Alverno College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

Alverno College is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. It founded in the year 1887 and was initially called St. Joseph’s Normal School. Initially, the college educated the School Sisters of St. Francis. It received its present name in 1946. Alverno College offers students more than 60 academic programs in diverse areas of study including art therapy, biology, and marketing management. The college is divided in the following four schools:

• School of Arts and Sciences
• School of Business
• School of Education
• School of Nursing

Alverno College has many student organizations including the Orientation Leaders, Student Group Council, Alverno Student Government, MUCAO, and Student Involvement Fair. Students compete in sports such as cross country, basketball, softball, soccer, volleyball, and tennis.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Roman Catholic religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in education and teaching and nursing and emergency medicine.
• High female/male ratio.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High yield: the portion of accepted students who enroll.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges, General.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 2,782 in 2009-2010 (2,130 full-time equivalent).

women were 100% of the class.

Undergrads are 85% of enrolled students and graduate students are 15%.

Students under 25 years old represent 54% of the student body. About 12% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 97% are full-time and 3% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

Room and Board

Alverno provides on-campus housing for 252 of its 2,130 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Graduate School Focus

Alverno offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Master.

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Single Postbaccalaureate (Education).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (3 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (93 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management
• Business Administration, Management and Operations
• International Business/Trade/Commerce

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (2 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (0 awarded)

• Environmental Science

DESIGN (1 awarded)

• Design and Applied Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (139 awarded)

• Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching
• Art Teacher Education
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Education
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Reading Teacher Education
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Social Studies Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching
• Teacher Assistant/Aide
• Teacher Education/Profess Development, Levels & Methods
• Teacher Education/Profess Development, Subject Areas

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (5 awarded)

• Community Organization and Advocacy

LIBERAL ARTS (37 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• General Studies
• History
• International Relations and Affairs
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Sociology

MATHEMATICS (1 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (27 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Communications Technologies/Technicians & Support Services

MUSIC (1 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (120 awarded)

• Nursing
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (0 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (12 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Molecular Biology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (32 awarded)

• Art Therapy/Therapist
• Music Therapy/Therapist
• Psychology