dorm opening fall 2011; universal yoga; Center for Assistive Technology
Dietary requirements met
Colleges North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 24,145 undergrads 919-515-3148 www.ncsu.edu
Accessible Housing
Personal Care Attendants
Yes
University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND 10,085 undergrads 701-777-3425 www.go.und.edu
Accessible Transportation
Wheelchair Sports
US News Ranking
Campus bus/City of Raleigh has subsidized taxi and handicab service
88
Shuttle/van
Tier 3
Other
Center for Universal Design; academic assistants (not for personal study); campus “less than barrier-free” with ongoing efforts to improve access
Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights, KY 13,000 undergrads 859-572-5180 www.nku.edu
Yes
Referral to local agencies
Free shuttle and transit bus service
Tier 3
Transition fairs and orientation; ADA related symposia
Ohio State University Columbus, OH 39,209 undergrads 614-292-3307 www.osu.edu
Accommodations
No
Scheduled ride van/Project Mainstream/”many” campus buses with lifts
53
Veterans services; disability studies program
Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 36,815 undergrads 814-863-1807 www.psu.edu
Any reasonable accommodation is considered but must be documented
Campus-wide mass transit ADA compliant
47
Assistive technology lab in library
13
Colleges
Accessible Housing
Ramapo College of New Jersey Mahwah, NJ 5393 undergrads 201-684-7514 www.ramapo.edu
Yes
Rutgers University Camden, NJ 3,690 undergrads 732-932-2848 www.rutgers.edu
Accommodations
St. Andrews Presbyterian College Laurinburg, NC 747 undergrads 910-277-5555 www.sapc.edu
Yes
Salisbury University Salisbury, MD 6,941 undergrads 410-543-6080 www.salisbury.edu
Yes
San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA 23,376 undergrads 415-338-2472 www.sfsu.edu
Accommodations
Personal Care Attendants
Accessible Transportation
Will help find an aide
Wheelchair Sports
Yes
Scheduled ride paratransit
No
Scheduled ride shuttle
14
US News Ranking
27
Other
Summer bridge program; independent living counseling; career development
24
Tier 4
Formerly a full service college
38
Dining hall assistance
45
Site has disability rights history and other info
Colleges
Accessible Housing
Personal Care Attendants
Accessible Transportation
Wheelchair Sports
San Jose State University San Jose, CA 24,390 undergrads 408-924-6000 www.sjsu.edu Stanford University Stanford, CA 6,584 undergrads 650-723-1066 www.stanford.edu Temple University Philadelphia, PA 25,505 undergrads 215-204-1280 www.temple.edu
US News Ranking
38
Accommodations; access info on each hall’s webpage; lists accessible community apartments Accommodations
Texas A&M University College Station, TX 37,357 undergrads 979-845-1637 www.tamu.edu
Yes
University of Texas Austin, TX 37,459 undergrads 512-471-6259 www.utexas.edu
Accommodations; some rooms, baths modified
Stanford free public shuttle/carts
Swimming and Fitness
4
No; referrals
Shuttle/van
Yes
Tier 3
Offers assistance in hiring process
Most buses liftequipped; paratransit
61
UT shuttle is the largest university shuttle system in the US and all buses are liftequipped
47
15
Other
Disability Resource Center est. 1972; curriculum assistants for lab, library, classroom, field trips
Campus accessibility guide
Colleges
Accessible Housing
Personal Care Attendants
Accessible Transportation
Wheelchair Sports
US News Ranking
Other
University of Vermont Burlington, VT 10,504 undergrads 802-656-7753 www.uvm.edu
Accommodations
Shuttle
88
Center on Disability and Community Inclusion
University of Washington Seattle, WA 28,570 undergrads 206-543-8924 www.washington.edu
Accommodations
Scheduled ride shuttle
42
Campus access guide; home of DO-IT accessibility center
Wayne State University Detroit, MI 21,145 undergrads 313-577-1851 www.wayne.edu
Site lists dorms with rooms for students with disabilities plus ADA room layout
No
Tier 4
Good info on financial aid and scholarships; had disabilities services office before it was mandated in 1973
University of Wisconsin Madison, WI 30,618 undergrads 608-263-2741 www.wisc.edu
Accommodations; many halls accessible
Referral to community agencies
39
Student guide to accessibility and winter weather advisory
54
Campus access map; mobility alerts
University of Wisconsin Stevens Point, WI 8,642 undergrads 715-346-3365 www.uwsp.edu
Madison metro paratransit
No
16
Adapted fitness and personal training classes
Colleges
Accessible Housing
Personal Care Attendants
Accessible Transportation
Wheelchair Sports
US News Ranking
Other
University of Wisconsin Whitewater, WI 9,408 undergrads 262-472-4711 www.uww.edu
Accommodations
Referral to local agencies
Fee-based pickup/drop off service
Adaptive sports and sports camp for kids
62
Fee-based academic support program
Wright State University Dayton, OH 12,279 undergrads 937-775-5680 www.wright.edu
Yes
Yes
Completely accessible public transit
Yes
Tier 4
-See our complete description at Full Service Colleges -Tunnel system aids campus accessibility; good online guide to preparing for college with disabilities
17