Benedictine University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

School profile and reference information, including highlights, admissions, student body, degrees, and contact info.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Roman Catholic religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in business and management, medicine, and education and teaching.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• Racially diverse student body.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Masters Colleges and Universities I.

Features of note:

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

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

Benedictine participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 97% of students received financial aid of some sort.

(Please refer to BrainTrack's financial aid articles section for background information.)

Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 5,850 in 2009-2010 (5,019 full-time equivalent).

About 52% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 48% of the class.

Undergrads are 53% of enrolled students and graduate students are 47%.

Students under 25 years old represent 41% of the student body. About 21% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Benedictine provides on-campus housing for 730 of its 5,019 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 10 meals weekly.

Athletics

School sports include football (), basketball (), baseball (), and track ().

Graduate School Focus

Benedictine offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship).

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Single Doctoral (Other Then Education).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (0 awarded)

• Arts Management

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (691 awarded)

• Accounting
• Accounting and Finance
• Business Administration and Management
• Business Administration, Management and Operations
• Business, Management, Marketing & Related Support Services
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Finance
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing/Marketing Management
• Organizational Behavior Studies

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (6 awarded)

• Computer Science
• Information Science/Studies

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (1 awarded)

• Environmental Science

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (335 awarded)

• Education
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
• Reading Teacher Education
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching

ENGINEERING (3 awarded)

• Engineering Science

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (20 awarded)

• Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies

FINE ARTS (4 awarded)

• Fine/Studio Arts

LIBERAL ARTS (41 awarded)

• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• History
• International Relations and Affairs
• International/Global Studies
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (6 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (27 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (0 awarded)

• Health/Health Care Administration/Management

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (7 awarded)

• Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
• Nuclear Medical Technology/Technologist

MEDICINE (141 awarded)

• Health/Medical Preparatory Programs
• Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)

MUSIC (1 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (41 awarded)

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

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (23 awarded)

• Kinesiology and Exercise Science
• Nutrition Sciences

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (2 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Theology/Theological Studies

SCIENCE (44 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biochemistry/Biophysics and Molecular Biology
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Molecular Biology
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (85 awarded)

• Clinical Psychology
• Psychology