Saint Anselm College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a medium-sized suburb.

Overview

Saint Anselm College is a Catholic college of liberal arts located in Goffstown, New Hampshire, United States. It was founded in the year 1889. This private college offers enrollment to more than 2,000 students annuallyr.

Saint Anselm College offers a large number of degree courses, certificate courses, and honors programs to students. The students can choose from courses in the fields of biology, chemistry, classics, computer science, economics & business, and modern languages and literatures.

Students of Saint Anselm College participate in various multicultural organizations. These include the Black Student Coalition, International Movie Club, International Relations Club, Irish/Celtic Society, Italian Club, and La Societe Francaise (French Club).

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Roman Catholic religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in security and law enforcement, science, and liberal arts.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• High faculty salary.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.
• Large number of students.

School characteristics:

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

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.
• 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 1,900 in 2009-2010 (2,035 full-time equivalent).

About 46% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 54% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 99% of the student body.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Saint Anselm College provides on-campus housing for 1,601 of its 2,035 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Northeast 10 Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 11 male students received the aid (men were 55% of those receiving aid) and 9 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 45% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (3 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (76 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business/Commerce
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Finance
• International Business/Trade/Commerce

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (4 awarded)

• Computer Science

ENGINEERING (0 awarded)

• Engineering

LIBERAL ARTS (119 awarded)

• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• History
• International Relations and Affairs
• Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (2 awarded)

• Mathematics

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (63 awarded)

• Nursing

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (13 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Theology/Theological Studies

SCIENCE (41 awarded)

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

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (54 awarded)

• Criminology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (29 awarded)

• Psychology