Cardinal Stritch University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

Cardinal Stritch University was established in 1937 as the St. Clare College. It was founded by the Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi. In 1946, it was renamed Cardinal Stritch College. The college was named after the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Samuel Cardinal Stritch of Chicago. It achieved university status in 1997 and settled on its present name at that time. The main campus is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In addition, it has campuses in Kenosha, Wisconsin and Edina, Minnesota. Stritch is divided into the following colleges:

• College of Arts and Sciences
• College of Business and Management
• College of Education and Leadership
• Ruth S. Coleman College of Nursing

Stritch includes more than 20 on-campus student clubs and organizations. Some of these are the Black Student Union, Games and Education Club, Genesian Players, Gay/ Straight Alliance, Country Club, International Student Organization, New Order of Artists, Psychology Club, Psi Chi, Outdoor Club, Radio Lobo, Sociology Club, Student Wisconsin Education Association and Students in Free Enterprise.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Roman Catholic religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in business and management and education and teaching.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.
• High female/male ratio.
• Selective admissions.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Large number of students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.

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.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 6,242 in 2009-2010 (5,525 full-time equivalent).

About 43% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 57% of the class.

Undergrads are 38% of enrolled students and graduate students are 62%.

Students under 25 years old represent 17% of the student body. About 32% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 99% are full-time and 1% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Cardinal Stritch provides on-campus housing for 453 of its 5,525 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 21 meals weekly.

Athletics

The school is in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 50 male students received the aid (men were 49% of those receiving aid) and 53 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 51% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Cardinal Stritch 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 (Education).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (15 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies
• Visual and Performing Arts

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (881 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Commerce
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (0 awarded)

• Computer Science

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (5 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (327 awarded)

• Computer Teacher Education
• Education
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Elementary and Middle School Administration/Principalship
• Music Teacher Education
• Reading Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching
• Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor
• Urban Education and Leadership

LIBERAL ARTS (27 awarded)

• Creative Writing
• English Language and Literature
• General Studies
• History
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (2 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (8 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (0 awarded)

• Health/Health Care Administration/Management

MUSIC (3 awarded)

• Music Performance

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (109 awarded)

• Nursing

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (4 awarded)

• Commercial and Advertising Art
• Photography

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (19 awarded)

• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (2 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (28 awarded)

• Clinical Psychology
• Psychology