Saint Mary's College

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large suburb.

Overview

Saint Mary’s College is located in Notre Dame, Indiana, United States and was founded in 1844. The Sisters of the Holy Cross shouldered the responsibility of establishing this college. The campus is spread over an area of more than 70 acres. This college offers its students more than 30 academic majors in different areas of study including business administration and economics, political science, religious studies, information technology, justice education, and inter-cultural studies.

There is no dearth of student clubs and organizations in the college and these include Children of Mary, Campus Alliance for Rape Elimination, Phi Sigma Tau, Student Nurses Association, Women in Communications, and Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Students take part in sports such as basketball, cross country, soccer, golf, softball, volleyball, tennis, swimming and diving.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

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

School characteristics:

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

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

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 1,628 in 2009-2010 (1,712 full-time equivalent).

women were 100% of the class.

Undergrads are 100% of enrolled students.

Students under 25 years old represent 99% of the student body. About 0% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Saint Mary's College provides on-campus housing for 1,408 of its 1,712 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

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

Athletics

The school is in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association for major sports.

Graduate School Focus

The highest degree offered is the Bachelor.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (11 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (41 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Management Information Systems

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (2 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (40 awarded)

• Elementary Education and Teaching

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (16 awarded)

• Social Work

LIBERAL ARTS (74 awarded)

• Creative Writing
• Economics
• English Literature (British and Commonwealth)
• French Language and Literature
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• Italian Language and Literature
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (10 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Mathematics and Computer Science
• Mathematics
• Statistics

MEDIA (36 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric

MUSIC (5 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (34 awarded)

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

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (7 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (34 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (27 awarded)

• Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
• Psychology