Saint Bonaventure University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a self-contained town.

Overview

Saint Bonaventure University was established as an educational center in 1858 by the Franciscan Brothers. Nicholas Devereux, a Utica financier, played an influential role in its establishment. It became a university in 1950. At present, Saint Bonaventure University is the flagship Franciscan affiliated university. Its main campus occupies an area of 500 acre, and all the campus buildings have been designed in red brick with Italianate roofs. This design reflects the architecture of St. Francis' native country, Italy. Saint Bonaventure University offers over 50 academic programs including new courses in theater, arts, art history, and gerontology.

The university's sports team is called the St. Bonaventure Bonnies. They participate in the NCAA Division I. The university also owns a 9-hole golf course, restaurant, and cemetery. St. Bonaventure operates a second campus in Hamburg, Buffalo, where a few graduate classes are taught on a weekend and night schedule.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Roman Catholic religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in media, business and management, and education and teaching.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• High male/female 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.
• 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 2,406 in 2009-2010 (2,300 full-time equivalent).

About 47% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 53% of the class.

Undergrads are 74% of enrolled students and graduate students are 26%.

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

Saint Bonaventure University provides on-campus housing for 1,651 of its 2,300 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 21 meals weekly.

Athletics

The school is in the Atlantic 10 Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 92 male students received the aid (men were 48% of those receiving aid) and 98 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 52% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

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

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

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (2 awarded)

• Visual and Performing Arts

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (265 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Finance
• Management Information Systems and Services
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (5 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (1 awarded)

• Environmental Science

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (1 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (164 awarded)

• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Health Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Reading Teacher Education
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Special Education and Teaching

LIBERAL ARTS (71 awarded)

• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• English Language and Literature
• Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• French Language and Literature
• History
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (1 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (78 awarded)

• Journalism

MEDICINE (0 awarded)

• Gerontology

MUSIC (0 awarded)

• Music History, Literature, and Theory

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (21 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies
• Theology/Theological Studies

SCIENCE (21 awarded)

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

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (16 awarded)

• Psychology