John Carroll University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

John Carroll University, JCU, was established in 1886. It is a private and Roman-Catholic, co-educational university that is situated in Cleveland, Ohio. JCU’s campus covers more than 60 acres. It enrolls more than 4,000 students annualy and grants several undergraduate as well as a few master’s degrees to the students with a wide variety of majors, minors, programs and concentrations. The university has the following schools and colleges:

• The Boler School of Business
• The College of Arts and Sciences

The University is home to a number of diverse clubs and organizations and also has an active Greek life. It fields a number of fraternity and sorority chapters including Kappa Kappa Gamma, Kappa Sigma, and Chi Omega.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Roman Catholic religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in media, mathematics, science, and business and management.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Large number of students.

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.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 3,826 in 2009-2010 (3,606 full-time equivalent).

About 49% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 51% of the class.

Undergrads are 73% of enrolled students and graduate students are 27%.

Students under 25 years old represent 86% of the student body. About 3% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

John Carroll provides on-campus housing for 2,062 of its 3,606 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

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

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Ohio Athletic Conference for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

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

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate Comprehensive.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (315 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Finance
• Logistics and Materials Management
• Marketing/Marketing Management
• Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (9 awarded)

• Computer Science
• Computer/Info Tech Services Administration & Management

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (135 awarded)

• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Teacher Education, Multiple Levels
• Teacher Education/Profess Development, Levels & Methods

ENGINEERING (5 awarded)

• Engineering Physics

FINE ARTS (5 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation

LIBERAL ARTS (156 awarded)

• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• German Language and Literature
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (28 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (115 awarded)

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

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (30 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (105 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Molecular Biology
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (93 awarded)

• Counseling Psychology
• Educational Psychology
• Psychology