Rockhurst University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

Rockhurst University is located in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. It was established in 1910 and was known as Rockhurst College. It offers students degrees in various areas of study including business administration, marketing, management, and global studies. There are several degree-granting schools and colleges under the university. These are:

• College of Arts and Sciences
• Helzberg School of Management
• Research College of Nursing
• School of Graduate and Professional Studies

The organizations available to students of Rockhurst University include Alpha Phi Omega, Rockhurst Republicans, Sigma Tau Delta, Beta Beta Beta and Hawk for Life. The Greek fraternities and sororities present on campus include Pi Kappa Alpha, Zeta Tau Alpha, and Delta Xi Phi. The athletics department fields men's teams in baseball, basketball, tennis, golf, and soccer, and women's teams in basketball, softball, volleyball, tennis, soccer, and golf.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Roman Catholic religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in therapy and counseling, business and management, mathematics, and nutrition and exercise therapy.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• 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 may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 3,086 in 2009-2010 (2,320 full-time equivalent).

About 37% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 63% of the class.

Undergrads are 65% of enrolled students and graduate students are 35%.

Students under 25 years old represent 77% of the student body. About 4% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 100% are full-time and 0% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Rockhurst University provides on-campus housing for 947 of its 2,320 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

The school is in the Great Lakes Valley Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 84 male students received the aid (men were 46% of those receiving aid) and 98 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 54% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Rockhurst University offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Professional Practice).

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate Professional (Business Dominant).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (280 awarded)

• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Corporate Communications

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (1 awarded)

• Computer Science

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (71 awarded)

• Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Secondary Education and Teaching

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (6 awarded)

• Human Services

LAW (11 awarded)

• Legal Assistant/Paralegal

LIBERAL ARTS (55 awarded)

• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• History
• International/Global Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (7 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (13 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Organizational Communication

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (51 awarded)

• Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
• Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (117 awarded)

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

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (41 awarded)

• Kinesiology and Exercise Science
• Occupational Therapy/Therapist

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (7 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (54 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biological and Physical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (79 awarded)

• Physical Therapy/Therapist
• Psychology