Fontbonne University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

Fontbonne University is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States. It was founded in the year 1923 and is a member unit of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. The university was named after Mother St. John Fontbonne. The university offers degrees, certificates, and online programs to students in diverse areas of study including accounting, business administration, and fine arts.

Students of Fontbonne University have access to a number of clubs and organizations including the Human Services Club, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Tau Delta, Student Government, and History Club. Students publish an on-campus newspaper called "The Fontbanner." The men of Fontbonne University participate in sports such as basketball, lacrosse, baseball, golf, soccer, tennis, cross country, volleyball, and track and field. The women participate in sports such as bowling, basketball, volleyball, field hockey, track and field, softball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, and soccer.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Roman Catholic religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in business and management and fine arts.
• Many mature (40+ year old) students.
• High female/male ratio.
• 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.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 2,967 in 2009-2010 (2,602 full-time equivalent).

About 39% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 61% of the class.

Undergrads are 66% of enrolled students and graduate students are 34%.

Students under 25 years old represent 38% of the student body. About 21% 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

Fontbonne provides on-campus housing for 280 of its 2,602 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 19 meals weekly.

Athletics

The school is in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

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

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate With Arts & Sciences (Business Dominant).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (11 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (425 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business, Management, Marketing & Related Support Services
• General Merchandising/Sales/Related Marketing Operations
• Human Resources Management and Services
• Organizational Behavior Studies
• Selling Skills and Sales Operations
• Taxation

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (2 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

CONSTRUCTION TRADES (14 awarded)

• Apparel and Textiles

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (0 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (153 awarded)

• Computer Teacher Education
• Drama and Dance Teacher Education
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education
• Education/Teaching Individuals - Hearing Impairments
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
• Special Education and Teaching

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (8 awarded)

• Human Services

FINE ARTS (25 awarded)

• Fine/Studio Arts

LAW (2 awarded)

• Pre-Law Studies

LIBERAL ARTS (27 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• General Studies
• History
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (4 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (21 awarded)

• Advertising
• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (31 awarded)

• Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (23 awarded)

• Dietetics/Dietitian (RD)
• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (0 awarded)

• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (9 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Biotechnology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (16 awarded)

• Psychology