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During the planning process, the physical campus of IUB was compared to six other university campuses that included two Big Ten Conference schools, two Ivy League schools, one Southeastern Conference campus, and one Big Twelve Conference school. These campuses were chosen primarily for physical commonalities shared with IUB. Comparisons were drawn from a list of common attributes such as population, land area, building area, physical scale, density, parking, and on-campus housing.1

The bar charts on page 47 summarize IUB relative to density, parking per person, and on-campus housing to the comparison campuses. In general, IUB has a lower campus density overall. The Bloomington campus has more

1 Information used in these comparisons were supplied by the institution represented via their web site or through interviews with campus personnel. The data used was collected from the academic year 2007-2008.

parking supply than most of the comparison campuses, suggesting there may be a parking surplus overall on campus. IUB ranks slightly higher than average in the percentage of on-campus housing.

Of the six campuses in this study, the University of Iowa provided the best comparison case. Iowa and IUB are members of the Big Ten Conference and were founded in the early 19th century shortly after their respective states joined the Union. Their campus and city populations are strikingly similar—with campus populations around 45,000 and city populations in the 60,000-70,000 range. The Iowa and IUB campuses also occupy roughly the same amount of land and built area. Princeton University had the least amount of commonalities with IUB. Princeton is approximately one-fifth the size of IUB in student population and land area; however, Princeton’s compact campus is triple the density of the IUB campus. While both campuses provide one parking space for every two people on campus, Princeton houses almost 70 percent of its student body on campus,

more than double the rate of IUB. Princeton’s denser footprint accommodates more academic space per student and more on-campus housing opportunities.

Iowa accomplishes its higher density and parking ratio by encouraging its faculty and staff to carpool through incentive programs, providing remote parking for students living in residence halls, and promoting its campus bus system.

University of Colorado at Boulder’s parking ratio per person is slightly better than IUB’s at three people per parking space; however, the University of Colorado at Boulder houses fewer students on campus. This is due in part to the bicycle culture in the city of Boulder, which was recently named one of the top bicycling cities by Bicycling Magazine. According to this article, in Boulder, “fourteen percent of all trips are now taken by bike—an almost European figure.”2

2 Brian Fiske, “Best Cities For Cycling: Still The Greatest,” Bicycling Magazine, November 2008, http://www.bicycling.com/article/0,6610,s1-2-19-17077-1,00.html.

• University of Iowa• Princeton University• Cornell University• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill• University of Colorado at Boulder• The Pennsylvania State University

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IUB IowA

Campus Population 45,691 45,403

Enrollment 38,990 30,409

Undergraduate 30,394 20,907

Graduate 7,672 5,482

Professional 924 4,020

Faculty 2,309 2,156

Staff 5,392 12,838

Campus Acreage 1,933 1,700

Number of Buildings 520 265

Gross Square Feet 15,324,204 16,400,000

Floor Area Ratio 0.18 0.22

Parking Spaces 20,639 14,128

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Parking Space 2.21 3.21

Number of Beds 11,688 5,578

Living On Campus 30% 18%

UNIVERSITY OF IOWA• Campus/city populations similar• One-third fewer parking spaces• One-third fewer beds on campus

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IUB PrInCeton

Campus Population 45,691 12,734

Enrollment 38,990 7,334

Undergraduate 30,394 4,918

Graduate 7,672 2,416

Professional 924 N/A

Faculty 2,309 1,126

Staff 5,392 4,274

Campus Acreage 1,933 400

Number of Buildings 520 180

Gross Square Feet 15,324,204 9,000,000

Floor Area Ratio 0.18 0.52

Parking Spaces 20,639 6,000

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Parking Space 2.21 2.12

Number of Beds 11,688 5,000

Living On Campus 30% 68%

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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL• Smaller in population and land area• Larger graduate, professional populations• More densely developed

IUB UnC-CH

Campus Population 45,691 39,669

Enrollment 38,990 28,136

Undergraduate 30,394 17,628

Graduate 7,672 8,177

Professional 924 2,331

Faculty 2,309 3,295

Staff 5,392 8,238

Campus Acreage 1,933 729

Number of Buildings 520 337

Gross Square Feet 15,324,204 8,033,589

Floor Area Ratio 0.18 0.25

Parking Spaces 20,639 14,973

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Parking Space 2.21 2.65

Number of Beds 11,688 8,564

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IUB CorneLL

Campus Population 45,691 34,210

Enrollment 38,990 18,885

Undergraduate 30,394 13,510

Graduate 7,672 5,375

Professional 924 915

Faculty 2,309 2,906

Staff 5,392 11,504

Campus Acreage 1,933 2,300

Number of Buildings 520 692

Gross Square Feet 15,324,204 14,869,425

Floor Area Ratio 0.18 0.15

Parking Spaces 20,639 13,499

No. of People Per

Parking Space 2.21 2.53

Number of Beds 11,688 4,729

Living On Campus 30% 25%

CORNELL UNIVERSITY• Half the student population• Campus area 20 percent larger• Nearly equal in built area

UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO AT BOULDER• Nearly 10,000 fewer students • Half the size of the IUB campus• Twice the building density

IUB BoULder

Campus Population 45,691 35,971

Enrollment 38,990 28,988

Undergraduate 30,394 24,473

Graduate 7,672 4,515

Professional 924 N/A

Faculty 2,309 3,715

Staff 5,392 3,268

Campus Acreage 1,933 786

Number of Buildings 520 334

Gross Square Feet 15,324,204 9,979,201

Floor Area Ratio 0.18 0.29

Parking Spaces 20,639 11,989

No. of People Per

Parking Space 2.21 3.00

Number of Beds 11,688 7,075

Living On Campus 30% 24%

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THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY• Main campus area similar to IUB• Similar gross square footage and density• Fewer parking spaces per person (athletic

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IUB PSU

Campus Population 45,691 58,380

Enrollment 38,990 43,252

Undergraduate 30,394 36,815

Graduate 7,672 6,233

Professional 924 204

Faculty 2,309 2,651

Staff 5,392 12,477

Campus Acreage 1,933 2,232

Number of Buildings 520 758

Gross Square Feet 15,324,204 15,500,000

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Parking Spaces 20,639 14,000

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Number of Beds 11,688 13,000

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