Lourdes College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

Lourdes College is located in Sylvania, Ohio, United States. It was founded in the year 1958 by the Sisters of St. Francis. That same year, the Sisters of St. Francis established another school with the same name. It originally served the purpose of educating the sisters of the Franciscan community. Lourdes College offers degrees and certificate programs in various fields of study including environmental science, liberal arts, theological studies, art history, and psychology. There are three academic schools under this college, which are:

• School of Arts and Sciences
• School of Nursing
• School of Professional Studies

Lourdes College has various student clubs and organizations including Phi Alpha Theta, Black Student Union, Future Educators Association, Student Government Association, Sigma Theta Tau, and Young Democrats.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Roman Catholic religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in nursing and emergency medicine, business and management, and science.
• Numerous part-time students.
• High female/male ratio.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.

School characteristics:

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

Features of note:

• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.

Similar Schools

Based on proprietary BrainTrack computer comparisons against all other US colleges, these schools appear to be most similar to Lourdes College:

Click a column header to sort.

Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 2,062 in 2009-2010 (1,329 full-time equivalent).

About 18% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 82% of the class.

Undergrads are 88% of enrolled students and graduate students are 12%.

Students under 25 years old represent 41% of the student body. About 22% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 88% are full-time and 12% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

Room and Board

On-campus housing is not available.

Graduate School Focus

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

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (0 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (104 awarded)

• Accounting and Finance
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Commerce
• Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
• Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
• Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Management Science
• Marketing
• Organizational Behavior Studies

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (1 awarded)

• Environmental Science

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (43 awarded)

• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
• Secondary Education and Teaching

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (13 awarded)

• Social Work

FINE ARTS (0 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation

LIBERAL ARTS (40 awarded)

• English Language and Literature
• History
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Sociology

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (1 awarded)

• Health/Health Care Administration/Management

MEDICINE (0 awarded)

• Gerontology
• Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies

MUSIC (0 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (103 awarded)

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

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (0 awarded)

• Health and Physical Education

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (4 awarded)

• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (32 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Natural Sciences

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (9 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Safety Studies

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (10 awarded)

• Psychology